johnnytsunami01
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I have heard a lot of people stating the fact that it was just FIU and people should pump the breaks. This is completely correct, a Miami quarterback should always be able to dominate a game against a team of their caliber even if they are just slightly above mediocre.
But there is one thing above all else you can take from Perry's performance: his accuracy. And NO, I am not talking about about Perry's completion percentage, I DO NOT CARE about that at all. It is against FIU, there should be open Miami receivers all game. And in this game, the majority of the completions were short passes and even screens.
What I was looking at for accuracy is ball placement. One of the biggest things that stood out to me was how Perry for the most part not only put the ball where his receiver could catch it, but most importantly led his receiver with the ball. The 1st Cager touchdown, the long Harley completion, and even Cager's 2nd touchdown, he made sure to lead his receivers with the pass and did not make them slow down or twerk their body to make the catch. Cager's 1st touchdown would of been a 15 yard catch if he didn't lead him with the pass and Harley would of possibly been caught a lot sooner if he wasn't hit in stride. The completion was a given, even with Rosier in (well most likely), but at least one of those two passes would of forced the WR to slow down and adjust.
In comparison to Rosier against similar competition, the last 2 weeks, aside from one pass to Thomas he has forced receivers to make acrobatic for the majority of catches over 8 yards. And while they, like Thomas' ridiculous catch last week, show up in the stat sheet as a huge gain and completion, it should of been a TD.
Another point on accuracy, Cager's 2nd TD. Cager was wide open and it was an easy throw and catch, but the ball placement was perfect. Cager was able to catch it in stride and had enough space to put his foot down without much of a worry. That in of itself is impressive, but the bigger thing of note is that the pass was thrown on the run.
Rosier is a pretty good rusher, last week showed that, but as soon as Rosier realizes he needs to scramble he puts the ball away and runs without thinking twice. Perry showed something completely different. Perry was forced to scramble because of a bad block and could of easily kept running for a short game, but he was not thinking about the run. He had his head up and arm ready to throw and was not going to run until he was about to cross the line and had no other choice. Because of this he saw Cager redirecting his route while the defender ran towards Perry. He then made the throw on the run, which right now I can't think of a time Rosier has done that, and not only that it was a perfect pass, regardless of the fact that Cager was wide open.
The one problem I saw with accuracy with Perry was the short game, although Perry had a lot of screen completions a lot of them could of been incomplete. He has a rocket of an arm, but in those situations he needs to take something off, because a lot of them caught the receivers by surprise and made them almost miss the catch and have to worry about the catch rather than the run. This, though, is very fixable and I'm sure will be talked about once they look at film.
We don't know how good Perry is or how he will play against a good defense, but the accuracy was much better than Rosier's against similar competition. We beat Savannah State 77-0, but look at Rosier's throws and then look at Perry's today.
But there is one thing above all else you can take from Perry's performance: his accuracy. And NO, I am not talking about about Perry's completion percentage, I DO NOT CARE about that at all. It is against FIU, there should be open Miami receivers all game. And in this game, the majority of the completions were short passes and even screens.
What I was looking at for accuracy is ball placement. One of the biggest things that stood out to me was how Perry for the most part not only put the ball where his receiver could catch it, but most importantly led his receiver with the ball. The 1st Cager touchdown, the long Harley completion, and even Cager's 2nd touchdown, he made sure to lead his receivers with the pass and did not make them slow down or twerk their body to make the catch. Cager's 1st touchdown would of been a 15 yard catch if he didn't lead him with the pass and Harley would of possibly been caught a lot sooner if he wasn't hit in stride. The completion was a given, even with Rosier in (well most likely), but at least one of those two passes would of forced the WR to slow down and adjust.
In comparison to Rosier against similar competition, the last 2 weeks, aside from one pass to Thomas he has forced receivers to make acrobatic for the majority of catches over 8 yards. And while they, like Thomas' ridiculous catch last week, show up in the stat sheet as a huge gain and completion, it should of been a TD.
Another point on accuracy, Cager's 2nd TD. Cager was wide open and it was an easy throw and catch, but the ball placement was perfect. Cager was able to catch it in stride and had enough space to put his foot down without much of a worry. That in of itself is impressive, but the bigger thing of note is that the pass was thrown on the run.
Rosier is a pretty good rusher, last week showed that, but as soon as Rosier realizes he needs to scramble he puts the ball away and runs without thinking twice. Perry showed something completely different. Perry was forced to scramble because of a bad block and could of easily kept running for a short game, but he was not thinking about the run. He had his head up and arm ready to throw and was not going to run until he was about to cross the line and had no other choice. Because of this he saw Cager redirecting his route while the defender ran towards Perry. He then made the throw on the run, which right now I can't think of a time Rosier has done that, and not only that it was a perfect pass, regardless of the fact that Cager was wide open.
The one problem I saw with accuracy with Perry was the short game, although Perry had a lot of screen completions a lot of them could of been incomplete. He has a rocket of an arm, but in those situations he needs to take something off, because a lot of them caught the receivers by surprise and made them almost miss the catch and have to worry about the catch rather than the run. This, though, is very fixable and I'm sure will be talked about once they look at film.
We don't know how good Perry is or how he will play against a good defense, but the accuracy was much better than Rosier's against similar competition. We beat Savannah State 77-0, but look at Rosier's throws and then look at Perry's today.
