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Jason Garrett's boyish good looks and Princeton diploma can be deceiving. He spent 16 years as a professional backup quarterback and is in his 13th year as an NFL coach. He has answered to Jimmy Johnson, Sean Payton, Jon Gruden and Nick Saban. At 50, the head coach of the Cowboys has an edge to him.
Garrett wanted to see how much Prescott could handle when the Cowboys brought him to their old facility in Irving, Texas, eight days before the draft. Prescott was led into the offensive staff room, where Garrett, Linehan, quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson, wide receivers coach Derek Dooley and assistant head coach/special teams coach Rich Bisaccia were ready.
Garrett took a marker and went to the grease board. In an installation that took about 10 minutes, he drew four vertical concepts three different ways and against two coverages—single safety high and two safeties high. Then he took an eraser and wiped his plays off the board.
"Now," he told Prescott, "Get up and draw the formation, call the play and put the defense up there. Then tell me what you do in different scenarios."
Prescott took the marker, calmly drew the plays as Garrett had drawn them and answered questions about defensive adjustments.
Prescott had this.
"I'm fortunate I have good visual recall," Prescott said. "If we are drawing it out, I can give it back to you two days from now. I could see it in my head."
Garrett wasn't done, though. He erased what Prescott had drawn and took the marker again.
He started with another installation, with two concepts and two protections. On one of them, he drew the No. 3 receiver running a vertical route through a defender.
When it was Prescott's turn to draw the same play, he drew the receiver "staircasing," or going around the defender, because that's the way he always drew it.
Garrett didn't like that. Or he acted as if he didn't like that.
"I don't think that's the way I drew it," he barked.
So Prescott erased the route and had the receiver going around the defender a different way.
Garrett turned to the other coaches in the room. "Does that look like what I drew?" he asked. They all shook their heads no.
"That's the only time I got nervous," Prescott said. "What the hell? I'm almost shaking."
Prescott drew it a third time, again with the receiver avoiding the defender.
Garrett shot a dagger at him.
"I know this is where he goes," Prescott said to Garrett.
Garrett stood up, took the marker, erased the route and drew it himself again, with the receiver running through the defender.
They all chuckled. Prescott had passed the test.
Wentz, Goff, Lynch, Cook, Brissett and Hackenberg also visited the Cowboys and went through similar drills. Prescott, the coaches agreed, was more composed than any of them.
"There was a perception about him because of the offense he came from," Garrett said. "We never felt there was anything negative about it. In fact, we thought it was a positive, because you could see him make NFL throws."
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Garrett wanted to see how much Prescott could handle when the Cowboys brought him to their old facility in Irving, Texas, eight days before the draft. Prescott was led into the offensive staff room, where Garrett, Linehan, quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson, wide receivers coach Derek Dooley and assistant head coach/special teams coach Rich Bisaccia were ready.
Garrett took a marker and went to the grease board. In an installation that took about 10 minutes, he drew four vertical concepts three different ways and against two coverages—single safety high and two safeties high. Then he took an eraser and wiped his plays off the board.
"Now," he told Prescott, "Get up and draw the formation, call the play and put the defense up there. Then tell me what you do in different scenarios."
Prescott took the marker, calmly drew the plays as Garrett had drawn them and answered questions about defensive adjustments.
Prescott had this.
"I'm fortunate I have good visual recall," Prescott said. "If we are drawing it out, I can give it back to you two days from now. I could see it in my head."
Garrett wasn't done, though. He erased what Prescott had drawn and took the marker again.
He started with another installation, with two concepts and two protections. On one of them, he drew the No. 3 receiver running a vertical route through a defender.
When it was Prescott's turn to draw the same play, he drew the receiver "staircasing," or going around the defender, because that's the way he always drew it.
Garrett didn't like that. Or he acted as if he didn't like that.
"I don't think that's the way I drew it," he barked.
So Prescott erased the route and had the receiver going around the defender a different way.
Garrett turned to the other coaches in the room. "Does that look like what I drew?" he asked. They all shook their heads no.
"That's the only time I got nervous," Prescott said. "What the hell? I'm almost shaking."
Prescott drew it a third time, again with the receiver avoiding the defender.
Garrett shot a dagger at him.
"I know this is where he goes," Prescott said to Garrett.
Garrett stood up, took the marker, erased the route and drew it himself again, with the receiver running through the defender.
They all chuckled. Prescott had passed the test.
Wentz, Goff, Lynch, Cook, Brissett and Hackenberg also visited the Cowboys and went through similar drills. Prescott, the coaches agreed, was more composed than any of them.
"There was a perception about him because of the offense he came from," Garrett said. "We never felt there was anything negative about it. In fact, we thought it was a positive, because you could see him make NFL throws."
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...m&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial#
