© Provided by Buckeyes Now on FanNation The third-year head coach thinks it’s beneficial for wide receivers and defensive players, though. During his radio show on 97.1 The Fan on Thursday afternoon, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day said he believes that 7-on-7 football creates an unrealistic pocket around young quarterbacks and hurts their development as passers. “I think 7-on-7 has actually hurt quarterback play,” Day said. “Maybe it’s helped just a little bit with the receivers running routes and catching. That’s really improved in the last five years. But 7-on-7 just has nothing to do with (game situations for quarterbacks). “Maybe (it’s beneficial in terms of) seeing coverages and having a little bit of awareness with some route structure, defensive structure. But when it comes to actually playing the game, those throws that you make at eye level, it’s just not reality.” Day, of course, was alluding to the…
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