Originally posted by jonnydel:
Originally posted by brodiebluebanaszak:
Thanks again for this thread jd and thl.
Do you guys feel the lions share of work needs to be on the physical side or mental side for kap?
Well, I can't speak for Thl, but, for me, it's both. Not as much in the physical side for Kap in that he's got physical shortcomings. I think of it in the muscle memory of the rhythm and timing of footwork and body positioning. He's supremely physically gifted, but, the muscle memory of constant repetition of good habits don't seem to be there.
It's kind of cart a horse - you have to have the mental side down before your footwork mechanics through progressions matter - but, you have to have your footwork down to execute the progressions that the mind is going through.
I've said it before in other film threads, but, I don't see his weaknesses and deficiencies as major abnormalities or things that he simply doesn't know how to do - it seems like he hasn't done it enough to where things are reflexive for him. His progressions are slow - but at least he's looking for them. In theory, with more repetition those things will speed up.
When he snarked at that guy on twitter, he quipped about knowing everyone's assignments against every type of defensive coverage - well, it's not as much about knowing the information alone, it's how quickly can you process that information and make your reflexive movements that correlate to that information.
What I'm saying is, last year, it looked like he was developing concepts and plays that he'd never run before against defenses he'd never seen before or there were times when he didn't run it versus specific looks enough. With the CBA, the majority of time when you have to really work on those things has been shortened dramatically. Coaches used to work with their QB's all offseason with this stuff - now, they get a few weeks, really. That's not enough time. What CK did this year really gave me a lot more respect for him. He invested his own money, his own time into improving himself as a QB, not as a football player.
I think the lion's share of the work needs to be done on the mental side. Specifically, he needs work/repetition on zone busting concepts because that's what he is facing the majority of the time nowadays. It's understanding, with confidence, which routes will be open before they become open. This would allow him to throw to an open area, then have the ball and the WR get to that area at the same time. Waiting until the WR gets to the open area, then making the throw is not good enough.
It's a consistency issue, not an inability issue. He will face more zone coverage than he will man coverage. I think this is currently "the book" on Kap. Just a quick snapshot of how he does against a team that goes primarily man coverage - ARI. Here are his passer ratings versus ARI for his career:
114
93
111
103
108
That's pretty badass against a good defense. Man coverage is generally easier to read - see the back of a CB's jersey, it's man coverage. So I agree it's both mental and physical, but if the question is 'which should be the lion's share?", for me, it's mental.
