Just so we are clear by the way, neither Hunter nor I are talking about overthrowing passes. We are talking about the slants where he didn't lead the receiver to the point where the receiver had to lean back or even fall down in making the catch. And we are using that as evidence that he isn't great on passing fundamentals. You can point to his stats all day, but the story on that is he can be an effective passer because he is a home run threat with his feet. You can just look at his passing stats post-Missouri for evidence on that.
I'm not even saying he can't add it to his arsenal. I would hope that he can. Just saying he didn't have it last year. We can agree to disagree. As you said, whatever. It isn't important. No hard feelings.
Then he should say what he means and not something entirely different. He completed more than half his passes which means he can't miss most of them.
He's a young QB. Of course he is going to be rocky at times just like every other freshman QB who starts.
What you're missing is that rolling out forces a defense to move with the pocket, and at some point decide whether to say on there man or go after him after he tucks it in run. It is also sometimes mentally easier because it provides a better view (less worry about passing lanes) and at the end of the play he will hopefully have an avenue to at least tuck it and turn up field if nobody is open. I don't care if he overthrew people sometimes. At some point you have to do something different because watching him drop back, not be able to
see anyone (oh heavens were people open sometimes), get the deer in the headlights look, and eat a sack. Rolling out eases the passing game in the sense that it provides easier visibility. There's a football fact for you.
Young QBs with crappy fundamentals all over the country can roll out and dump off a football, or decide to tuck it and run. It is not some magical science. It might take a little coaching and it might be rocky sometimes (what does it matter if he's overthrowing it rolling out or overthrowing it on the slant?) but at least you're doing something to counter the fact that everyone is pinning their ears back. It certainly might have gone better than the "novacaine' offense turned out towards the end.
Ya I know who made the RTT reference.
One last thing, At least when he overthrows rolling out he's hopefully doing it towards the sideline and not the teeth of the defense. Something else to think about. Anyway, the current staff agrees that that tactic was missing. :koolaid2:
EDIT: I also realize you're talking about under throwing passes. I'm saying that Taylor threw a lot of errant balls all over the place and since there's no statistic to track it you have to either re-watch everything or rely on a potentially biased memory. I'm very tired as well, my bad. Doesn't change the fact that we'll never know because they did not try, and I think you're exaggerating the importance of needing to sit in the pocket when the defense is going all out to get you. :cheers
