After watching Deshaun Watson last night,..
Jan 13, 2017 9:12:51 GMT -6
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Post by JABF on Jan 13, 2017 9:12:51 GMT -6
I wasn't saying every throw was, is or needs to be perfect..just saying i noticed those things. Like his back shoulder throws he likes.
And I if I was sober I would link it up for you...but just YouTube "Deshaun Watson vs"...
And as far as the Auburn game here...
His third pass alone was a wtf pass and I'm not surprised the Wr alligator armed that shit! You have a Safety AND a LB with a bulls-eye on ya. Then the 4th pass was an odd check down..then the 5th in the replay you can see he wasn't going to be on target regardless...and on and on...there was the pass waaay out of bounds, another where he was behind on the slant route which made the Wr stop...or the 3rd qtr Int...
Look i'm not trying to bust balls or or be right...it's just my opinion on what I see.
the "alligator arm" pass (0m18sec) was high and behind. it was one of two slants he missed on all game (see 8m18 sec for his best slant throw of the evening)
the check down play 0m36sec he makes a wild throw. he's on the move, and his footwork is really bad. he literally threw with both his feet parallel to the line marker. on the next drive he rolls left, at 9m10sec he throws a beautiful ball on a roll out to the right, so i don't think he has slow feet or can't throw accurately on the run with proper footwork.
the "way out of bounds" throw 1m26sec is like the pick in that he has to throw to the sideline because the safety is over the top. the CB did not leave the WR enough room for him to make the throw so he throws it out of bounds. to me that is an intentional throw away.
throws of note:
2m33sec mark typical back shoulder throw from Watson- he can do this to both sides of the field. this is a pro throw and how you beat safety over the top + good coverage.
3m16sec another example, ends up incomplete but this is excellent coverage and Watson beat it.
4m36 forces CB to grab with that throw, safety bit on inside route and no grab = catch and turn up field.
5m29 touch to beat coverage, perfect throw and another TD dropped by consensus rd1 pick #7.
6m32 another great throw this time to the back right corner same WR can't make the tough catch.
8m18 Watson has hit on all but two slants. Here Bellamy, err Williams drops his 3rd td pass.
8m52 Watson throws with terrible footwork and still manages to get the ball to travel 30y on time and accurately into the endzone for a TD. Not a throw i want a QB to make, but it does prove he has a big enough arm to play nfl ball.
10m8 throwing back shoulder to Alshon like this would have similar results. amazing stuff.
So you may notice that I think Mike Williams, the #1 rated WR on most boards, had an abysmal game. Having a bad game doesn't make him a bad prospect any more than having a dozen bad throws in a game would make a bad qb prospect. i think i saw 3 throws i didn't like from Watson that game. The high and behind pass you called out, a slant where he stared down his guy and the TD that flew 30y off his shoulders and into his target's arms.
I understand that people think he has some accuracy issues, but i see a guy with above average accuracy that occasionally has bad footwork/ all shoulder throws leading to high throws. He might also stare down his guys on quick throws/reads. at 0m44 sec you see a him stare down his WR on a 4th down slant route, allowing the LB to break up the play.
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Good points. I watched him play in the Ohio State playoff game last night. They curb-stomped Ohio State 31-0, and then went on to beat Alabama for the National Championship.
I've now watched quite a bit of him, and facing some great defenses.
The more I watch him, the more I like what I see. He (like any college QB) will have things to work on at the NFL level. But all of the talent is there - both mental AND physical talent. He will make the transition to the NFL and be a solid QB, unless he goes to a team that ruins him. But he has all that you could want and more as a young QB coming to the NFL. It will be up to the team that lands him, to help him polish his game and reach his true ceiling as an NFL QB.