re: I am concerned about Jacob Eason's arm

Not sure about his arm strength but he has not been close to accurate on several of his long passes. I'm going to go on record saying I still believe we would be better off with a mobile QB. Alabama is a prime example. They have gone from a mediocre offense to a dynamic offense with Jalen Hurts at the helm.

You can tell he has the arm strength by watching the intermediate throws. They're on a rope. He doesn't need to arch them to get them where they need to be.

The big thing I have noticed so far is the number of his deeper throws that don't have a good spiral. That can impact accuracy and catchability.

His vision needs to improve as well as his pocket awareness and patience to go through his progressions. All of that should improve with more reps.

If not? Fromm is a year away. And so on and so forth.

I think he's got the arm strength but his deep passes are surprisingly ugly for such a highly touted QB. The way they wobble in the air they look to be on the verge of being the proverbial "dead duck" throws. He has nice tight spirals and velocity on his short to intermediate throws and nice touch on his screen passes so I think he's either feeling pressure when throwing the deep balls due to his waiting around in the pocket or he's trying to aim the ball instead of just throwing it, which could be screwing up the way the ball is rolling off his fingers.

I do recall seeing a couple of throws off his back foot. I wasn't paying much attention to it but it seemed obvious on at least one throw.

I agree. Eason's arm looks average at best. I don't know what happened. I'm speculating either a sore shoulder or technique affected by lifting.

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He's actually appeared to overthrow receivers as much if not more than underthrow them. That's been my observation, at any rate.

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I've seen him overthrow the short to medium passes...not so much the long passes. that's what had me concerned. You all could be right, though....it could be a matter of timing. When I played, it was difficult for me, as a receiver, to gauge the arm strength of the QB. I tended to underestimate the arm strength at the next level, and did not go as hard as I could until I got acclimated to it. It could be Eason is experiencing just the opposite and is underestimating the speed of his receivers.

Like I said....when he overthrows, it is usually on short to medium routes and when he underthrows it seems it is on long routes. However....I am not discounting what you guys are saying and believe that i could be overreacting. I mainly wanted to get the opinions of you guys, to see if you are getting a different idea. Some seem to be agreeing with me, and some disagreeing.

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I agree. Eason's arm looks average at best. I don't know what happened. I'm speculating either a sore shoulder or technique affected by lifting.

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Actually, this is exactly what I was thinking/fearing. With the weight he put on from weight training, I was afraid he might have hurt his arm a bit, or perhaps overtrained. Something that would improve with time, hopefully.