Sam Farmer of the LA Times wrote a very good piece on Matt Barkley. Matt is disappointed that he hasn’t gotten more of a chance to play with the starters.
“With Pete [Carroll, then USC’s coach], it wasn’t like it was given to me,” he said. “He throws you in with the 1s. ‘Let’s see what you can do.’ So I was kind of thinking that would be the same here, at least to get a shot just to see what you could do. But that hasn’t been the case yet, so hopefully that will come soon. It’s just different.”
Everyone remains impressed with how polished Barkley is.
Former Eagles quarterback A.J. Feeley watched a recent practice and came away impressed with Barkley’s ability to place the football in the right spots, and some current Philadelphia players echo that.
“I heard some knocks on his arm strength, but he throws the ball pretty well,” receiver Jason Avant said. “He’s had a tight spiral, pretty nice ball, so I was trying to figure out where those comments came from. I like his ability to direct traffic.
“Like today, he missed a throw to me low, and he said, ‘The reason I missed it is because I wanted you to go straight, and you were going flat. You don’t always see that from a rookie, usually you know more than a rookie. But we’re all coming in on equal footing because this offense is new to everybody.”
No comments from Heather Mitts? Disappointing.
