Ron Rivera really likes his top two quarterbacks.
Tuesday at the owners meetings in Phoenix, Rivera spoke with the Washington media.
Rivera is really looking forward to having the newly signed Jacoby Brissett in his quarterback room.
“A couple of things about Jacoby. First of all, when you target a guy, you want to do a background and kind of see how people feel about him. See if there is any issues or anything. The biggest thing we kept hearing was that he is great to be around young quarterbacks. The next thing you hear is that he’s a guy that learns very quickly. He is a very bright and very smart guy. He knows a lot of football.”
Rivera believes Brissett has the necessary physical skills to come in and contribute on the playing field as well.
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“You see a guy that has good athletic skills, has good quarterback skills, has a good arm, has a quick twitch to him and makes good decisions for the most part. He is athletic. This is a guy that we thought we’d bring in, he’s going to compete.”
Rivera believes Brissett’s NFL experience, his athleticism and drive will be good for both the team in general and Sam Howell in particular. “He’s going to push [QB] Sam [Howell], and Sam is going to push him. I really think we will have a really good room because of guys like that.”
Rivera believes he saw Howell mature during his rookie season and believes Howell is ready to play in his second season.
“I think there is a certain point towards the end of the season last season that we started seeing some real positive signs that really showed you that he is very confident and comfortable. Knowing what we did, you really started to see that because when he was the number two guy, he got reps. A couple of times some things happened in practice and you would see him fix it himself. That was always something that you look for.”
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