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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 330819" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>These are good observations, and similar to the ones I made of his recruiting video. A lot of the passes in his recruiting video would not have been graded by scouts because they were not thrown in the rhythm of the offense. Once you start running around in the backfield and the play breaks down and the WRs are improvising to get open, then you are no longer playing within the offense. It becomes backyard football at that point, and JJ is using his superior athleticism to out-athlete HS players. MUCH harder to do that on this level. Sometimes you have to have the ability to do that, but coaches want you to play in the rhythm of the offense. That's why you hear coaches yell "Throw the d@mn ball!!!" to young QBs all the time. QBs have to have the ability to anticipate windows and throw within the rhythm of play as soon as their WRs get open. They have to have the touch to throw it at all levels of the field. JJ's tape doesn't exhibit any of that...and the Spring game, when he was in the best group of OLs, shows how important playing within the offense is, and the ability to anticipate windows and throw it to the WRs with accuracy. It's not there for him...yet.</p><p></p><p>That's not to say QBs can't improve accuracy. They can...but only so much. You're not taking a 50% passer and making him a 65% passer. Espccially, not in our offense. Can he go from 50% to 55%? Yes, but that requires a lot of reps against in real action. I'm not sure JJ is even a 50% passer yet. I read one time from an NFL GM that a QB either has accuracy or he doesn't. You're not going from college as a 55% passer to the NFL where windows are much smaller, and DBs are a lot better, and defenses are more complicated, and expecting that QB to improve his completion percentage. The same applies of HS QBs to college.</p><p></p><p>I think the passing mold of JJ is similar to Nesbitt. VERY strong arms, and both could make any throw to pretty much any level of the field. Nesbitt had the benefit of Demaryius Thomas at the other end of his passes which helped with his accuracy percentage (look at what happened AFTER DT left GT in 2010). Nesbitt was not a great passer though, and really not even a good one. He was a more a thrower with exceptional athleticism. That's where I put JJ. JJ has phenomenal athleticism, and he's probably the best pure runner of the QBs (probably tied with JeT for best runners ever under CPJ at GT), but he's not a great passer. Can he be? I think he can improve enough to be okay, but from what I've seen, it's hard to see him get to the JeT level we've seen in 2014 and 2015.</p><p></p><p>I am rooting for JJ to prove me wrong though. Would be ecstatic if he did. He would be a lethal weapon if his passing matched his running ability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 330819, member: 360"] These are good observations, and similar to the ones I made of his recruiting video. A lot of the passes in his recruiting video would not have been graded by scouts because they were not thrown in the rhythm of the offense. Once you start running around in the backfield and the play breaks down and the WRs are improvising to get open, then you are no longer playing within the offense. It becomes backyard football at that point, and JJ is using his superior athleticism to out-athlete HS players. MUCH harder to do that on this level. Sometimes you have to have the ability to do that, but coaches want you to play in the rhythm of the offense. That's why you hear coaches yell "Throw the d@mn ball!!!" to young QBs all the time. QBs have to have the ability to anticipate windows and throw within the rhythm of play as soon as their WRs get open. They have to have the touch to throw it at all levels of the field. JJ's tape doesn't exhibit any of that...and the Spring game, when he was in the best group of OLs, shows how important playing within the offense is, and the ability to anticipate windows and throw it to the WRs with accuracy. It's not there for him...yet. That's not to say QBs can't improve accuracy. They can...but only so much. You're not taking a 50% passer and making him a 65% passer. Espccially, not in our offense. Can he go from 50% to 55%? Yes, but that requires a lot of reps against in real action. I'm not sure JJ is even a 50% passer yet. I read one time from an NFL GM that a QB either has accuracy or he doesn't. You're not going from college as a 55% passer to the NFL where windows are much smaller, and DBs are a lot better, and defenses are more complicated, and expecting that QB to improve his completion percentage. The same applies of HS QBs to college. I think the passing mold of JJ is similar to Nesbitt. VERY strong arms, and both could make any throw to pretty much any level of the field. Nesbitt had the benefit of Demaryius Thomas at the other end of his passes which helped with his accuracy percentage (look at what happened AFTER DT left GT in 2010). Nesbitt was not a great passer though, and really not even a good one. He was a more a thrower with exceptional athleticism. That's where I put JJ. JJ has phenomenal athleticism, and he's probably the best pure runner of the QBs (probably tied with JeT for best runners ever under CPJ at GT), but he's not a great passer. Can he be? I think he can improve enough to be okay, but from what I've seen, it's hard to see him get to the JeT level we've seen in 2014 and 2015. I am rooting for JJ to prove me wrong though. Would be ecstatic if he did. He would be a lethal weapon if his passing matched his running ability. [/QUOTE]
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