SPORTS Friday, October 30, 2015 East Oregonian Page 3B NFL RODRIGUEZ: Brady, Patriots rout Dolphins Football practice held to one day a week Associated Press full soccer schedule that always takes priority over football, he uses Rich Harshberger was concerned about exposure to injuries. Wednesdays as his practice day. Though Rodriguez exclusively That’s when he meets with holder kicks — just place kicking and and good friend Tucker Salinas kick-offs — the possibility to hone the timing-centric and exists for the junior to come up often overlooked snap-hold-kick hobbled. But Harshberger ulti- process. But though that practice time mately let Rodriguez make his is limited and Rodriguez’s experi- own decision. ence and comfort is growing, there “The football team did wasn’t much of a learning curve approach me before they talked and he and Salinas had a good to Freddy, and I gave them my relationship from the start. blessing,” Harshberger said. “In “Me and Tucker, we’ve been my mind, it wasn’t Freddy that really good friends since sixth they were going after. I had some grade,” he said. other names on my list, and so That close relationship helped when they came back to me and immediately. There were no said, ‘Oh hey, Freddy is the one hang-ups or struggles in the ZH¶UHORRNLQJDW¶WKHUHZDVGH¿- beginning. Rodriguez trusted nitely some concern there. And I Salinas to get it down, and Salinas understand that he’s just kicking, trusted Rodriguez to not kick his EXWKH¶VRXWWKHUHRQWKH¿HOGDQG hand. contact happens in football.” Still, though, when given the As evidence, Rodriguez has RSSRUWXQLW\ WR NLFN D ¿HOG JRDO one tackle this season. or beat a keeper in soccer, the He doesn’t get much time per answer was simple and quick. week to practice kicking. With a “Soccer.” Continued from 1B FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Even when they look sluggish, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots still dominate. Brady threw for 356 yards and four touchdowns — two to Julian Edelman — and the Patriots beat the Miami Dolphins 36-7 on Thursday night to New England EHFRPH WKH ¿UVW RI WKH 1)/¶V ¿YH unbeaten teams to reach seven wins. Stephen Gost- Miami kowski broke Adam Vinatieri’s franchise record for consecutive ¿HOGJRDOVE\FRQQHFWLQJIURP and 36 yards to make it 26 in a row. Rob Gronkowski had 113 yards receiving and a touchdown, and Dion Lewis had 93 yards receiving and one score. 7KHORVVZDVWKH¿UVWIRU0LDPL (3-4) under interim coach Dan Campbell. The Dolphins scored 82 points in wins over the lowly Titans and Texans in Campbell’s 36 7 AP Photo/Michael Dwyer New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) scrambles away from Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (93) in the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, in Fox- borough, Mass. ¿UVWWZRJDPHVDIWHUUHSODFLQJ-RH Philbin. But they were completely overmatched against the defending Super Bowl champions. It could be an even bigger loss for the Dolphins because four-time Pro Bowl defensive end Cameron :DNHZDVFDUWHGRIIWKH¿HOGZLWK an Achilles tendon injury. The Patriots are 7-0 for the second time in franchise history DQG ¿UVW WLPH VLQFH JRLQJ LQ 2007. They’ve scored at least 28 points in every game and 30 or more in six straight. QUINN: Humble leader started grooming successor this season the amount of potential that Quinn — a freshman at the season. Through eight weeks time — had from the start. “You could see he was a Quinn has completed 52 great athlete no matter what,” percent of his passes for 1,529 Davis said. “Good upside, yards and nine touchdowns, as well as gaining more than good arm strength, and you 430 yards on the ground with could just tell he was a true gamer.” six more touchdowns. As he has progressed in :KHQ DVNHG WR UHÀHFW the ranks from freshman back on his career, Quinn heavily praised the likes of team up to varsity, Quinn Johnson, McCoy and all of possessed a quality that the Buckaroos who came Davis emphasized was a big before him in helping him reason for the improvements progress to where he is today. he made to become the player “It’s amazing all the he is today. “He’s a coach’s kid, so he tradition here,” he said. “I got to see Conner Johnson and can take criticism and learn Chad McCoy play, so playing from it and not be down on behind them and trying to himself,” said Davis. “To take as many things as I could have a quarterback like him has been a blessing and I’ve from them. It was great.” When Bucks coach Erik loved working with him.” When asked to pick one Davis took over prior to the 2012 season, he could see PRPHQWWKDWGH¿QHV4XLQQ¶V Continued from 1B career as the Bucks quarter- back for him, Davis did not hesitate to reveal it. “One of my fondest memories will be the game against Bend, even though (Bend) ended up winning late,” said Davis. “But our last-minute drive to go ahead, Kai looked me in the eyes and said, ‘I want the football and we’re going to score,’ and he did exactly what he said he would because he’s a leader and a kid that doesn’t want to lose.” Becoming that type of a leader is something that Quinn said took a little bit of time to get used to, but it’s something he enjoys now. “It’s a whole lot of pres- sure, but I like that,” he said. “I like being able to go to my friends and make sure they’re good and feeling OK. I want to be there for them, and they know that I am.” Perhaps the biggest sign of Quinn’s leadership DQG PDWXULW\ RQ WKH ¿HOG happened during the Bucks’ most recent game against The Dalles this past Friday. Davis gave Quinn the power to audible out of play calls if he recognized certain defensive fronts, and he used that power several times in the game — most notably on the 97-yard touchdown pass to Nick Lani RQWKH%XFNV¶¿UVWSOD\IURP scrimmage. “I think that shows a lot of growth as a quarterback to be able to make decisions at the line,” Davis said following the win against The Dalles. “He made the right read, made the right change at the line of scrimmage and made a good throw and it worked out.” :LWK 4XLQQ ¿QLVKLQJ XS his career, the next Bucka- roos quarterback is already in waiting. Sophomore Nick Bower has played a little in mop-up duty this season, but has had some opportunities to show off his potential as the Bucks have utilized him in some double-pass trick plays. Throughout the season Quinn has pretty much become another coach for Bower, teaching him and showing him what it takes to be a varsity quarterback — starting with leadership. “You have to have that quality as a quarterback since everybody comes to you,” said Quinn. “You have to KDYH FRQ¿GHQFH WRR DQG pick little things that you can always get better off of. Not every practice is going to be a great one, but you have to be DEOHWR¿QGWKHOLWWOHWKLQJVWR improve with.” As for what he has planned after high school, well, it’s still up in the air. Right now, Quinn has one thing on his mind that would leave a perfect mark on his legacy — a win over Hermiston. “This is it, this is our chance,” he said. “We’ve always talked about our goal coming into the season to be CRC champions, and it might not be how we wanted to picture it, but as crazy as it sounds it’s still possible. 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