re: Auburn Fall Camp 2018 Thread

Another good al.com article, from yesterday; a circle jerk for intermediate route whiners like ive been.

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The area of the field Jarrett Stidham is working to improve on in 2018

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Jarrett Stidham's biggest strength is his ability to throw downfield. After all, nine of his 18 touchdown passes last season came on throws that were in the air for at least 20 yards.

However, there's another area of the field Auburn's starting quarterback is looking to improve upon in 2018: Intermediate routes, specially outside the hashes.

According to analysis by CFB Film Room, Stidham was 9 of 17 for 163 yards with an interception on throws left of the hashes between 10 and 20 yards and 7 of 22 for 108 yards on throws in the same range right of the hashes. Both of those figures rank in the bottom quarter of college quarterbacks last season and are in stark contrast to Stidham's excellent numbers at all ranges over the middle, inside 10 yards to the left and on deep throws in general.

However, intermediate routes were the least common throws for Stidham last season and offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey said Auburn will incorporate them more this fall.

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As superb as Stidham is on deep throws, his 62 attempts on passes of at least 20-plus yards made up just 18.4 percent of his attempts (minus throw aways) last season, which tied for sixth in the SEC, according to CFB Film Room.

Pro Football Focus analysis also credits Stidham with strong passer ratings on out routes (79.8, 7.2 above NCAA average) and hitches (98.4, 12.5 above NCAA average), which typically are intermediate throws, with out routes being the most difficult.

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More quotes from Chip and Stidham in article