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I'll give you an example of him not making progress - on a pre-snap read that would have saved him from being pressured: On a 3rd and long, FSU overloaded our right with Derwin James and another blitzer. We had Ridley to that side on a slant route. At the snap, if both are coming that is an automatic go-to. QB 101. If one bails into coverage you either go to Ridley if he beats his man off the line or go to another read. Not only did Hurts not pick it up, it doesn't even appear as if he looked that way before the ball was snapped. Instead, he locks in on one receiver to his left, tries to force it in and we get an INC. I'm guardedly hopeful that the kid has made progress, but I have my doubts. However, I will say in the actual physical throwing of the ball he looked better. He got robbed of a TD in the end zone where he absolutely dropped it in the bucket and our TF wide receiver bricked it. I'm more concerned with him from the neck up than the shoulder down.

Wow, finally someone that knows wtf they're talking about. People act like if we had Peyton Manning at QB he would've been sacked 20 times and thrown 10 pick sixes because of the "relentless pressure." There are ways to deal with a blitz. There are ways to deal with pressure. Francois was doing it all night, and did pretty damn well in the first half.
Like you said, with Jalen it's from the neck up, and I get the feeling he's not gonna change much.
Our defense is so good we'll be able to get by just about anyone, but I have a feeling Jalen passing for 90 yards is going to happen again and cost us a playoff game or championship.