You don’t need me to tell you that Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book has had a disappointing season in 2019. We’ve all seen the issues. Book is feeling the pressure way too much. Sometimes, he’s even feeling phantom pressures. It’s causing him to panic. He either goes to his first read without looking for a second, or scrambles when he shouldn’t.
Those didn’t seem to be issues last season. In 2018, when under pressure it felt like Book kept his eyes downfield and found his second and third options. It felt like he scrambled in more reasonable situations.