How has Blaine Gabbert's work been so far?

DY: Really, for being so new in the offense, he came in and has done a good job. Chase did a great job of speeding up his maturation in the offense from last year. And Blaine has done a tremendous job of understanding defenses on the snap. That's a huge thing that I'm constantly working on. I see it now, mainly because Blaine had a chance to learn with Chase all summer.

Chase did that early in his career, but not as early as Blaine has. Chase knew the offense so well early [from running it in high school]. Gabbert has done a good job of understanding and attacking defenses and using the throws he has to do that. I just have to reel him in sometimes to let him know he doesn't have to make all the reads and throws that Chase Daniel did in his third year as our starting quarterback last season.

Blaine can progress to that point and doesn't have to be there right away. He wants to be a great player and is working hard to be that. He's got tremendous ability and shown all that we look for in the quarterback position. He's big and strong and has a good arm. But he's playing the position of quarterback and not just being a thrower.