2010 Manning Passing Academy Reviews Are In

Kellen Moore is going to win 21 games this year?

Finish his career, I meant. He’s a junior.
 
You get the point.

Nobody beats Colt 45!

I thought I heard last season that Kaepernick can throw a baseball at 90 mph, which might offer some insight into his arm…

A lot of DIv 1 QBs can throw 90 mph.

I don’t know where are the weak arm stuff is coming from on Jerrod. He excels on deep throws. It is the underneath stuff where he struggled last year (accuracy or threw them too hard).

Count me among those that will be rooting for Jerrod Johnson in every game but the one on Thanksgiving. I love the way he carries himself off the field, and at times last year he looked like an all-american. Of course, he disappeared at times as well. It will be interesting to see if he can maintain a high level of play this year, especially with two freshman tackles and an atrocious defense.

Define deep throw, Kilgore.
 
A weak arm doesn’t mean you don’t throw a nice deep ball. Major Applewhite threw a nice deep ball.
 
They’re talking about 20 yard outs.

Not that I lament our QB situation, but why didn’t we pursue Luck when he came out of Houston? Did he have no interest? Or did we already know GG was coming? Or did we just screw up?

According to his Rivals page, Luck had offers from Stanford, Northwestern, OK State, Purdue Rice, and Virginia. It also states that they rated him as the 4th best QB in the nation, 68th best player overall. The previous two sentences seem incongruous to me.

Dude, that Luck dude was not uh interes..interest..interested! in us, hawwww.

A. My understanding is Luck had zero interest in UT. And despite the presence of Ok.st. (And to a lesser degree Purdue) on that list he was looking for an Ivy-esque education, minus the no scholarship thing.

B. Does Jerrod Johnson have intangibles? Put in the extra work in the film room? Show high “football IQ”? Is he a gamer?

Wait, are we talking about Johnson or Ed McCaffery?

Uh, blackberries suck. That was me.

damnit, i can’t dislike JJ. I heard his dad’s funeral was packed and pretty emotional. Must have been a good dude, no wonder JJ has turned out so well as a young man.

Andrew Luck never had any interest in us. I think his daddy supported all his kids getting away from home. Oliver just left the Houston Dynamo (was very successful with them) and went back to WVU (his alma mater) as the new AD. I probably would have taken A Luck over Bradford last year in the draft, no knock on Sam. As a frosh, he certainly looked the part.

Scipio, I love your stuff, but this has to be one of the most near sighted articles uve ever written.

Kellen Moore is the next Philip Rivers… yes, he is one of the to 4 best QBs in college football this year and deserves to become the winningist qb ever. I know im prolly the only one in Texas who has seen him play at least 10-12 times, but dont underestimate this stud

Been watching Colin Kaepernick since he was a fish… where the heck have yall been at? Dude has a gun for an arm but is the least accurate QB this side of the Mississippi. There is no way he makes it in the NFL… prolly wont even get drafted till the supplemental draft. (A wiry verson of Jevan Snead).

JJ is a GREAT QB. I firmly believe that if he improves his arm strength, he might be better than VY in the NFL.

PS – Andy Dalton is a terrible terrible QB. Worst QB to make the cover of Dave Campbells TX football in the past 2 decades…. lmao at people who think hes better than Riley Dodge

I will pull against Jerrod Johnson hard enough to counterbalance the rest of you sappy fucks.

“Kellen Moore is the next Philip Rivers”

I don’t think this is true.

I can tell y’all JJ is everything that article suggests and more. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know him over the last 7 years (I have nephews and nieces who went to Humble High and St. Mary’s with him – yeah, he’s the rare black Catholic) and he is first rate. “Yes sir” – “no sir” all the time. Hard worker – dedicated – well spoken. He’s the kind of kid you want to succeed no matter what.

“If Texas Tech starts any golf carts with targets on them at wideout this year, Potts will hit them with unerring accuracy.”

Golf cart, schmolf cart. If he can’t connect with a receiver on a bass boat traveling parallel to the shore line at 45 MPH, who cares?

I, too, will be watching Jerrod Johnson with interest this fall. Which is to say, I’m interested in seeing if his offensive line gives him time to operate, of if he’ll spend the entire season running for his life.

Year of the QB –
 
Near sighted? You can only see this article up close?
 
Philip Rivers is a 6-5 guy with a good arm who played against legitimate athletes almost every week in college. Kellen Moore is a 5-11 weak armed guy in a great offense where 80% of his opponents are the teams Texas schedules to beat by 55. I offered no opinion on Kellen’s deservingness. However, he has no NFL future. None.
 
Colin Kaepernick may share some of Snead’s accuracy issues, but he’s a lot better runner. And a lot of Snead’s problems were between his ears. I don’t know CK well enough to opine on that.

Whoever ends up drafting Kellen Moore is a fucking idiot. Dude gets all day to stand back there throwing against some weak ass “college” defenses. The only times he ever plays against a decent defense (TCU, Oregon) he can’t see the end zone. And scouts actually have this guy as a late 1st, 2nd pick. Holy crap.

Jerrod sometimes has a long windup but I have never known him to have a weak arm. Putting too much on short passes was more the issue last year.

Virginia Tech will end any thoughts that Kellen Moore is an elite QB. I am thinking that game turns out a lot like the game when Boise St. went down to Georgia several years ago.

“Putting too much on short passes was more the issue last year.”

That’s not a little problem. I remember Reggie having that issue as well and he never got past it. JJ’s got the size and enough athleticism to be good, needs to work on the NFL passing tree to move up in the draft. He’s probably 2nd day right now and could easily get into the 1st if he gets better at those throws.

That Boise/VT game will be interesting. Think VT is only favored by 3.

@ Ag in TX….rare black catholic?….have you been to SE Texas or Louisiana?

I think that Year of the QB was purposefully making statements that were the exact opposite of what he truly believes. That or he thinks we’re talking about futbol.

I think he has improved on the short throw accuracy and touch. Deep outs are not his best throws, but he throws a beautiful long ball. If our freshman tackles give him time I expect a very good year.

Jerrod is as quality a human being as can be found. Represents his family well.

He also isn’t going to wow anybody with his 20 yard out – with that long wind up, he just doesn’t put the rpm’s on the ball other guys do. Still can make all the throws, but scouts will probably be surprised when they see a 6’5" great athlete and a B- arm.

I’m not going to bet against him being an NFL qb though.

Scipio, you left out the Zac Lee paragraphs.

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Sure JJ’s great on his own merits, but what makes him really stand out is when you compare him to the guy that preceded him.

If you make Phil Rivers 6 inches shorter and 40 lbs lighter and replace deep balls and outs in his playbook with 5 yard hitches, misdirection, throwback & tunnel screens and options then he is a very good comparison to Kellen Moore.

Plus, Kellen Moore is ugly, so there.

Year of the QB,

Mark Ferris disagrees with you

Count me as another Horn who is pulling for JJ. I was at Humble when his dad was a coach there. Typical high school hard ass, but overall pretty good and fair guy.

“I have nephews and nieces who went to Humble High and St. Mary’s with him – yeah, he’s the rare black Catholic.”

Does St. Mary’s still have Saturday night dances? Good times in middle school…

Kellen Moore is one of the least talented players I’ve ever seen. He takes the snap, sits in the pocket for 5 seconds, takes a piss, checks his ugly ass out in the mirror, scrambles out of the pocket with nobody anywhere near him, ponders the meaning of life, gazes at the stars, and finally dumps the ball off 10 yards down the field to a completely uncovered receiver who bolts 80 yards for a TD. And he’s FUGLY!

Kaepernick is the kind of kid every dad wants his son to be. Great student, extremely hard worker and a very humble young man. I got to know him during his sophomore year and no matter how much press or TV time, always is polite and grounded. Give him a better receiving core and good offensive line and I think his numbers will go through the roof. He still has an amazing 61-16 touchdown to interception ratio through his first three years. He is 6-6 220, has a canon for an arm and runs a 4.3 forty. And yes, the scouts love him. If he has a big year, they say he will go late first to early second in next years draft.

Thanks. Interesting take from a Nevada fan.