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Oct 20, 2014, 3:37 PM

To break down his throwing ability...

There is a balance between the much sought after "touch" and velocity (the extra zip on the ball).

It is apparent that Watson has both the arm strength and "touch" to be a star.

Where Stoudt differs... He must sacrifice velocity for "touch", i.e. the short throws that get batted down or the player that is waiting on the WR screen and only picks up a yard at most or the long balls that fall short. On the other hand, he must sacrifice "touch" for velocity, i.e. the long balls that are overthrown in order to avoid underthrowing them resulting in an interception. When underthrowing occurs, our players turn into defenders, i.e. "Tay" Scott and Mike Wiliams (injured shoulder doing so against Louisville) on a couple of different occasions.

Also, another example that demonstrates his throwing ability is the timing of the ball to receivers. Screens are thrown late, slanting wide receivers catch balls behind their bodies (versus being led into the middle of the field), curl routes are thrown too long after the role, out routes are thrown to receivers that are standing still at the time of the reception, etc.... These are dependent on two factors, timing and arm strength. I understand that a lot of these passes are complete, but the YAC are severely diminished. A 4 yard gain on 1st down opens up a lot more options than a 2 yard gain, a 15 yard out route that is caught with momentum and can be taken up the sideline flops fields or scores touchdowns, and many more YAC scenarios.

These different assessments seem to be a little bit under appreciated in my opinion.

For clarification, I am not being a Stoudt hater. I am pulling for the Tigers and as long as he is at the helm, I will cheer him and his fellow tigers to victory. I am making this post because it seems people simply get lost in the failures of the Offensive Line or Stoudt's lack of mobility, not to say that these two things don't play significant factors in the quarterback's ability to have success, but there is certainly much more to the position.

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It seems that everyone wants to document the differences between Watson and Stoudt and to be honest, you would have to be blind not to see them. However, I would like to take another view of this. Where would we be without the services of Watson and Stoudt? We got to see a picture of the 3rd string guy last week on Tigernet, but have virtually no game stats to see what CU would be like with him at the helm. Mourn the loss of Watson, but be dang thankful for Stoudt is what I say. Thank goodness this young man didn't turn in his chits when the game didn't work out like he wanted it to. This may be hard for some on here to believe, but Cole may win as many games this year for Clemson as Watson does.

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both QBs play/played behind the same Oline......

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while we are on a positive note

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not sure how this factors into your formula, but he also

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