Iowa quarterback Spencer Petras has won plenty of football games over the course of the past three seasons. Still, a general lack of consistency with the Hawkeyes’ offense in 2021 has fans clamoring for more from Iowa’s quarterback play.
While Petras has probably heard or picked up on plenty of the criticism of his own play from the fan base over the course of this offseason, really, he’s his own biggest critic. He shared some of his thoughts at Iowa Media Day as the Hawkeyes get set for their 10th training camp practice live in front of fans at Kids’ Day.
Conviction is key
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“I think the more and more I watch myself, to me, visually, I can see when I throw with conviction. When I know, when I’m 100 percent sure where I’m going and I throw it, and I way more oftentimes than not really like how the play ends up. And I think any time I see myself not playing with conviction, more often than not, I don’t like how the play ends up. And so, I’ve been, that’s definitely been something I’ve been aware of, it’s something that I have certainly improved on and I feel good about that.
“That’s kind of part of what I enjoy about having such a plan for each play is that I can play with great conviction because I know exactly what I’m doing every single second of every play. And that’s not to say that there’s (not) going to be times where I screw up, and I forgot, ‘This variation of coverage, I should do this.’ Or whatever. It’s obviously going to happen, but I think that the more I can be playing with outstanding conviction, just that I know where I’m going and I’m planning it and I’m ripping it, it’s going to be good for me, it’s going to be good for our offense,” Petras said with Hawk Central.
Why he’s been busy training all offseason
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