mac jones is strictly a dink and dunk passer.
Not sure "strictly" is an accurate description. He's got a 7.0 YPA, which is better than Mahomes, Herbert, Daniels, Hurts, and tied with Dak at 19th out of 37 QB's.
For reference, Mayfield has a 7.5 YPA - which is 12th out of 37 QB's.
have you watched him play? He has a very average arm. he isn't going to throw over the top 40 yards downfield, ever. Stop looking at Y/A and watch the film. Mac Jones is a known quantity, which is to say he is an underneath passer, in the same mold as Purdy, Tua, etc.
didnt you guys have the "verticals were not in Mayfield's wheelhouse" argument last season?
has anyone seen the NFL video of the 9 greatest deep passes? Mayfield in the video TWICE. It came up again after his BOMB to Egbuka
Baker’s bomb to Mek last weekend traveled 61 airyards.
So I went back and checked out several scouting reports both prior to his draft, from the combine and a couple scouting reports post draft. Also watched 4 vids of his highlights and another couple film study clips and every one is consistent. Jones is very accurate, throws with good anticipation, but doesn’t possess better than average NFL arm strength. The film jibes with those assessments; he can throw with more velocity than Purdy, but he’s not a top tier passer in terms of arm strength, per everyone. His arm strength was described as “good enough “ multiple times.
that doesn’t mean I think he can’t throw a pass farther than 10 yds, but judging from the multiple tapes I just watched, he would struggle with deep outs or any throws that would require high velocity to beat the DB to the field side more than 15-20 yds downfield. His game appears to be between the numbers out to about 25 yds or so.
It will be another close game I think. Although I'm thinking we have a chance to ride some momentum from last week and put together another offensive game and if the defense is up to the task we can make this difficult for the traveling niners.
mac jones is strictly a dink and dunk passer.
Not sure "strictly" is an accurate description. He's got a 7.0 YPA, which is better than Mahomes, Herbert, Daniels, Hurts, and tied with Dak at 19th out of 37 QB's.
For reference, Mayfield has a 7.5 YPA - which is 12th out of 37 QB's.
have you watched him play? He has a very average arm. he isn't going to throw over the top 40 yards downfield, ever. Stop looking at Y/A and watch the film. Mac Jones is a known quantity, which is to say he is an underneath passer, in the same mold as Purdy, Tua, etc.
didnt you guys have the "verticals were not in Mayfield's wheelhouse" argument last season?
has anyone seen the NFL video of the 9 greatest deep passes? Mayfield in the video TWICE. It came up again after his BOMB to Egbuka
Baker’s bomb to Mek last weekend traveled 61 airyards.
thats pretty vertical
The 49ers are going to try to do a lot of long drives on offense because I can not see them gaining huge chunk plays with their current personnel on offense. Bucs need to disrupt this and force a few punts. Do that and the Bucs offense scores early and the Bucs have a chance of stealing another W.
Defense doesn't need to be lights out but a few forced punts and turnovers may be more than enough for the win.