Way back in our early days of Go Long, we tried to learn everything we could about Jordan Love, the quarterback handpicked to take over for Aaron Rodgers. The plan was always genius, and now the Green Bay Packers are positioned to compete for a long time.
Thus, one name you’ve read often — including here, here and here — is David Yost.
The longtime college assistant was Love’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Utah State in 2017 and 2018. He also coached the likes of Brad Smith, Chase Daniel and Blaine Gabbert at Missouri and Justin Herbert at Oregon. Today, Yost is the offensive coordinator and QBs coach at New Mexico State.
Every time we catch up, we end up talking quarterbacks for an hour-plus.
So it only made sense to get Yost on the Go Long Pod.
Video and audio of this episode is available above, as well as on Apple, Spotify and YouTube.
The written transcript is also here:
Topics discussed:
How does a college coach navigate the wild west of NIL today? Yost has lived the changes firsthand. Players come and go. (We get his thoughts on the Tennessee situation, too.)
When did Yost know Jordan Love could be special?
Yost takes you inside his (multiple) pre-draft conversations with Matt LaFleur. The Packers head coach couldn’t sit down with Love during Covid, so he tried to get to know the quarterback best he could. Quickly, he realized Love used his brain as a quarterback.
The “it” factor. Love’s leadership style.
Justin Herbert is quiet as a mouse… but Oregon teammates knew immediately he was the guy.
Why Yost prefers quarterbacks who push the envelope and take chances down the field. Of course, this is a balance the Packers (and others) are trying to strike with their quarterbacks.
The key difference between fumbles and interceptions.
If you don’t have a QB1, Yost is blunt: You better draft one.
Yost didn’t think Shedeur Sanders would amount to much out of high school. Now? Yost is a believer. He explains why in full.
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