Originally posted by Joecool:
I always love these still shots and criticism on any QB throws while completely disregarding passing lanes, DL about to put up their hands or, in this case, a blitzing #36 ready to jump up to swat the ball right in front of the QB's face.
These QBs can barely see over the line no matter how tall they are let alone throw it over out stretched hands. Don't you all remember playing on the street with that one pass rusher counting alligators and you are always trying to throw around him rather than right into him? Well, these NFL QBs have 4 of those guys in front of them. The great ones like Brady completely understand moving into passing lanes which is why they are so good at pocket movement. The inexperienced ones stay in one spot in the pocket for as long as they can until a lane or a throw comes open. The runners just say f**k it, I'm running out of the pocket and then throwing.
Jimmy is still inexperienced and doesn't understand the full effectiveness of moving into passing lanes, even if the pocket is nice.
Jimmy is not inexperienced. He has a eight years' worth of training camps and pre-seasons, as well as more than three years worth of starts (38). For comparison, Mahomes won the MVP in his FIRST year starting, Steve and Rodgers were Pro Bowlers in their 2nd year (well, Steve in his second as a 49er; not sure how much to count the Bucs), Favre was a Pro Bowler in his first year starting, Jeff Garcia was a Pro Bowler in year two as a starter, and so on.
At 8 years and 38 games, you are not inexperienced and there isn't much further for you to go in your development (only that which comes with being able to read a defense like a book, which happens later in a career).