As most of you may or may not be aware I have had, and still do have, some real concerns about Jarren's ability to throw the deep ball. I have gone in depth as to my reasoning that this can really hurt an offensive system in many ways so I won't bother repeating it here.
The part that has me so confused is the excellent velocity and accuracy JW shows on the short and intermediate routes. He has the arm, why isn't he successful throwing long?
I found a reason to be excited. Now obviously the coaches have so much tape on Jarren and have studied him much deeper than I ever could so they certainly already know what I'm about to say. I think it is a breakdown in mechanics that really is basic and very fixable.
Jarren throws a pretty ball and is very accurate, 75+% of the time. After rewatching as much Jarren game highlights as I have available it becomes very apparent that when he misses a receiver or makes a less accurate throw that is completed he has footwork issues. Footwork is the easiest thing to fix and I would be willing to guarantee it is something Enos has identified and works on with Jarren regularly.
Watch this throw to Pope in the Bethune Cookman game last Sat- 2:53 mark:
What is great is that they show the throw initially from the side and everything looks great except the result. Then they show the replay. Jarren takes a short stride on the throw and steps in the bucket as they say. This forces his hips to swing open and around in the throwing motion and costs him major distance and velocity in the throw. A subtle change to stepping toward the target will allow Jarren to drive the ball downfield. This stepping into the bucket may be from a lack of pocket security after the OL performance vs Florida. You don't always have that pocket to step up into but when you do Jarren needs to step into that deep ball and let it rip.
If I were Enos I would game plan this so that Jarren gets some work on this part of his game.
The part that has me so confused is the excellent velocity and accuracy JW shows on the short and intermediate routes. He has the arm, why isn't he successful throwing long?
I found a reason to be excited. Now obviously the coaches have so much tape on Jarren and have studied him much deeper than I ever could so they certainly already know what I'm about to say. I think it is a breakdown in mechanics that really is basic and very fixable.
Jarren throws a pretty ball and is very accurate, 75+% of the time. After rewatching as much Jarren game highlights as I have available it becomes very apparent that when he misses a receiver or makes a less accurate throw that is completed he has footwork issues. Footwork is the easiest thing to fix and I would be willing to guarantee it is something Enos has identified and works on with Jarren regularly.
Watch this throw to Pope in the Bethune Cookman game last Sat- 2:53 mark:
What is great is that they show the throw initially from the side and everything looks great except the result. Then they show the replay. Jarren takes a short stride on the throw and steps in the bucket as they say. This forces his hips to swing open and around in the throwing motion and costs him major distance and velocity in the throw. A subtle change to stepping toward the target will allow Jarren to drive the ball downfield. This stepping into the bucket may be from a lack of pocket security after the OL performance vs Florida. You don't always have that pocket to step up into but when you do Jarren needs to step into that deep ball and let it rip.
If I were Enos I would game plan this so that Jarren gets some work on this part of his game.
