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Originally Posted by RealSNR
Okay, thanks, Mr. Gabriel.
So we're back again to this bullshit of, "Deshaun Watson will be fine because Drew Brees doesn't have a rocket arm..."
If you throw with less velocity, you've simply GOT to make up for it in other areas. You have to be far more precise with timing and anticipation. You have to be account for the windows you're throwing into being a lot smaller and more quick to close. And most importantly, your throws have got to be on the money ****ing accurate. It's gotta operate like a ****ing clock.
Yes, strong armed QBs have to do all that stuff, too, but they can get away with a lot more. In the 5% of times when perhaps they're not quite on the money or they have things mistimed, they're at least going to be far less likely to be picked or have the play disrupted.
Deshaun Watson with his current velocity and the accuracy I saw out of him in college is NOT Drew Brees. Not. Even. ****ing. Close. Watson's accuracy is pretty good on short-mid throws and even some long ones, but he's always good for a few throws that are just ****ing not even goddamn close. And even his throw-to-throw accuracy is just good... it's not deadly good. It's not Drew Brees good.
Greg Gabriel knows more about scouting QBs than I do, but he's not very good with making this argument about velocity. If he wants his opinion to have any ****ing real meaning or value in QB assessment, he needs to compare some guys who AREN'T Drew Brees or Tom Brady whose velocity isn't the greatest. He doesn't have to pick a noodle arm ass**** like Tyler Palko or anybody like that, but you can't just go, "Bullshit! It doesn't matter because Drew Brees can do it!"
The average weak-armed QB prospect doesn't have the things that Drew Brees has in order to become successful in the NFL.
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The dirty little secret a lot of these media people are unwilling to admit. Deshaun Watson was surrounded by a lot of talent at Clemson, including a strong OL, very good RB's, and very good receiving corps including a Top 7 pick.
These elements of the Clemson team helped mask some of Watson's flaws as a player. Heave up a weak 50-50 ball? No problem, big time receiver bails him out. He will also have help at the NFL level of course, but he won't have the deck stacked in his favor like he did in college.
Everyone brings up the Alabama games. Johnny Manziel torched Alabama two years in a row as well, then got his butt whipped at the NFL level because his arm was not good enough to make the kind of questionable throws he did in college. Deshaun will have to be smarter with his decision-making and more precise with his execution to help make up for the velocity issue.