Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi: Quentin Harris can run better than Daniel Jones

Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi had plenty of praise for David Cutcliffe and Duke in his weekly press conference.

“Coach Cutcliffe does a great job,” Narduzzi said. “He's one of the best in the country. He's a quarterback guru. Obviously he's got one playing for the New York Giants that everybody didn't think Daniel (Jones) was very good, but I guess he's pretty good. I thought he was pretty good last year when he had some pretty darned good numbers against us.”
Of course, he’s more concerned with this year’s quarterback for Duke.

“This Quentin Harris is a quarterback this year who was kind of a wildcat guy a year ago, is a really, really good football player,” he said. “He's very accurate with his passes. He can run better than a Daniel Jones. They like to run him. I think he's their leading rusher, as well.”

“Just schematically what they try to do to you, they don't do too much,” he continued. “What they do, they know what they're doing. They're very detailed in the way they run routes, how they kind of stem around. They're very, very good.”

The experience on Duke’s defense presents a problem as well.

“Defensively they've got eight returning starters,” he said, “and I think they're about as good as they've been ever that I've seen a Duke football team on defense. Again, with eight returning starters you would think that would be the case. Up front I think they've got some guys. They're impressive, really top to bottom offensively, defensively and special teams.