re: Daniels IS NOT BAD AT THROWING THE DEEP BALL…..

All the deep balls were underthrown. It's bafflng considering he's afraid of throwing INTs. It's much safer to overthrow than underthrow. WRs could do better at coming back to the ball, but that doesn't make his throw better.

He did have his best ever throw last night on that 2nd and 18 to Nabors on that fade, though, and had a very good second half.

Bottom line - he is someone who fuels with confidence...I think our OC and staff need to be very cognizent of this and script those first 10-15 plays and load them with easy pass plays to build early confidence and prevent him from getting into a shell.

I'll never complain about an underthrown ball that was caught on a drive resulting in a TD. It's better than an overthrown ball or an INT.

And no, not EVERY ball in underthrown. I saw many perfectly placed balls last night. Granted, I only got to see the second half ;)

Go back and watch how many times the receivers had to come back on the long balls that Burrow threw. Happened all the time.

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Go back and watch how many times the receivers had to come back on the long balls that Burrow threw. Happened all the time.

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Happened all the time.

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All the time?

You sure?

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Anyone else see a pattern here?

You literally proved yourself wrong in your analysis. The fact that our WRs need to stick up their hand to call out they are open, means a lot.

Daniels underthrows a lot of balls. Maybe it is he just isn’t accurate, or maybe he is too late, either way he isn’t great at throwing the deep ball. He is sub par at it.

So you start a thread about Daniels not being bad at throwing the deep ball…

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His problem is that he hesitates too long and throws the deep ball late which allows his receivers to get to far down field. He doesn’t quite have the arm strength to overcome the late throw and get it out in front of the receivers which is why they have to slow up or turn around to catch it. This also allows the DB’s to get in better position to deflect passes.

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…then go on to explain why Daniels is terrible at throwing the deep ball.

He's not particularly good either. Or at least, consistent

He can do it, just not consistently.

Agreed ! Please don’t confuse constructive criticism with “ hating “ on JD . Great coaches strive for perfection . As the competition gets tougher , it will be even more important that the ball comes out on time .