[Stymie]

[quote author=Stymie link=topic=16636.msg189469#msg189469 date=1488674853]
[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=16636.msg189467#msg189467 date=1488672694]
Yeah, I mean it's not like he didn't have an NFL drafted QB throwing to him for a few years in there.

BC

A lot of "NFL drafted QB"s have trouble with mechanics and accuracy.
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This particular one had a career completion percentage of 65.9% at Stanford.  That compares to Andrew Luck's career completion percentage of 67.0%.  That 1.1% difference is probably not significant.

BC
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True, BC, but there are lies, damned lies and statistics.  I aced the latter at both Stanford and Harvard Business School, and am pretty good at the prior two too :).  I also played QB up through Stanford intramurals and threw a no-hitter in Little League, a two hitter in Babe Ruth League, played shortstop through American Legion baseball, and was nationally ranked as a Junior tennis player.

I know very well personally the mechanics of throwing/hitting an object from point A to point B.  Rector et. al. never had a great thrower amongst their midst.  Great guys those QBs, but medicore throwers.

[Stymie]

[quote author=Stymie link=topic=16636.msg189469#msg189469 date=1488674853]
[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=16636.msg189467#msg189467 date=1488672694]
Yeah, I mean it's not like he didn't have an NFL drafted QB throwing to him for a few years in there.

BC

A lot of "NFL drafted QB"s have trouble with mechanics and accuracy.
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This particular one had a career completion percentage of 65.9% at Stanford.  That compares to Andrew Luck's career completion percentage of 67.0%.  That 1.1% difference is probably not significant.

BC
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True, BC, but there are lies, damned lies and statistics.  I aced the latter at both Stanford and Harvard Business School, and am pretty good at the prior two too :).  I also played QB up through Stanford intramurals and threw a no-hitter in Little League, a two hitter in Babe Ruth League, played shortstop through American Legion baseball, and was nationally ranked as a Junior tennis player.

I know very well personally the mechanics of throwing/hitting an object from point A to point B.  Rector et. al. never had a great thrower amongst their midst.  Great guys those QBs, but medicore throwers.