re: Did we complete one pass over 10 yards in the air today?

AND, like you said with what is between his ears.

Hurts is making great decisions consistently even to the point that CNS screams at him for not being more aggressive.

I honestly have a hard time imagining how its possible for him to be as good as he is at this early stage of his career. His mental makeup alone is amazing much less all his physical tools.

I'm with you. I'm as happy as can be, and I look forward to the day when the light comes on in the passing game for Hurts so all the haters can realize how silly they were to doubt a true freshman for not pushing the ball downfield like a NFL seasoned veteran.

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People have extremely short memories. I suppose they forgot about all of the sterile outings that JPW, McElroy, and Mccaron(his first year starting) had. Hell, Coker and Sims had a few stinkers the last two years as well.

I truly believe that many people on here don't realize how tough it is to be a great passer in the SEC not only as a true freshman, but in general. Every rep he has is a learning experience right now, and he is actually really making a strong effort to minimize his mistakes. This means throwing it out of bounds, or sailing it - just making sure to protect the ball. He is displaying great maturity by doing this, but it's not going to look pretty at times.

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Okay but also remember that he beat out two guys with experience to get this job.

The difference is those other guys you mentioned made mistakes but also flashed serious arm talent at times in their first year. Greg Mac completed some long rainbows in his first game. JPW had a really strong arm, and could be really accurate downfield. AJ obviously did really well his first year.

Put it this way, if Jalen couldn't run he'd be one of the worst Bama QBs of all time. That's how bad his throwing is right now. I don't remember any of those other QBs letting the ball fly out of their hands during their throwing motion, or throwing INTs right into the body of a defender 7 yards away.
Let's face it, when it comes to throwing the football, Jalen is looking more like Jeremy Johnson than Deshaun Watson