Quote:Yes, I'm saying if he had better mechanics he would complete a higher percentage of passes and wouldn't be so wildly inconsistent.   It's really not a difficult concept to grasp, even though it seems to have to be hammered into some people's skulls with a sledge hammer.   You can't work on your mechanics when you're putting in 60-70 hours a week in game preperation for every upcoming opponent as a starter.    Your obligation ans priorities as a starter are to lead your teammates who are laying it out on the line to a win every week, not how high you're holding your elbow or how you're setting your feet properly on a 5 step play action drop.    

 

Newton's completion% is a whopping 1% higher than his rookie year three years ago and his QB passer rating has improved a stagger 3.5 points from where it was as a rookie.  .  (of course his YPA is drastically lower, which shows almost any improvement in completion% can be explained with throwing more dinks and dunks).  Luckily for him, that Panthers defense has grown by leaps and bounds in those 3 years and doesn't ask him to carry many games.    

 

Would you be happy if Bortles was still throwing 61 comp% after 3rd years as a starter with no discernible year to year progress?   I certainly wouldn't. 

 

What? Are you saying if Newton had got better he would be a better player? No freaking way!

 

He has still had several off seasons to work on this stuff but hasn't managed it, is that hard to grasp too? They aren't spending 60-70 hours preparing for games then, so whats the excuse there? Pressure of being a starter hurting Cammy Wammy's feewings? If he hasn't improved at least some, that's down to him and the fact that whatever coaching they have given him has not lead to improvements. What do you think they work on in the off-season?

 

I don't get this frankly stupid argument that once a guy is the starter they no longer work on fundamentals. Its so full of holes its like Swiss cheese.

 

If the starting QB is spending 60-70 hours preparing for a game he can't work on fundimentals. Ok, that kind of makes sense. But if the coaches and the starters are working on game plans for 60-70 hours and the backup is playing scout team, who is working on this stuff with Bortles anyway? Is Chad going to make the offensive game plan himself while the offensive coaches work with Blake?

 

Either there is time to work on fundamentals during the season or there isn't and who starts shouldn't impact it. There are only so many hours in the day, if there is time to help the backup (who will still have a full schedule learning the gameplan and playing scout team) work on his fundamentals, there is time to help the starter with his fundamentals too. If there isn't time for it, there wont be time for it whatever way you shake it.

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