Quote:How about his accuracy?.... :whistling:

Oh, you mean the same thing Bortles has issues with as well?


Despite what people want to think, accuracy isn't the all telling, non fixable trait the media makes it out to be. Both Bortles and Savage have had accuracy issues in school, but there are one of two reasons for that: it's either due to slight mechanical issues such as footwork or putting too much force into your throws, or it's due to not having a feel for the football itself and therefore not being a natural "thrower" of the football.


Logan Thomas falls into the latter category, which is why very few if any believe he will ever play QB in the NFL. The same criticism was applied to Tebow. If you're not a natural thrower of the football and don't have a feel for it, then that is something that's rarely fixable. That's not the criticism applied to Bortles and Savage, who are natural throwers of the football. Their accuracy issues just stem from two different mechanical reasons: Bortles because of unrefined mechanics with his footwork and sometimes throwing motion, and Savage because of being too confident in his arm and therefore forcing balls in the air that tend to sail over the receivers. Two things that can be fixed.


Again, I'm not gonna claim that Savage will definitely pan out not am I saying that he's better than Bortles. I think Bortles will be a good QB once he's developed. My argument is that Savage isn't this completely raw project who was a reach with a compensatory fourth round pick, he was very easily worth a late third round pick and therefore he's a low risk/high reward type guy for the Texans. He's only considered a project because he hasn't had the playing time of other college QB's.

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