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Do you all agree with their analysis?

"2/20/16: 2015 was a rough year for Miami and Kaaya had to battle through with a weak supporting cast. He completed 61 percent of his passes for 3,242 yards with 16 touchdowns and five interceptions on the season. Kaaya didn't develop significantly over his freshman year performance. He needs to mature physically and mentally in order to be a high pick.

Kaaya has a good physical skill set and has displayed some pocket-passing ability to go along with poise. In 2014, he completed 59 percent of his passes for 3,198 yards with 26 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Kaaya had a ton of talent around him as a freshman in the form of a stud left tackle (Ereck Flowers), wide receiver (Phillip Dorsett) and running back (Duke Johnson)."
 
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Why do you guys even read what those guys write?? Anyone who knows football would've saw on his tape that his decision making and ball placement improved significantly. He needs to mature mentally?? wtf does that even mean? He improved mentally if they're talking recognizing plays, making reads, and ball placement
 
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Nope he had more reliable receiver targets this year. IMO what hurt kaayas numbers which aren't bad to begin with was horrible play calling and not throwing the ball in the end zone,o line not blocking and a non existent run game. He did extremely well when you consider all of that tbh...
 
Zbrod95 said:
Why do you guys even read what those guys write?? Anyone who knows football would've saw on his tape that his decision making and ball placement improved significantly. He needs to mature mentally?? wtf does that even mean?
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I would assume it means reading coverages, recognizing blitzes, understanding when to throw the ball away, etc. Could be wrong but that's how I took it
 
cameron97 said:
Zbrod95 said:
Why do you guys even read what those guys write?? Anyone who knows football would've saw on his tape that his decision making and ball placement improved significantly. He needs to mature mentally?? wtf does that even mean?
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I would assume it means reading coverages, recognizing blitzes, understanding when to throw the ball away, etc. Could be wrong but that's how I took it
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what do you think decision making is bro... Maturing mentally yea I'll start a gofundme to send him to work with some Buddhist monks On balancing his chi
 
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Bunch of vague bullshyt passed off as science. "Kaaya needs to get better if he wants to be drafted higher." Yeah. No ****. The vague nonsense in that article could be used to describe any rising junior QB.
 
Andrew said:
Do you all agree with their analysis?

"2/20/16: 2015 was a rough year for Miami and Kaaya had to battle through with a weak supporting cast. He completed 61 percent of his passes for 3,242 yards with 16 touchdowns and five interceptions on the season. Kaaya didn't develop significantly over his freshman year performance. He needs to mature physically and mentally in order to be a high pick.

Kaaya has a good physical skill set and has displayed some pocket-passing ability to go along with poise. In 2014, he completed 59 percent of his passes for 3,198 yards with 26 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Kaaya had a ton of talent around him as a freshman in the form of a stud left tackle (Ereck Flowers), wide receiver (Phillip Dorsett) and running back (Duke Johnson)."
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I would agree on the physical maturity piece.

He looked nearly identical (on the field) as he did his freshman year.

Now, it needs to be said that -

1. S&C in Miami was crap (jury's out for now).
2. He started lifting w/ the team in May'15 and really hasn't had a full collegiate year of lifting.
3. The play-calling was abysmal along w/ a worse cast of characters on the OL.

This past year showed that he could be OK under duress (not many guys are even mediocre) and made sound decisions time and again under pressure. That shows he's able to grasp the concepts and expectations of the position. That being said, his lack of physical ability - or lets call it development - will be his ceiling.
 
i agree he had nothing to work with, if he had a real miami roster with an elite rb he would fkin be great. hope we dontwaste him and he stays the four and MR can surround him with savages especially on the ol and in the backfield
 
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smack99 said:
Walterfootball is garbage. Always has been.
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WalterFootball isn't garbage...he isn't always right - who is? - but his stuff is well-reasoned...as it is w/ that analysis they say that only Clemson's QB may be ahead of him and that Kaaya has the advantage of playing in a pro system. He's nit-picking...and don't forget, dude has pretty good sources.
 
I don't see any real "analysis" there. I see a bunch of stats, some vague statements and comments about the talent around him.
 
brock said:
Nope he had more reliable receiver targets this year. IMO what hurt kaayas numbers which aren't bad to begin with was horrible play calling and not throwing the ball in the end zone,o line not blocking and a non existent run game. He did extremely well when you consider all of that tbh...
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He lost Clive, Duke, and Phillip and gained nobody that made a difference. How did the WR corps get more reliable last year than his freshman year?
 
Kaaya will always have the handicap of being one of the slowest QBs to ever play the game (He will either set the record at the NFL combine for slowest 40 ever for a QB or will not run the 40). This forces him to make up for that limitation by having well above average passing numbers which he has yet to achieve.

If you cant scramble 8 yards for a 1st down you better hit on + 70% of your passes.
 
All the dude really said was these are his freshman season stats, these are his sophomore season stats. Tf kinda analysis is that
 
KevinCaneFace said:
brock said:
Nope he had more reliable receiver targets this year. IMO what hurt kaayas numbers which aren't bad to begin with was horrible play calling and not throwing the ball in the end zone,o line not blocking and a non existent run game. He did extremely well when you consider all of that tbh...
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He lost Clive, Duke, and Phillip and gained nobody that made a difference. How did the WR corps get more reliable last year than his freshman year?
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He still has a NFL TE in Njoku and a NFL WR in Coley. I get what you are saying but most QB's don't get those type of players.
 
Novacane32000 said:
Kaaya will always have the handicap of being one of the slowest QBs to ever play the game (He will either set the record at the NFL combine for slowest 40 ever for a QB or will not run the 40). This forces him to make up for that limitation by having well above average passing numbers which he has yet to achieve.

If you cant scramble 8 yards for a 1st down you better hit on + 70% of your passes.
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You should watch Philip Rivers "run" - or what he calls running...
 
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I don't watch film and nor am i qualified in any way to evaluate talent. But I will anyway...

It appeared to me that Kayaa was not helped by his teammates. Dropped balls, a leaky OL and penalties galore did not help his cause. Poor coaching also played a part. Play calling sucked, the check-with-me approach killed momentum and was there anybody on the field who didn't know what was coming when he went under center?

That being said, I don't think Brad played well late in games still undecided in the 4th. He wasn't clutch.
 
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KevinCaneFace said:
brock said:
Nope he had more reliable receiver targets this year. IMO what hurt kaayas numbers which aren't bad to begin with was horrible play calling and not throwing the ball in the end zone,o line not blocking and a non existent run game. He did extremely well when you consider all of that tbh...
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He lost Clive, Duke, and Phillip and gained nobody that made a difference. How did the WR corps get more reliable last year than his freshman year?
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Because this year we had Rashawn Scott, Stacy coley, Herb waters who all had over 600 yards last year, intriguing tightend options to throw too as well as the running backs who picked up quite a bit of yardage. What I was trying to say our offense didn't focus only around 3 players on offense like in 2014
 
1mg of Epi said:
I don't watch film and nor am i qualified in any way to evaluate talent. But I will anyway...

It appeared to me that Kayaa was not helped by his teammates. Dropped balls, a leaky OL and penalties galore did not help his cause. Poor coaching also played a part. Play calling sucked, the check-with-me approach killed momentum and was there anybody on the field who didn't know what was coming when he went under center?

That being said, I don't think Brad played well late in games still undecided in the 4th. He wasn't clutch.
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How many 4th quarter games did he actually play in? I don't remember too many close games in the 4th.

Too much is being asked of 1 guy. Be brought the team back and gave them the lead vs fsu but the defense couldn't do ****.
 
Kaaya had horrible play calling all year. If you look at him against Cincinnati, he was handcuffed by Coley only calling stretch run plays. Kaaya had a monster game against the best defense he played all year against FSU and they knew we weren't going to run the ball. Plus he played good against Wazu in the snow. What did him in was coaching.
 
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