[pirateforlife]

I heard Dixon is playing QB this year. Is this true?

That is correct.  Lynn Bowden 2.0   not really sure what that says about the Pirates this year.   I don't think fans will get a true read on this team until week 8 or 9.   could be a lot of bumps along the way

Going to be interesting taking your best player and putting him at QB where you’d think he’d have less opportunity to run out of their offense. It’s not like you’re giving him the ball at shotgun and saying go make a play like UK did. He’s going to have to give two fakes and then decide to run. Going to be very interesting to see

He will be out of shotgun more than you think. Kind of like wildcat but a lot of the triple option just from the gun. Unlike last year Belfry does have a true fullback option this year it appears. He will be under center some but don't be surprised when you see Dixon lined up in the gun. Go watch his Hudl tape from this past week's scrimmage vs Raceland and you will see what I'm talking about.

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If you are familiar with Belfry the past 15 years this move of Dixon to QB is similar to some of what Belfry done in 09 when they moved Thomas Varney from RB to QB for his senior season. Dixon isn't at qb to hand the ball off every play but people may be surprised by the other backs Belfry has this year. Won't be able to just key on Dixon every snap.