What’s true accuracy? Is this something you guys just made up because I don’t ever hear anybody talking about true accuracy. It’s either you’re accurate or not. And it’s been proven on numerous occasions that the youngster is pretty accurate. He’s not accurate like the future HOF Brees is but he’s good enough. Now as far as putting the ball in tight windows, yes he’s shown he can do that. Not only that but it’s be proven that our receiver are not consistently getting separation. Shoots Hops wasn’t getting it either and Watson didn’t have any issues getting him the ball in that tight window or coverage. Did y’all even factor that into this so called true accuracy?
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Wednesday, Nov 16, 2016 06:45 AM
Quarterback accuracy: A complex (and crucial) puzzle
When four-time
Pro Bowl quarterback Jeff Garcia is training younger quarterbacks at the beginning of their gridiron experience, the intended target for a football starts quite large.
First, it should land between the receiver's waist and head. Then maybe the chest and head. After years of mechanical footwork, hip movement, arm-slot adjustments and timing exercises, it all leads to the gold standard: A 12-inch-by-12-inch moving target, one that travels with a receiver's stride or remains stationary with a static pass catcher.
"And at times, it goes to (six inches by six inches)," Garcia told me this week. "And at times, it goes to (two inches by two inches). That's what differentiates the greatness of some of these guys from the rest of the crew. I always was focused on that 12-inch-by-12-inch area, especially when you're working against air."
The gradual progression from wide target to small target that every quarterback goes through got us thinking about
Kirk Cousins, who said last week that his No. 1 wide receiver in Washington -- the 5-foot-8
Jamison Crowder --
makes him a more accurate quarterback. His reasoning was based in Crowder's ball-tracking skills; the ability to essentially chase down anything near the intended catch-target point. But in examining the factors that impact quarterback accuracy -- and accuracy in general -- could aiming at a smaller target (person) in practice and in games, day after day, have a refined impact on people who already throw a football for a living? Does size of a receiver really matter at all?
According to NFL.com research, of the 10 most accurate quarterbacks in the NFL this season in terms of completion percentage, six play on teams that rank in the bottom third of the league when it comes to average receiver height. Excluding tight ends, the tallest of Cousins' top three targets is barely 6-foot (Pierre Garcon).
To better understand the aforementioned questions, and what it truly takes to be an accurate quarterback, NFL.com enlisted the help of a former star/current quarterback tutor (Garcia) and former Jets/
Dolphins QB Chad Pennington, who currently owns the second-highest career completion percentage of all time among qualifying passers (66 percent over 89 games, or 2,471 attempts).
Like the position itself, the answer to being a truly accurate quarterback and the secrets behind it are quite complex.
"I think it's more a quarterback's ability to talk to his receiver with his ball placement," Pennington told me. "You see Peyton (Manning) do that a lot. Talk to the receiver, let him know what is around him by where you put the ball. Be able to put the ball in places where only your guy can get it."
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For Garcia, receiver size only made him a more "accurate" quarterback in one situation: tight coverage. For a quarterback who never thought about the real difference between some of his biggest targets (the 6-foot-3, 224-pound Terrell Owens) or his smallest (the 5-8 Brian Westbrook), the only difference was a slightly larger margin for error in that 12-by-12 window.
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