Monday, September 29, 2014

Everett Golson (Notre Dame) Passing Charts

6001 200 8162

vs Rice

vs Michigan

vs Purdue

vs Syracuse (Neutral-East Rutherford)

Combined Chart 

Blake Sims (Alabama) Passing Charts

5116 202 NA

vs West Virginia (Neutral-Atlanta)

vs Florida Atlantic

vs Southern Mississippi

vs Florida

Combined Chart

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Quarterback Spotlight: Sean Mannion (Oregon State)

vs SAN DIEGO STATE

[1st 6:32] Elongated motion becomes an issue here. In attempting the deep ball, he got strip-sacked. [1st 6:07] Missed the deep ball dropping. Stiff front leg killed the momentum coming forward from his hips.
Strong arm. Might be a see-it-and-throw-it type of guy. Surprisingly not Philip Rivers slow. [1st 2:50]  Deep ball thrown right over a defender with high velocity for a huge gain. [1st 0:54] DPI call, but threw a ball where the defender could have made a play on it without the call. Again, his stiff front leg keeps him from getting full momentum and staying tall in the pocket. Not a great decision to throw the ball. His man had maybe a half-step ahead of the defender.
[2nd 10:35] Steps up into the pocket nicely and throws a nice bucket pass in stride. [2nd 10:27] Throws into tight coverage on a short pass. Couldn't get the first down. Doesn't stand tall through his throwing motion. [3rd 11:33] Takes pressure, resets his feet quickly, then sent the ball off. Impressive that the ball left his hand and hit his target. [4th 12:00] Throws some passes that he just can't make. [4th 9:12] Throws a nice jump ball down the sideline in stride. [4th 4:25] Badly over-throws his target, resulting in an interception.

Quarterback Spotlight: Everett Golson (Notre Dame)

vs RICE

Very small, both in height and weight. [1st 2:13] Deep throw, about 60 yards from QB to WR. Hangs in the air a bit, and the ball is behind the receiver, but still an impressive throw. Off of a play-action and to a wide open target. Might be dropping the ball too low during the passing motion. [2nd 14:53] Throws with bad lower body mechanics (lifted foot instead of following through), but fired a nice pass into tight coverage. [2nd 13:37] Throws behind his man on a rollout. Almost an interception. [2nd 9:42] Saw pressure and bailed on the pocket. Kept his eyes up, though. Reset his feet to throw the 55-yard ball. Good placement again on the deep ball, but did lift his leg again. [2nd 5:07] Throws it with some zip 30 yards deep in tight coverage. Threw it before he saw it open. [2nd 0:31] Missed deep ball down the sideline. Lifted leg. [2nd 0:14] Escaped the pocket due to pressure. Set feet up again quickly and threw a 65 yard pass for a touchdown. Does drop the ball during his motion.
[3rd 2:04] This pretty much explains Golson in one throw. Rolls left, sets feet quickly, does weird things with his lower body, and throws a decent ball deep with accuracy.

vs MICHIGAN

[1st 12:37] Ill-advised throw into double-coverage in the short game, but with placement and velocity was completed. [1st 3:02] Quick release, high velocity pass. [2nd 12:10] Throws off of his back foot down the middle. Too high, could have been picked off. [2nd 5:30] Tight pass mid-range. All of those end up coming with the route breaking towards the middle of the field. [2nd 0:41] Threw it up on a deep red zone route for a score. [3rd 5:55] GOLSON. HITS. SMALL. WINDOWS.

vs PURDUE

[2nd 14:38] Missed a deep ball in tight coverage. Wasn't interceptable, but Golson isn't scared to throw any passes. [2nd 12:19] Rollout in the red zone. Missed on a pass to the point that he nearly threw an interception. [2nd] Nice footwork with his back to his end zone. Throws a beautiful deep ball for his target to go up the ladder and catch down the sideline. Unfortunately, a defensive back was able to get a hand on the ball by watching the eyes and body of the receiver, who jumps early. [2nd 0:51] Another tamed deep ball for a huge gain. Not sure there's a better passer of 25+ yard balls. [3rd 11:07] Tight coverage throw in the mid range of the field. Nice placement and velocity. [3rd 9:04] Nearly hits on another deep throw down the sideline. Just a step ahead of the receiver at full-speed. Follow through still looks odd. [3rd 5:38] Miscommunication on a back shoulder throw. [3rd 4:11] Throws it in stride for his man to make a play in the air in the red zone. [4th 8:19] Missed on a deep tight throw. Not scared to make any throw. [4th 6:30] Deep throw behind his target.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Quarterback Spotlight: Blake Sims (Alabama)

vs WEST VIRGINIA (Atlanta)

[1st 9:49] Creates space for him to throw. Rolls to the left, keeps his eyes down field, fires off a pass to DeAndrew White. [1st 2:49] Completes a quick pass against pressure on third down. His velocity is probably average to below average at the next level, but it's not poor. [2nd 11:25] Makes a great play to create space off a quick change of direction, but can't finish with an accurate throw. The ball dropped to the feet of his target. [2nd 5:50] Throwing into open space, but clearly isn't scare of pressure. [2nd 13:12] Misses a back shoulder comeback, likely due to chemistry. Does have a wide base on the play, though.
[2nd 12:05] On a designed rollout on a fourth down, Sims is unable to control his deep ball. Open on a smash concept, he had star WR Amari Cooper one-on-one on a corner route. This was his first deep attempt.
[2nd 3:58] Hits on a deep ball (dropped), but had a lot of air under it. Not sure he can hit the home run. Has a bit of a long draw.
[3rd 13:31] Here, Sims decides to throw about a 15 yard pass to the direction of his tight end. In cover three, once the boundary receiver is done with his route, the boundary cornerback is going to read the eyes of the quarterback. The tight end is just in his zone in Cover 3. Sims needs to send it off with some pop to complete it.
There's too much air under it, the linebacker from WVU sticks to tight end O.J. Howard pretty closely, and the corner comes over and hawks the ball for an interception. He just didn't have the arm to make that play.

vs FLORIDA ATLANTIC

[1st 5:23] PA rollout left, missed on another open target (barely). Beginning to wonder if he can't make throws while moving left
Makes calls at the LOS. Base continues to be a little too wide when throwing in the pocket.

vs SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

[1st 5:22] Launches a deep ball with a too wide base and long draw. Sent deep and over the middle, it comes out with too much air under it. Defensive back tips it at the goal line (50 yards away.) Sims has a strong enough arm, but can he throw it on a rope? Is he Tajh Boyd of the 2015 class? [2nd 11:19] Throws a decent fade route, the defensive back couldn't make a play on the ball. Was a little outside, though, and Amari Cooper couldn't come down with it. [3rd 12:57] Here's a play where Sims' long release hurts him. 1st and goal, the team runs a PA rollout. The issue is that by the time he's able to get the ball out, his receiver is already planted in the very corner of end zone. If he could have gotten the ball out a little quicker, he could have potentially hit his man in stride for a touchdown. Instead, it was an incompletion. [3rd 8:05] Sims finally hits a nice deep ball in stride, nailing Cooper on a 27-yard gain. Drops right into a bucket.

vs FLORIDA

[1st 13:59] First play of the game and Sims connects deep. The running back Kenyan Drake gives the linebacker split out wide a little head shake, and he bites. The safety is out of position to cover the man going vertical and can't keep up with him. Results in a 87 yard touchdown.
[1st 7:00] Deep ball in the middle of the field thrown into decently tight coverage. Would like the ball there faster at the next level. [1st 6:05] Rollout to the right, thrown well above the head of a wide open man closing in on the right sideline. [1st 4:23] Another deep ball. A bunch of air under it, but hit in stride and show how strong of an arm Sims has. Ball goes nearly 60 yards in the air before Cooper runs it in for another 30. [2nd 11:17] One of the best passes of the season. Cooper can't come down with it, but the deep ball has a very small level of error allowed. [3rd 15:00] Hit Cooper on a perfect vertical down the sideline. Deep ball looks much better than previous games. [3rd 10:38] Base wide, long motion. Misses on a deep ball.

Devin Gardner (Michigan) Passing Charts

6035 218 8547

@ Notre Dame

vs Utah

Combined Chart