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It’s what Spencer Petras and Graham Mertz lackAccuracy is #1.
I was going to add "Good field vision" but I think I was putting that and your second response under Football IQ, although maybe those aren't equivalent. Agree with it, though.Accuracy and the ability to quickly process information and make decisions under pressure
Nice Metallica reference👍Accuracy, then quick release. When Purdue has found success in the big, it’s always been through the air, often with a pretty spread out field of receiving targets to choose from. Purdue will always have an uphill battle matching up with the better programs’ defensive lines, so good decision making, quick reads, and fast releases with accurate passes are key here more than most places. When we’ve been able to get a good running game going, it’s usually been born out of the defense keying in more on the passing game. IMO, intangibles like “fire to win” are assumed or at least can be coached and brought out by team culture.
But if you don’t have accuracy and a quick release, in the immortal words of James Hatfield, nothing else matters.
Frankly it should be no1. You can have the best, most accurate arm on the planet...but if you are dumb as a post- you will suck as a QB.High football IQ should be a lot higher.
I take took that to mean ability to read a defense and work through progressions, which is extremely important.
My though it accuracy is being able to put the ball in the receivers hands often on short, medium and long passes. Threading the needle is putting it on the money when a guy has one or more defenders in the very near vicinity. Almost all QB's can hit a wide open guy; but it takes timing, accuracy and a certain Je ne sais quoi (or maybe devil-may-care?) mindset to do it. The best have it, the middling don't.Isn't accuracy and thread the needle basically the same thing?
Yep. Also when to keep it, when to throw it away and even when to take the sack.High football IQ should be a lot higher.
I take took that to mean ability to read a defense and work through progressions, which is extremely important.
That was sort of my point, too. I don't think IQ quite captures it. You could have a high IQ and yet be indecisive or timid. I am around people like that everyday and they are functionally worthless. Taking 5 seconds to read through progressions and then pull the trigger results in a sack. Or you become Checkdown Charlie.Quick through your READS (can’t believe this isn’t on there - it ruined plummer) and accuracy all day every day
Pretty sure I read on this board there is so such thing as IQ in sports.High football IQ should be a lot higher.
I take took that to mean ability to read a defense and work through progressions, which is extremely important.