12-27-2018, 11:43 AM
(12-27-2018, 12:31 AM)Whatever Wrote: OSU is primarily just showing zone read looks to help the RB a little with Haskins. He's gotta keep it once in awhile to keep the D honest, but those are primarily intended to be hand offs. The system combined with the talent around him is really inflating his passing numbers. He gets a ton of short high percentage throws to guys that are a threat to go the distance any time they get the ball in space and he gets a ridiculous number of wide open receivers that he just has to drop it in the same area code.
No one is buying the "zone read" looks. He is showing a naked bootleg basically because he is so little of a running threat. The system argument is slightly flawed because he isn't a half field spread QB. The fact it is a full field spread in itself already calms a lot of the "system" argument because he is making reads across the entire field on many throws. Saying he is throwing to wide open guys means he finds wide open guys, when you watch him in the pocket he is bouncing and scanning the field, don't undersell the skill required to do this. Those short high percentage throws are using West Coast concepts that are ran in the NFL (many people think he could be a fit for Gruden). He makes a lot of intermediate NFL level throws with touch which is something many rookies struggle with. Thing for me is watching his first 4 games compared to his last four games. What should get NFL teams excited is his decision making improvements as well as his touch on short routes getting better.
Will he come out with a Andrew Luck type grade? No. My guess is he will be graded similar to a guy like Joe Flacco or Mitchell Trubisky. I think a less athletic Trubisky is a reall good comparison for him to be honest. I think he will struggle in year 1 and show flashes, but in year 2 with the right coordinator he will see big improvements.
