ChyrenB Wrote:
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> Because I'm projecting him holic. I'm projecting
> what I see as his future in terms of what he'll
> be. After watching the Jets game and not having a
> collapsing pocket as an excuse (Buffalo had a well
> known pass rush) and seeing him with all the time
> in the world, I just came to the conclusion that
> he will never be an A class qb. Maybe B class but
> not a class and his deep ball thing is that he
> can't judge speed vis a vis the right amount of
> force to put behind the ball.
>
> You could probably have Wallace and him practice
> on an empty field and he would still miss those
> throws.
>
> His accuracy when he zips the ball for less than
> 20 yards like throwing a dart at a dart board is
> deadly.
>
> Anytime he has to rainbow the ball, he's lost.
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Chryen, if a Dan Marino clone is sitting there when Miami picks in the draft, grab him, otherwise, we have RT as our franchise QB. I have also advocated and agreed with you and others on this board, that Miami should draft another QB (mid-round) to give him competition.
Now, the weaknesses RT has shown can be worked on during the offseason. I've said it on numerous occasions that Sherman does not practice long balls. Hard for RT to judge Wallace's speed with no practice.
Just out of curiosity...how did RT do during his college QBing days with the long ball? I'm asking because I don't know and am too lazy to look it up.
Something you may be missing also, Chryen, when talking about not hitting his receivers during the Jets game, I will admit that game was not one of his better ones. However, I can guarantee if a receiver was wide open, RT would hit him.
I'm telling ya, RT is shaky back there, and I don't blame him. If you were a QB and had a line that constantly caves in and you find yourself on your back many times during the game, you sure as hell would be getting rid of the ball as quickly as you could and quite often missing your receivers.
On the other hand, someone on this board can probably post the stats of how many drops by receivers on Miami that have occurred throughout the year.
Sherman isn't calling plays that match RT's skills. The Pitt game showed exactly what RT could do. Didn't see that before or since. Hell, even Marino rolled out once in a while (and it was usually effective).
I disagree that RT would miss Wallace on very many deep passes on the practice field with just the two of them.
I also disagree that he can hit the long one, with a "rainbow ball." I've seen him do it, not often, but he has done it.
People questioned his arm strength for the long one; he has shown he has the strength by overthrowing Wallace on occasion (especially lately). I would rather he do that than throw it short, as he was doing earlier, where it was either intercepted or neither of them came down with the ball.
Again, allow him and his receivers to work on the deep patterns and that part of his game will improve. Oh, BTW, I've seen RT get that ball out to Wallace and he has dropped it.
Sorry this post went on and on.