WEBVTT - 2021 NFL Draft Offensive Line Preview 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:16.200 Looking down Miami quarter drawn. What is up, Dolph fans 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:19.840 and welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:25.239 Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:29.440 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:33.040 And on today's show, we're gonna continue this positional preview 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:36.599 series here talking about the NFL Draft as we get 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:39.320 a look at the quarterback class. We're also gonna stop 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:43.320 by Daniel Jeremiah's mock draft three point oh. All of 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:49.760 that and more on this edition of the Drive Time Podcast, 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:56.920 and we're gonna break right into the NFL Draft quarterback claps. No, 0:00:57.080 --> 0:01:04.000 we're not, you know why because we've got this steaks 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:08.200 the all play stays at the speed, steaks down down 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:11.839 the middle and down the ten. How did he find 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:18.240 a hole there? Plus seventy you're running looking at him? 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:23.640 So he's got a man sicky is for the touchdown? 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:29.920 What a truck by t at the Tolphits yeah, I 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:31.800 mean I'm excited about, you know, to a in this 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:35.000 upcoming season and we started nine games. I thought he 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:37.120 made a lot of improvement where other really throughout the 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:40.000 course of the season had some ups at some announce 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:44.800 um like all the rookies, UM, and like any rookie, Uh, 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:48.880 I'm really excited about this. Uh, this this, you know 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:53.360 that year one a year to jump having, uh being 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:55.800 more comfortable even down here in South Florida has got 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:57.520 a place. I mean, I love that rookie year. You 0:01:57.600 --> 0:01:58.960 got a lot going on. You know, you gotta get 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:01.080 a house, you gotta get a cart, moved to all 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:02.760 new city. I mean, there's so many things that are 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.200 going on. I'm Thorey handled it well last year, but 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:09.480 I'm really excited um about uh, you know this upcoming year, 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:12.960 especially you know again we gotta think that he had 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:14.560 an old t AC and you know I had a 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:18.919 different training camp. Uh so look, you guys know me. 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.440 I mean I'm all about the development of players, you know, 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:25.640 helping them develop and helping them u um get better. 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:30.200 And I think, uh, you know this this time or 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:32.799 you know, an off season, UM is really gonna be 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.519 helpful to him, um and really all the rookies. And 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:39.280 I'm really excited about, you know, working with him in 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:44.840 a season. Hold on, how do you do this seventy 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:49.200 seven yards? I mean it's one thing to have a 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:52.480 play dialed up and throw it as you're packing to 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:57.799 your left, but putting it right on the money. Jaylen 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.480 Waddles playing for Debout this last year. Go across the field, 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:05.800 he's not that wide open. He just delipers the ball 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:10.079 right on them. Right. The guy was a rookie last 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:13.519 year and came in and went six and three or 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:17.040 whatever he did. The two things that really stick out 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:20.680 to me about to as I think he has elite 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:25.959 accuracy and that's very important, and I think he's gonna learn, 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.880 you know, from last year, he's gonna learn through this offseason. 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.840 He's got some continuity with George Gottsey and Eric Studesville 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:36.680 as coordinators. Now, um, you know where to go with 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:40.120 the ball, how to eliminate things pre snap, Uh, to 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:43.720 really be able to unleash that elite accuracy. And then 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:46.880 he throws with anticipation and that's something that's difficult that 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.320 you don't see a lot with quarterbacks coming from college 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:52.560 to the NFL. So I'm a huge to a fan. Uh. 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:56.120 My kids love to a Sometimes they play with him 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:59.480 on that and sometimes they play with me. Um. But 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:02.560 I'm looking forward for big things for him. I think 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:04.760 I think he's gonna do great and just in terms 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.200 of being a leader on a team and a guy 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:10.480 that people can follow. He has all those qualities. So 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.000 I think we just need to have a little bit 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:15.200 of patience. He was a rookie last year, and I 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:18.560 think he's gonna do great things. And so while I 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:22.680 fancy myself a pretty knowledgeable analyst, I think it's important 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.280 to utilize the resources that you have. And when it 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:28.680 comes to to a tungue voloa, we have countless resources 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:32.800 of people way smarter than I, people that have forgotten 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:36.240 more football than you or I will ever know, saying 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:39.600 how many special qualities this guy has. And we'll hear 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:42.400 some more of those testimonials here at the end of 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:44.920 the show too. But I wanted to rattle off some 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:47.640 of my scouting points, break down some of the plays 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:51.719 that I think demonstrated those special skills during his rookie season, 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:54.640 talk about some areas of growth, and really get into 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.400 the weeds on the numbers and the data. So first, 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:01.600 why should you trust my word on quarterback play? For 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:03.680 those that have been with me since the beginning of 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:06.960 all of this, even before the Lockdown Dolphins days, my 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:10.480 first work that really gained some notoriety for me was 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:13.680 the website that I developed from the ground up brick 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:16.080 by brick if you're a listener of the Great Around 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:18.960 the NFL podcast, And it all came from an idea 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.600 that was really born back in two thousand twelve or 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.400 somewhere in that range. I always thought the way the 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:30.680 general public critiqued and perceived quarterback play was operating with 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:34.880 some incomplete information, just a fraction of what was really 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:37.440 going on twenty two moving parts on any given play. 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:41.600 It's a lot to process. So for years I theorized 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.680 a project that focused on how can we create a 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:48.520 grading scale that accounts for those little details and generates 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:52.280 a total score on an even plane for every single quarterback. 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:55.040 At first, I had these thoughts about what if we 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:59.240 took every single possible yard, touchdown, or completion on a 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:04.520 very objective perspective and graded quarterbacks based upon my perceived 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:08.640 my perception rather of the statistics they left on the field. 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:11.680 But that left for way too much gray area. However, 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.080 it was the crux of the development of the website 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:17.600 which would become third and ten dot com, and it 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:21.920 launched in the summer, and though that site is no 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:24.960 longer on the old interwebs. I still point back to 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:28.560 that as my breakthrough project. It's what got my name 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.320 on the radar of David Locke, the owner of Locked 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:34.159 On Podcasts, and it got me some attention, some good, 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:38.159 plenty bad with fan bases around the league. Boy Titans 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.479 fans did not like me for the grades I gave 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:44.880 Marcus Mariota the Giant subreddit banned me for suggesting that 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:48.600 maybe two time world champion Eli Manning had seen his 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:52.640 better days. And that's putting my comments pretty lightly. We're 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:56.240 talking honestly here above leading to a job that led 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:59.360 to this job. All the tape I watched from that 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:03.280 project really honed my ability, in my opinion, to evaluate 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:06.400 the position. I broke down every play. I watched it 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:09.640 from the sideline angle, concerning the progression, the coverage, the 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:13.720 immediacy or lack thereof, by which the wide receiver uncovered, 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:17.120 where the quarterback had his eyes and access to each throw. 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.080 And I watched the end zone angle looking at the protection, 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:23.120 how he got away from pressure, how they managed off script. 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:26.440 That factor into a big time to hitting layups counted 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:29.680 as one point making an exceptional throw or evading pressure 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:32.840 to get a completion was usually two points, and doing 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:35.480 a mixture of those two things and creating out of 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.480 nothing was a three point play with some shades of 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.200 grant all those explanations. The most I gave out on 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:43.440 any one play was three points, though, and the scale 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.360 went negatively to all the way down to negative three, 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:49.360 so six points possible with zero as well, so seven 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:53.360 possible outcomes every single play. This allowed me to determine 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:56.880 blame and responsibility for turnovers or missed opportunities. And I 0:07:57.000 --> 0:07:59.960 look back on the rankings of that project and it's 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.840 still hold pretty well true today. I had Tannehill and 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.200 Stafford right around the top ten range. I had Dak 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.320 Prescott up there, and that super rookie season that he had, 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:12.080 I think he has maintained and sustained that ability since 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:15.480 that time. I mentioned I was more bearish on Mariota 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:18.400 and manning guys like Joe Flacco, and boy was I 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:21.400 harsh on Jared Goff's rookie season. So all of that 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:24.600 is to say, then I feel pretty qualified doing this. 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:28.520 I continued charting Dolphins quarterbacks after that, when the Dolphins 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:32.760 became my lane specifically and the entire thing. Back in 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.360 two thousand twelve, as well as the resurfacing of it 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:39.520 in was really done in earnest to show people that 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:42.559 Ryan Tannehill was much better than he got credit for. 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:45.680 And well, I think that story speaks pretty well for itself. 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:49.640 But what I learned most about quarterback play is fourfold. 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.880 We'll call it first, even though the position gets all 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:55.160 the credit and all the blame, it's never a one 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:58.439 man deal. Never. The box score lies, the highlights lie. 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:00.719 The only thing that gives you a true picture of 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.280 what's going on is putting in the work and placing 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.840 context to every single drop back, every single snap, every 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.240 single play. And that's why I encourage you to check 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:12.880 out Tuesday's podcast. In season we break down the entire 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:15.719 game in lieu of firing off takes over one or 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:19.160 two plays that made the highlight reel good or bad. Second, 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:22.680 the feet. It all starts with the feet. I remember 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:25.439 watching Jimmy Garoppolo at the Senior Bowl what was that 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:28.560 two thousand fourteen, and he would work through his reads 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:31.280 and his feet moved with his eyes. That was a 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:35.000 big revelation for me. Eyes hardwired to your feet because 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:38.199 to play quarterback, you have to anticipate windows opening you 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:41.199 have to have your body react in unison with the 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:44.240 speed at which your brain processes. So if you're reading 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:46.839 front side of the coverage and it's covered up, when 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:50.120 your eyes get to the backside, your feet, your alignment 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:53.199 and body position need to as well. So the moment 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:56.360 you see it, you can let it rip. It sounds simple, 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.839 but few quarterbacks can do it consistently with precision. To 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:02.360 what does it more on that in a moment? Third, 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:06.120 the multiple throws in the toolbag. Tannehill is always my 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:08.720 reference point because I've seen that man throw more passes 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.600 than anybody else on planet Earth, and I always praised 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:14.240 him for his ability to drive those scene throws with 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:17.160 the rip and the spin to get over the second level, 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:20.600 but under the third level. Just picture Charles Clay streaking 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:22.800 down the hash mark on the middle of the field 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.959 and making big gainers and wouldn't you know it, look 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.079 at all the big place Tannehill hits in Tennessee to 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.680 A J. Brown, Johnny Smith, Corey Davis on those similar routes. 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:34.920 But where I always docked Tannehill was the touch. You'd 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:38.319 see it on screens and wheels, basically anything to the 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:41.439 running back. The ability to alter the motion of the arm, 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:44.200 to alter the arms slot to an angle that can 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:48.080 manipulate velocity, touch and timing. Russell Wilson is a great 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:51.320 example of this. He can throw with different trajectories from 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:55.000 different platforms to work around defenders, create windows and stick 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.880 that thing and accurately. So canta more on that in 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:00.679 just one moment. And finally, and there are more. But 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:03.720 these are the key components. I look at the relationship 0:11:03.760 --> 0:11:06.600 when it comes to the quarterbacks, processing and the timing 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:09.280 of the play's evolution. So stay with me here on 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:11.839 this comparisons. I might lose some of you. This is 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.800 probably a crazy thought, but I swear it's apt. I 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:16.920 used to play a lot of FIFA with my brother. 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:20.599 It's all through balls and anticipation passes to remain on 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:23.439 side but get in behind the defense with a run 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:26.439 on goal. And to execute those passes, you had to 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.360 be able to not only recognize your teammates pattern, pace 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:31.920 and path, you had to account for the leverage of 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:36.559 the defense. And that's playing quarterback anticipation leverage, understanding of 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:39.959 the coverage where it's vulnerable, and how you design or 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:43.280 how the design of your concept rather can attack those vulnerabilities. 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:45.880 So where does to fit into all that. Let's go 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:49.600 in reverse order the anticipation. I've been watching his rookie 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:51.520 tape a lot, and you see it all the time. 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:53.559 We're gonna play a clip here breaking down one of 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:55.800 those throws against the Chiefs and how he was able 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.640 to manipulate the defense out of its own principles to 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.319 create a throwing lane. It's a third and twelve, a 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:04.200 corner route sometimes called a sale, sometimes called a flag, 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:07.360 sometimes called a seven. Every route has like twenty four names. 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.439 To us sees the coverage playout post snap, he does 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:13.199 our number to trade with the body positioning and the 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:16.240 feet alignment to move the defense out of his window, 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:19.840 then shoots it in behind the vacated defender before he's 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.280 even out of that hole. There's a throw from two 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:25.439 against l s U back in that twenty four to 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:27.960 nothing shutout where he outran Patrick Queen to the end 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:30.280 zone for a forty something. You are touchdown to put 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:33.079 the game on ice. It's third down in five. It's 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:36.120 a basic out against off coverage, a speed out where 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.480 the receiver pushes up five yards and hits a ninety 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:41.120 degree turn right in front of the defensive back towards 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:44.360 the perimeter to what takes the snap, and his knees 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:47.280 and his hips, his shoulders, his foot positioning are square 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:49.839 down the pipe, so the dB cannot drive on the 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:53.120 quick out, the speed out route with insanely quick feet. 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.559 He's at the top of his drop, he's pivoted his 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:58.640 mechanics to get into proper position, and the football is 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:01.760 out before the receiver has even begun to break down, 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:04.480 sink his hips, and get to that break. It's located 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:07.839 on the outside shoulder, giving the receiver protection from the 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:10.880 dB coming underneath for a possible play on the football. 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:14.880 It's timing, it's rhythm, it's accuracy, it's countless repetition of 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:17.840 playing the position, something we know to A has done 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:20.079 with his father pretty much every day since he could 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:23.360 group a football back in his hometown of Eva Beach, Hawaii. 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:27.840 I remember texting friend of the podcast and writer podcaster 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:32.000 for Dolphins Talk dot Com, Kevin Dern, about that one 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:35.480 play and just gushing over how impressed I was. Winning 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:38.560 from the pocket expedity in the process of the footwork 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.760 to account for the bang bang nature of the play, 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:44.200 just so precise and nuanced, even on a little throw 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:47.640 that seems routine to the casual observer. If you want 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:49.880 some examples of this as a pro there's a step 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:53.400 for step replication of that in the Chargers game, fourth quarter, 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:56.880 fourteen ten left to play a twelve yard completion to 0:13:57.000 --> 0:14:00.040 Jachim Grant who reduces inside to give himself more a 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:02.920 room off the perimeter to run this route to the boundary, 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.800 and just real quick, perimeter and boundary are different things. 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.400 Boundary is the short side of the field, so just 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:10.839 keep that in mind for future reference to a fakes 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:12.559 on an r P O. He pulls it out and 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:14.760 pops that thing to the sideline where Jachim catches it, 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:18.000 taps the toes and moves the chains. It's an indefensible 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:21.240 throw because the dB holds inside on the play fake 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.280 and to as ability to quickly square to his target 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.520 and throw accurately on time, You're just not going to 0:14:26.640 --> 0:14:30.440 defend that ball. Then there's the manipulation of the ball 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.680 with spin, velocity and touch all that stuff. There's a 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:35.800 great example against the Bengals where two of breaks the 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:39.040 pocket and add libs on a busted play. He finds 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.240 Miles Gascon for a big gainer down to the five 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:44.720 yard line, who's behind the Cincinnati defender with nobody over 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.680 the top, But you still have to get over that defender. 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:50.080 If you want to practice this throw, go in your 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.520 backyard and assuming you have a six foot tall fence 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:54.760 in your backyard, get a buddy, put him on the 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:57.680 other side of the fence, but only five yards beyond 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:01.040 the fence. Then you yourself go into your own yard 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:04.280 fifteen yards away from the fence. Now throw the football 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:06.800 over the fence, but in a way that it descends 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.600 right over the top of that fence and into your 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.040 buddy's hands. That's what we're talking about here. You can't 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:13.880 just throw the thing through the fence. You have to 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:15.880 have touch to get it over it and then have 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.720 it dropped back down into the receiver's hands. And there 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.400 are different throws, and we've seen him make them. We 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:24.120 saw him rip that first career touchdown past the Davante 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:28.000 Parker with pristine accuracy and without even having his feet 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.720 set because he's throwing into a pressure. Look. We've seen 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:32.880 him drive those r p O pops over the middle, 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:35.840 took a sicki Lynn Bowden to Parker. Again, We've seen 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:38.880 him lofed perfectly arching deep balls down the field. More 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:41.840 on the most accurate downfield thrower in college football history 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.800 in just one moment. But he can make all those throws. 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:48.240 So control of the football on all throws, the feet, 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.200 and the alignment to get himself into threatening position after 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:55.000 ripping through his reads or against pressure, the anticipation of 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:58.880 a tenure veteran, and finally the credit and blame discussion. 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:00.960 When I was breaking down the Chiefs game this spring, 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:03.600 maybe it was still winter, I don't remember. Two was 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:06.040 playing extremely well in that game, but even the stats 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.320 didn't reflect that at one point, because at one point 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:10.880 he was nine for fourteen with eighty two yards and 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:14.240 a touchdown pass going in once again inside the red 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.440 zone on the first drive of the game, perhaps my 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:19.200 favorite play of Two his entire rookie season, but it 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:22.280 went incomplete on a drop. It's third and long. He 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:24.520 gets pressure up the middle in his face and there 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:27.720 are two Chiefs defenders parked at the sticks, one in 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:30.040 the middle of the field who has his back turned 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:33.200 to Towa's eventual target, and the other is on the 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:35.880 back of his eventual target. So a tight window to 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:38.920 a reads that leverage and drills a shot twenty five 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:42.280 yards in between this tight window where he essentially replaces 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:45.960 the out leverage defender with the football, and you couldn't 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:48.480 have handed it off any better. But the ball falls 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:50.720 the turf and comes out incomplete, and here comes the 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.120 pump team back to the red zone drive with that 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:56.200 seven zero lead in that chief's game. The pass in 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:59.040 the corner to Parker that just goes off his hands 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:01.000 and brings the field goal team out for three points. 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:04.119 Parker gets on top of the defense defenders quickly and 0:17:04.240 --> 0:17:07.120 to lets that thing fly early. He sees them even 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:09.680 he's leaving, throws the ball early, and Parker does what 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:12.840 he seemingly always does, goes up high points it. But 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:15.840 he just barely cannot bring that thing in. It's about 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:18.840 thirty yards or so of production. It's two more completions, 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:22.080 it's another touchdown pass. So eleven for four teen with 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:25.600 a hundred and five yards or so and two passing touchdowns. Context, man, 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:27.919 stuff matters, So I want to break down a few 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:30.879 more plays here and continue to provide that context. But first, 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:33.879 my scattering report on two out of college reads as 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:37.040 follows written back in twenty nine. Team mechanically there are 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:39.359 no flaws tongue by Lowa's ability to win from the 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:42.600 pocket comes from a rare combination of high level processing 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:46.200 and accuracy. Those two traits, along with his light feet, 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:48.840 which are hardwired to his eyes, makes him one of 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.840 the most revered prospects to come out in the last decade. Too, 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:54.320 is far from just a pocket passer. He's a dual 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:57.760 threat that contest every level of the field, erase free rushers, 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:01.040 and always puts his offense and the most ad vantageous positions. 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:05.440 His processing and anticipation skills extend beyond reading coverage. He's 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:08.959 especially adept at managing the pocket and flashing false targets 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:11.840 for defenders to take the cheese. He can quickly bounce 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:14.200 off of his spot and mitigate pressure by attacking the 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:17.240 line of scrimmage while he continues to survey down the field. 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.119 He throws with accuracy from a variety of platforms and 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:24.919 across multiple route combinations. He dictated ideal situations with pre 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:28.840 snap recognition and post nap manipulation. He manipulates defense with 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:32.840 ball placement, eye and body position manipulation. Like the mechanics, 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:36.200 it's difficult to find flaws in his acumen, quick twitch 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:40.800 anticipatory abilities, and throws with rare accuracy and placement to 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:44.520 all levels of the field. Back to his NFL game, 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:46.720 I don't have to tell you guys about the Cardinals game. 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:49.560 He was stellar in that one. Back in Week ninety 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:52.200 one Dolphins. The yard drive to tie up in the 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:54.960 fourth quarter with the big time throws and the scramble 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:58.120 play the big throw Tokasicky to set up the game 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:00.840 winning field goal in that game. That was his coming 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:03.080 out party, and I was so impressed with his tape 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:05.399 against the Rams the week before that in his debut. 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:07.919 Now the offense was able to really squeeze the air 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:10.000 out of the ball because of the defense and special 0:19:10.080 --> 0:19:12.800 teams in that first half, but even before all of that, 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:16.800 Toa was identifying middle of the field, reading the safety's leverage, 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:19.800 and attacking his matchups based upon that leverage with deep 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:22.560 shots to Gasicki and Preston Williams and one on one 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:25.920 situations early in that game. Was a good process, even 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:29.280 if the results weren't there. So skip past that Cardinals game, 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:32.000 and much like I mentioned early against the Chiefs, he 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:35.399 came out dazzling against the Chargers in Week ten I 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:37.200 watched the tape with a buddy and early into the 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:39.800 second quarter, with how the defense had played all season 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:42.240 long and the things that too was doing in that game, 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:44.200 I told him, Man, if we go back to this 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:46.639 exact moment in time, we had to have been thinking 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:49.159 Super Bowl because of the defense, because the special team is, 0:19:49.160 --> 0:19:51.080 because the way the team is coached, and because of 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:53.240 how this kid is playing right now. Early in just 0:19:53.440 --> 0:19:56.520 his third NFL start, and after the Dolphins cashed in 0:19:56.680 --> 0:19:59.720 the punt block possession as second and eight on the 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:02.720 wing possession after a two yard run by savan Akhmed, 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:07.280 two was under center thirteen personnel, which is one running back, 0:20:07.359 --> 0:20:10.159 three tight ends and one receiver in the formation. He 0:20:10.320 --> 0:20:12.920 fakes the handoff and boots out to his left. It's 0:20:12.920 --> 0:20:16.080 a layer's concept with Ghasicki twenty yards downfield to the 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:18.680 high layer, Parker ten yards to the middle layer, and 0:20:18.720 --> 0:20:21.720 savan Akhmed underneath about five yards up field to a 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:24.600 pumps to Akhmed in the flat and draws the defender 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:27.879 up one step, then uncorks a shot to Gasicki on 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:30.840 the move, right on target in place of that vague 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:33.640 kid defender for twenty three yards and a first down 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:38.720 absolutely beautiful. Two plays later, it's the exact same anticipation 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:41.879 speed out to Grant that I mentioned earlier, and RPO 0:20:42.040 --> 0:20:43.560 pulled out of the mesh point rip it to the 0:20:43.600 --> 0:20:47.680 outside thirteen yards bing bang bong, easy money. Four plays later, 0:20:47.920 --> 0:20:50.200 he drills one under pressure to Grant on a dig 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:55.040 before he starts his break completion fifteen yards. Move the sticks, rents, wash, repeat. 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:58.560 He's just showing you the entire toolbag. He's moving the offense, 0:20:58.600 --> 0:21:01.760 he's putting points on the board, he's converting third and longs. 0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:04.560 It's just flat out impressive for a twenty two year 0:21:04.560 --> 0:21:07.119 old rookie in his third start to be doing this, 0:21:07.520 --> 0:21:09.159 and the knock I had on him was just to 0:21:09.280 --> 0:21:12.040 be more aggressive. But that's what Fitzpatrick talked about in 0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:14.200 that clip off the top of the show, how once 0:21:14.240 --> 0:21:17.480