Goff's a natural, effortless passer...ya got it or ya don't...
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There is a whole group of QB mental tools that are not talked about but can only be viewed as how they manifest in play.
The human brain's uncanny ability to process 3D objects amid a riot of movement during a play....and can culminate in...stellar accuracy.
One thing that good QBs have is good SitAw...Situational Awareness along with superb spacial relations & crazy depth perception. Then, a QB has to have a decent enough grasp of their own limitations to know what their body/arm can DO in those crazy situations.
examples:
1) GREAT physical talent..solid throwing skills...DECENT spacial coordination & depth perception. (Wentz, Cam, Roethlisberger, Bradford, Eli, Carr, Farvre/had alot of #3 too just not a huge amount of #3. Actually, most current QBs are this group, imo) They have the obvious tools and coaches think they can train #3 into them over time...but I feel they cannot. It is in the DNA and one has it or not. It can be slightly refined and one can get better...but it's like changing a QBs throwing motion...it's pure folly. imo It can be tweaked to maximize their own ability, but not changed outright.
2) AVERAGE physical talent but FANTASTIC spacial coordination & depth perception. (Rivers, PManning, KWarner, Keenum, etc)
3) This small group that has SUPERIOR in BOTH aspects of 1 & 2. (Rodgers, Elway, Brees, JimKelly, Cousins? Romo,etc...and Goff
.....which is why I was okay with Goff over Wentz. Rodgers & Brees are some of the best I've ever seen...Elway too...just fluid passers, beautiful to watch in motion like a dancer. Even the bad passes are gorgeous! lol
That's not to say any other style cannot be effective, obviously, they can be. Most QBs find ways to compensate and work around their limitations from the 1st and 2nd categories...and can, therefore, be very successful at times.
Some guys are just ugly, but effective passerslike PManning, PRivers, etc...cuz they made up for it by the parts of their brain that allowed them to process all that movement and enough arm talent to get the job done with aplomb despite physical shortcomings as a passer. KWarner was another like Peyton & Rivers who had exceptional depth/spacial awareness to put the ball where they wanted(within certain distances).
Then there are QBs with the stellar physical ability....but maybe NOT as good depth/spacial stuff...and you get a guy who's scattershot / almost accurate intermittently and a frustrating player. I'm rambling...but essentially there's the gift of throwing an object...then the gift of the spatial awareness to be accurate with that throw...then, the few guys who have BOTH....and sprinkle some fearlessness(no amygdala) in there and there is the potential for a special player. Goff has all those things...even when he was playing poorly as a rookie...his mistakes/bad passes were more from adjusting to the NFL game...cuz I still saw the player we see today. He was doing all those things in his rookie season...even in college.
So many things have to fall into place for a QB to be successful....but the ones I like to watch are the "Naturals".
Kinda like the "Supers" from the Invincible movie!
Man, I'm sorry I rambled on about this but it fascinates me...yet is very hard to put into words to convey. It doesn't help that my brain ain't what it used to be(chemo ain't just for breakfast anymore! lol) Please forgive my shortcomings in communications...but it's a lot like MGladwell's "Blink" concept...where you have this gut feeling and don't know how you know, but ya just do....after spending thousands of hours watching & thinking about what you are seeing....all the while, analyzing one's own experience playing the position. I was #1 type and a bit of the #3 as my strengths...but could not process fast enough. I had a slow head...I used to call it. .But I could put the ball anywhere on the field and had a lightning release...
but NOTHING else necessary to play the position!!! LOL
I always wanted to make the most challenging throw I could until a QB coach came over and told me, "fantastic pass you just made!....BUT...remember, if you have to make a great pass...you've made the wrong decision". I knew I would never get much farther unless I could overcome that flaw. and I didn't!
"L'audace, l'audace. Toujours l'audace!"
The human brain's uncanny ability to process 3D objects amid a riot of movement during a play....and can culminate in...stellar accuracy.
One thing that good QBs have is good SitAw...Situational Awareness along with superb spacial relations & crazy depth perception. Then, a QB has to have a decent enough grasp of their own limitations to know what their body/arm can DO in those crazy situations.
examples:
1) GREAT physical talent..solid throwing skills...DECENT spacial coordination & depth perception. (Wentz, Cam, Roethlisberger, Bradford, Eli, Carr, Farvre/had alot of #3 too just not a huge amount of #3. Actually, most current QBs are this group, imo) They have the obvious tools and coaches think they can train #3 into them over time...but I feel they cannot. It is in the DNA and one has it or not. It can be slightly refined and one can get better...but it's like changing a QBs throwing motion...it's pure folly. imo It can be tweaked to maximize their own ability, but not changed outright.
2) AVERAGE physical talent but FANTASTIC spacial coordination & depth perception. (Rivers, PManning, KWarner, Keenum, etc)
3) This small group that has SUPERIOR in BOTH aspects of 1 & 2. (Rodgers, Elway, Brees, JimKelly, Cousins? Romo,etc...and Goff
.....which is why I was okay with Goff over Wentz. Rodgers & Brees are some of the best I've ever seen...Elway too...just fluid passers, beautiful to watch in motion like a dancer. Even the bad passes are gorgeous! lol
That's not to say any other style cannot be effective, obviously, they can be. Most QBs find ways to compensate and work around their limitations from the 1st and 2nd categories...and can, therefore, be very successful at times.
Some guys are just ugly, but effective passerslike PManning, PRivers, etc...cuz they made up for it by the parts of their brain that allowed them to process all that movement and enough arm talent to get the job done with aplomb despite physical shortcomings as a passer. KWarner was another like Peyton & Rivers who had exceptional depth/spacial awareness to put the ball where they wanted(within certain distances).
Then there are QBs with the stellar physical ability....but maybe NOT as good depth/spacial stuff...and you get a guy who's scattershot / almost accurate intermittently and a frustrating player. I'm rambling...but essentially there's the gift of throwing an object...then the gift of the spatial awareness to be accurate with that throw...then, the few guys who have BOTH....and sprinkle some fearlessness(no amygdala) in there and there is the potential for a special player. Goff has all those things...even when he was playing poorly as a rookie...his mistakes/bad passes were more from adjusting to the NFL game...cuz I still saw the player we see today. He was doing all those things in his rookie season...even in college.
So many things have to fall into place for a QB to be successful....but the ones I like to watch are the "Naturals".
Kinda like the "Supers" from the Invincible movie!
Man, I'm sorry I rambled on about this but it fascinates me...yet is very hard to put into words to convey. It doesn't help that my brain ain't what it used to be(chemo ain't just for breakfast anymore! lol) Please forgive my shortcomings in communications...but it's a lot like MGladwell's "Blink" concept...where you have this gut feeling and don't know how you know, but ya just do....after spending thousands of hours watching & thinking about what you are seeing....all the while, analyzing one's own experience playing the position. I was #1 type and a bit of the #3 as my strengths...but could not process fast enough. I had a slow head...I used to call it. .But I could put the ball anywhere on the field and had a lightning release...
but NOTHING else necessary to play the position!!! LOL
I always wanted to make the most challenging throw I could until a QB coach came over and told me, "fantastic pass you just made!....BUT...remember, if you have to make a great pass...you've made the wrong decision". I knew I would never get much farther unless I could overcome that flaw. and I didn't!
"L'audace, l'audace. Toujours l'audace!"
