Colin Kaepernick Thread

Originally posted by jonnydel:
I'll offer what I see and address some of this "front foot" nonsense....

Ok, so, I notice a slightly wider base - which is good, he was a little narrow before, but it's not overly wide. One thing that I see is that his elbow is still a little low. If watch Tom Brady, Peyton manning, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Alex Smith throw, that elbow is above their shoulder. When your elbow is a little low, it causes the ball to sail on you a bit. But, it's not horrible, could be one reason CK tends to have a lot of balls batted down at the LOS






As far as footwork - much better. He's got good knee bend throughout his stepping motion. That knee bend is like a shock absorber on a car, it keeps everything nice and level. When he didn't have that knee bend it causes the spine to get out of position - it'll wobble back and forth, meaning he doesn't have great balance throughout his entire motion. Again, this can cause accuracy problems on 3 step drops where the motions are very quick and there's not time to reset.

As far as this "front foot" nonsense. You drive off your back foot to get the hip rotation in the throw. Just like a golf swing, you want to point your belt buckle at the target through you motion, you need to open up your hips and rotate from a side point to a front point at the target. This is where the velocity and control comes from. You have to drive off your back foot through the throw. Even the videos that verb posted of Tom Brady, he's driving off his back foot.

What he's doing with his front foot his opening up his hips into the throw. The part the front leg has in the velocity of the throw is important - but it's not where the throw comes from. You have to clear your front hip in the throw to open the motion up as you rotate through. The front knee bend is then to act as a shock absorber for the torque as you shift your weight from front to back -it keeps the shoulders square as you throw.

Originally posted by verb1der:
You guys crack me up.

It's clear that he's generating force from his back leg, which is allll wrong.

A textbook throw is all in the front leg!

Originally posted by genus49:
That's because he wears too many sneakers. If he wore fine leather shoes and suits and ties like the rest of the pocket passers he would understand that sneakers make your toes naturally apart while the classy dress shoes keep them tight allowing for proper drop backs and precision and velocity when throwing off the front foot where all the power and accuracy comes from on a throw.

Kaepernick should burn his sneaker collection or at least exchange it for some real shoes, maybe some gators. Get rid of all his #swag stuff and dress up like a real QB. It will translate to the field and his mechanics will become more consistent and becoming of a proper pocket passer.

Originally posted by WRATHman44:
FINALLY: someone who understands QBs!

Originally posted by defenderDX:

Originally posted by verb1der:
You guys crack me up.

It's clear that he's generating force from his back leg, which is allll wrong.

A textbook throw is all in the front leg!

Originally posted by verb1der:

Originally posted by defenderDX:

Originally posted by verb1der:
You guys crack me up.

It's clear that he's generating force from his back leg, which is allll wrong.

A textbook throw is all in the front leg!

Are you even watching Brady throw here? Notice how he's balanced on both feet when throwing, and his transfer from the back to the front foot (that's what I meant about front foot). Kaep's transition isn't balanced, he looks like he's still trying to find it. Have you ever heard them say "step into the throw"?! Probably not, because you don't watch QB's throw as often as I do.

Originally posted by verb1der:
Are you even watching Brady throw here? Notice how he's balanced on both feet when throwing, and his transfer from the back to the front foot (that's what I meant about front foot). Kaep's transition isn't balanced, he looks like he's still trying to find it. Have you ever heard them say "step into the throw"?! Probably not, because you don't watch QB's throw as often as I do.

Originally posted by defenderDX:

Originally posted by verb1der:

Originally posted by defenderDX:

Originally posted by verb1der:
You guys crack me up.

It's clear that he's generating force from his back leg, which is allll wrong.

A textbook throw is all in the front leg!

Are you even watching Brady throw here? Notice how he's balanced on both feet when throwing, and his transfer from the back to the front foot (that's what I meant about front foot). Kaep's transition isn't balanced, he looks like he's still trying to find it. Have you ever heard them say "step into the throw"?! Probably not, because you don't watch QB's throw as often as I do.

Originally posted by Dsoto87:
I don't think watching 16 year old highschool boys from you're 6th floor office translates to knowing what a QB should look like when throwing.

Originally posted by thl408:
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Let's just talk about Kap.


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Originally posted by verb1der:
Just don't say anything negative or else DefenderDX will try and bully you with his keyboard, lol

Originally posted by crake49:

Originally posted by verb1der:
Just don't say anything negative or else DefenderDX will try and bully you with his keyboard, lol

If you had your facts right, nobody would mind. Again, the vid shows that he's pushing off his back foot as he's supposed to and ending up on his front foot like he's supposed to. For some strange reason, you don't see something that almost EVERYONE on this thread sees.