Jedd Fisch has watched six quarters of Elijah Brown playing quarterback in his offense. The UW coach has been most impressed by the poise.
Because showing composure during practice, where throws can be made with few consequences outside of some taunting from the defense and the same route can be run again until perfection is achieved, doesn’t always translate into a game.
How does a quarterback react when things don’t go their way? When the protection doesn’t work out as planned? When a 250-pound edge rusher is bearing down on them with bad intentions? When a receiver fails to catch a good throw? When 50,000 fans are screaming on third down?
“I think he’s done a really nice job of being able to — during the six quarters he’s played — really have good control and command of the offense,” Fisch said. “You never know if you’re going to get that or not when you have such minimal reps as a No. 2 quarterback outside of training camp. So you don’t really know.…