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re: I am concerned about Jacob Eason's arm
Posted on 9/15/16 at 11:16 am to DawgsLife
Posted on 9/15/16 at 11:16 am to DawgsLife
quote:Yes - and it's not necessary to throw it deep on every play to do that. Respecting his arm and playing even a few yards deeper in coverage can help give our RBs enough time to find a hole or to get to the edge.
This is true. However, the excitement we have for Eason is based on his abilities to stretch the field and get the defense to stop staking the box, right?
quote:I think "bombs" is subjective in this case. Compared to Lambert's patented 5- yard lasers, 35-yard tosses are bombs. He threw two 40-yarders in the GDay game that were spot on (see below gif for bomb one and click the link for bomb 2). He couldn't have thrown them further without overthrowing the receivers. They also look effortless and he has shown 20-30 yard passes that were on ropes to demonstrate his arm strength. You should take a look at his highlight reels from HS, too, if you haven't already. He regularly demonstrated his ability to throw it long (more than 30 yards).
Which has been subject of this thread. he has not been throwing the bombs. The longest passes he has thrown has been about 35 yards or so. And they were either under thrown or very weak/wobbly. If he is unable to throw deep with authority (Not saying he can't...but maybe because something is hindering him from being able t do so) then the defenses will quit respecting his reputation and start stacking the boxes again. Nicholls did, and it proved to be disastrous. (Although, I believe we looked bad with Nicholls based on our players taking them lightly)
I'm not concerned with his wobbly passes as that's a mechanics issue. If he improves there, those spirals should tighten up. He's done it regularly in his highlights so it's not as if he doesn't have the ability to do it. The underthrown balls may have been him adjusting to the speed and not trying to overthrow it. It comes down to timing and he's still learning it. More reps will help him there.
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Posted on 9/15/16 at 11:31 am to FooManChoo
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I'm not concerned with his wobbly passes as that's a mechanics issue. If he improves there, those spirals should tighten up. He's done it regularly in his highlights so it's not as if he doesn't have the ability to do it. The underthrown balls may have been him adjusting to the speed and not trying to overthrow it. It comes down to timing and he's still learning it. More reps will help him there.
Completely agree. Real game time reps where the pocket collapses, and the defense is actually coming after you (and faster than you've ever seen) add extra variables that make it hard to get all of your mechanics correct at first.
He can do it all in practices and scrimmages, so it's only a matter of time and seeing enough game reps before he pulls it all together.
Posted on 9/15/16 at 12:53 pm to FooManChoo
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Yes - and it's not necessary to throw it deep on every play to do that.
This is true. However, he has not thrown a really good, tight pass longer than 20 yards, yet. He has throw (IIRC) 3 passes in the 30-35 yard range and all three were either short or wobbly. It wouldn't be a concern for me if it had been one or two passes with several nice ones mixed in. But every single long pass he has thrown has been off.
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He's done it regularly in his highlights so it's not as if he doesn't have the ability to do it.
I think you guys are missing my points. We all know he is capable of doing it. The point is...why isn't he doing it? Is there something wrong with his arm?
I am getting almost as frustrated with you guys as you are with me. I know he can do it. But every long pass is off. My point is not to say he can't throw the long passes and he was scouted wrong. My point is....is something wrong with his arm?
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