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Bonner should have been among the "rest of the guys." He led his team to a national championship in 2014. Granted, it was a Division II national championship, but Bonner dominated his competition level. He stands nearly 6'7" and moves pretty well for such a tall fellow. He has a live arm. He played in an offense with NFL roots that required him to call plays in the huddle and make adjustments at the line.
Bonner spends most days lifting, throwing, working on combine-style drills, practicing precise mechanics, watching film, drawing plays on a whiteboard and studying. He spent Tuesday boxing.
"My philosophy is that the body mechanics of throwing a ball the right way are exactly the same as the lower body mechanics of a boxer in terms of weight transfer, being on the balls of your feet," said McCarty, who is training Bonner at Six-Zero performance center in Denver.
Bonner is scheduled to throw at San Diego State's Pro Day. He also plans to perform at Colorado's Pro Day and CSU-Pueblo's much smaller event. McCarty wants Bonner quicker in all elements of his game when he performs for NFL scouts. The performance coach times Bonner's drops and throws, consistently lowering his "quick three" drop (think of the setup for a quick slant in a West Coast offense) to below 1.2 seconds.
After grueling drills and boxing sessions, McCarty gives Bonner pop quizzes. Can you make the pre-snap adjustments based on the situation and defensive alignment on the whiteboard? Can you list all 32 current NFL coaches?
Bonner's experience in the under-center game puts him ahead of many college quarterbacks, including some big names, in many of the fundamentals. "I see all these quarterbacks, spread guys in particular, who are so flat footed," McCarty said. "They stay flat-footed, they lock their front knee, and they lose all that power. Everything is about their arm."
"In the fighting ring, if you are flat-footed, your *** is going to sleep." On an NFL field with tighter windows and faster defenders, McCarty adds, an arm-only throw can become a pick-six.
Bonner performs hour-long footwork drills in which he never actually throws the ball: only drops, slides, steps and cocks. He has endured 11,000 (by McCarty's count) calf-raises in the last few weeks. He's growing more muscular, but more importantly, his footwork mechanics are becoming innate.
"We've conditioned that part of the body so he's not stagnant in the pocket," McCarty said. Bonner is doing what many draft hopefuls do at their performance facilities. It's just that his results aren't listed at NFL.com.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...om&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial
Bonner spends most days lifting, throwing, working on combine-style drills, practicing precise mechanics, watching film, drawing plays on a whiteboard and studying. He spent Tuesday boxing.
"My philosophy is that the body mechanics of throwing a ball the right way are exactly the same as the lower body mechanics of a boxer in terms of weight transfer, being on the balls of your feet," said McCarty, who is training Bonner at Six-Zero performance center in Denver.
Bonner is scheduled to throw at San Diego State's Pro Day. He also plans to perform at Colorado's Pro Day and CSU-Pueblo's much smaller event. McCarty wants Bonner quicker in all elements of his game when he performs for NFL scouts. The performance coach times Bonner's drops and throws, consistently lowering his "quick three" drop (think of the setup for a quick slant in a West Coast offense) to below 1.2 seconds.
After grueling drills and boxing sessions, McCarty gives Bonner pop quizzes. Can you make the pre-snap adjustments based on the situation and defensive alignment on the whiteboard? Can you list all 32 current NFL coaches?
Bonner's experience in the under-center game puts him ahead of many college quarterbacks, including some big names, in many of the fundamentals. "I see all these quarterbacks, spread guys in particular, who are so flat footed," McCarty said. "They stay flat-footed, they lock their front knee, and they lose all that power. Everything is about their arm."
"In the fighting ring, if you are flat-footed, your *** is going to sleep." On an NFL field with tighter windows and faster defenders, McCarty adds, an arm-only throw can become a pick-six.
Bonner performs hour-long footwork drills in which he never actually throws the ball: only drops, slides, steps and cocks. He has endured 11,000 (by McCarty's count) calf-raises in the last few weeks. He's growing more muscular, but more importantly, his footwork mechanics are becoming innate.
"We've conditioned that part of the body so he's not stagnant in the pocket," McCarty said. Bonner is doing what many draft hopefuls do at their performance facilities. It's just that his results aren't listed at NFL.com.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...om&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial
