Ohio State Haskins will be Great NFL QB

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(12-24-2018, 12:06 AM)Jason_NC Wrote: He has a + arm.  Good release.  Accurate.  

Circus catches?  Have you watched OSU?  Most of his passes have been right where you want them.

McShay currently has him his #1 QB.

Rewatching the Purdue game, Haskins misses McLahrin wide open on a deep ball and the shortarms him on an out in the endzone that allows the DB to catch up and make a play on the ball to hold the Bucks to 3 after Purdue took the lead late in the first.  Wright had to make a tough catch on their first drive when he tried to sit down in the zone and Haskins threw it too far ahead of him.  He short armed Mack on a comeback on 3rd down midway through the second, forcing another punt. Several screens thrown to the wrong shoulder throughout the 1st quarter.  Throws one well behind Campbell at 5:00 Mark.  Shortarms Hill over the middle and nearly picked around 4:00 Mark.  Hits big play to Hill that could have been a TD if Hill doesn't have to slow up for the ball, allowing CB back into the play.  Overthrows Dixon in the end zone.  Drive ends in no points after great pass breakup and missed FG.  

2nd half starts uptempo and all screens except for a drop by Dixon and an incomplete jump ball in the endzone.  FG for OSU.  Horribly underthrows a wide open Mack on a deep fly, but gets bailed out when CB runs through Mack when he tries to stop and come back for the ball.  Misses Farrell badly, DB gets away with contact because of uncatchable ball.  Throws one behind Victor, but bailed out by great catch.  Drive ends in no points after Haskins fails on run from the 4 and WR screen on 4th down dropped.  Nearly pick 6'd on out route.  Terrible throw to Dixon under pressure leads to 3 & out.  Free blitzer up the middle on that one. Throws way behind Hill on screen pass.  28-6 now with 11:39 left.  Nearly picked again.  Otherthrows Victor.  Way behind Harrison.  Weber stopped well short on another screen.  Screen to Weber to convert 4th down.  Victor with great contested catch on ball thrown behind him.  Dixon wide open for long TD.  35-13 w/6:46 left, now.  Fumbles snap, but recovers.  Pulled back too quickly.  Drop by Victor.  Purdue playing soft.  Flip pass high for Mclaurin, but caught.  Drop by Hill.  Hits McLaurin in stride for TD.  42-20 with 3:37 left.  Garbage time at OSU 1.  Guess they trotted Haskins out there to pad those stats.  Misses high to Hill. Keeps throwing check downs.  Pick 6 on horrible throw.  Way behind his receiver.  Moping on bench with his head in his hands.  49-20 w/2:08 left.  Still running screens.  Misses high to Weber under pressure.  Awkward slide after short scramble.  Dropsies infecting OSU now, Weber this time.  Ballgame.

Overall, a couple of really good intermediate throws, but some really bad throws.  The offense gives him a LOT of easy completions, and even some of those were dicey, with a ton of screens and shallow crossing routes designed to get guys space to work.  The big difference between this game and every other OSU game this year is the Bucks simply could not get the huge RAC plays they generally get.  Purdue did a good job of keeping the short game in front of them, getting off blocks, and making tackles.  They gave up lots of 5-10 yard screens, but not the back breaking huge plays you typically see and they made OSU settle for FG's early.  Kid has a tendency to overthrow a receiver, then overcorrect and short arm throws on the same drive or vice versa.  That will lead to a ton of picks in the pros if it's not corrected.  Deep ball accuracy needs a ton of work.  This is an entirely different ballgame if he could simply hit the numerous receivers he had wide open for TD's with anything even resembling a catchable ball.  You see the touch on short passes Au165 mentioned, but he blasted a couple in there too hard.  He threw head level and hard on a WR screen on 4th and goal.  WR should make that catch, but he definitely could have made it a lot easier on him.  Didn't really see a lot of great leadership characteristics out of him in this one.  Gets happy feet sometimes and doesn't seem like the type to stare down the gun barrel and deliver a strike.  Accuracy seems to come and go and it's like they're using all the screen stuff to calm him down and rebuild his confidence sometimes.  Got fooled a few times when Purdue showed blitz, then backed out at last second.

Right now, he very much has the look of a guy being elevated by the talent around him.  The announcers even mentioned in this one that it's the first time OSU has had 3 guys with 1000 career receiving yards at the same time, which tells you the kind of talent he has around him.  The gaudy passing numbers are a product of OSU being forced to rely more on the short passing game to make up for a QB who is ineffective as a runner after having a true dual threat for so long.

At best, I think Haskins is an Alex Smith/Andy Dalton type QB.  Good enough to win games with enough talent around him and a good offensive scheme, but not a guy who's going to carry a team on his back.  More likely, he's a 3-6 year backup, then out of the league.