Dr. Narcisse
Veteran
I'll respectfully agree to disagree. Espesically when it comes to when pressure arrives.The issue I have with this is it just misses a lot.
2 is a better passer. He's much smarter. He processes much faster. When he hits his last drop, he's always finished with his progressions and reset his progression or waiting for a route to be completed where he can time it correctly. He makes better decisions. He's more more composed than Williams. He's superior within the pocket. He makes his OL look better than what they are. Williams by his player type does as well but he's not like that in the pocket.
You talk about heavy footed. I see exceptional footwork speed in the pocket. Now when he's moving laterally is it good, no but that's more agility based and it's a mobile QB or balanced QB skill. Footwork speed and technique is what's critical to me since he's a pocket passer. What messes up Jameis is his feet are slow, his technique is better than 2 but when you have slow footwork like him and Leftwich, the defense is generally in your grill before you compete your drop.
He isn't the level of athlete that Geno and it doesn't really matter. Unlike Geno, he's was world class are presnap reads as a true freshman. He's just mentally on another level. His post snap reads are much better right now than Geno.
Shedeur's footwork technique is the area where I want to see the most growth but it takes time. Rarely do you see a college kid with exceptional footwork technique. Josh Rosen had it but he had horrendous footwork speed which killed him in the NFL.
He's just a massively better player than most of the guys you named. He's got aways to go but there might be a chance he could be seen in regard to Brady. He's got a lot to work on
Grades don't lie, this kid is the real deal.
For example, the INT play could have been a long gainer or a touchdown if Shedeur trust/or had quicker feet WITHIN the pocket.
This is actually a clean pocket to STEP UP and throw to a WR over the middle of the field. However, believe it or not Shedeur thinks he's more athletic than he is and he sometimes gets out of structure when he doesnt need to. Just because he senses false pressure. I'll give you that in terms of when its clear there is no pressure Sheduer is more surgical than Caleb. Cause sometimes Caleb unnecessarily is looking for the big play. However, this is the kind of play of a guy not trusting his feet and sometimes looking for wide open WRs.
This is NFL style pressure that is daring a QB to step up and make a throw over the middle. Its what he didnt do vs Oregon. Took away the short passes and dared him to maneuver the pocket and find the wr (even if the coverage was tight like vs Oregon.
Coach and wrs break it down here.
Its why I think if he stays another year to work on stuff like that he'll be ready to roll
Sidenote: TO funny as hell