Strengths and weaknesses of CJ Stroud (link)

I just stumbled across this article. It gives a pretty decent breakdown about the good and bad of Stroud.

One thing that I have heard a time or two over the last fews weeks is when Stroud in flushed out of the pocket his completion percentage falls off something like 15 to 20%. If that is true, Dawgs must get Stroud off schedule with pressure from the middle starting with the best Defensive player in college football .. Carter. Kinda doubt we'll get much pressure on Stroud off the edge, but anything from Beal, Chambliss and others would be great.

No pressure on Stroud, this game will be a nail biter and at my age I don't need that kind of action ... with pressure on him Dawgs should have this game in the bag by the 4th qtr.

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Weaknesses

On schedule deep balls do struggle at times as they are either inaccurate or float too much, although he also possesses the ability to drop a deep ball perfectly in the bucket.
When plays break down and Stroud has to move off of his first read or his spot in the pocket his accuracy dips significantly. On the move Stroud is a below average passer, he consistently places the ball on the wrong shoulder of the receiver or misses them entirely.
Stroud needs to clean up his decision making as there were far too many instances in which he either forced a throw rather than giving up on the play when it broke down or he simply forced a throw into a plastered receiver. He showed a willingness to throw across his body into traffic which are interceptions waiting to happen at the NFL level.
There were far too many instances in which Stroud would not come off of his read until 2 and a half seconds into the play. This resulted in him being far too late to his second read meaning he either had to escape the pocket before he could get to his second or third read or escape the pocket.
When escaping the pocket Stroud far too often turns his back to the line of scrimmage rather than keeping his eyes down field for the entirety of the play.

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