(01-04-2018 12:19 PM)eaglewraith Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 12:14 PM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 11:49 AM)eaglewraith Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 09:41 AM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 08:35 AM)eaglewraith Wrote:  I think he has a good skillset to be one, but didn't receive the coaching/development he needed.

I think Miles was blinded by 4-star Manning (I seem to recall someone posting a nuclear bomb gif when he transferred as well) but Manning was basically a bust under Miles as well. At least Elliott's staff was able to figure out a way to get some better level of production from him.

Winchester would have been a better QB for ya'll, especially to help the run game, if he had been coached up from the beginning. It may be too late at this point, but stranger things have happened.

Who knows. Maybe he could've been dangerous in a school with TO scheme because of his pure athleticism and lightening acceleration. Can't convert to WR because he can't catch. Not physical enough to play defense. He does have a strong arm but the accuracy isn't exactly pinpoint..but you don't need that in TO scheme.

Yes you do.

You want high passing efficiency which means a high completion rate. You don't get that by spraying balls everywhere.

not really because defenses are so focused on the run, WRs are covered in man coverage without safety help or left alone in space between the zones. As much respect I had for Ellison and Upshaw, they threw just about as well as Winchester.

Ellison played through pretty much his entire career with a bum throwing shoulder that he injured midway through 2013. He was a very accurate passer before that. He showed signs of it early in 2014 as well before reinjuring it. After that I'm not sure that Ruse was particularly special as a QB coach to get him to improve. However, Ellison was a master at reading option keys and athletic enough to compensate. Upshaw struggled with some of those aspects.

Accuracy is important, even in an option offense.

agree that above-average accuracy is necessary, but I never expected Michael Vick to throw accurately as Matt Ryan...not saying Vick played in option offense, but just using him as an example a duel-threat QB