Quick note on Embry Peeples

stinger78

stinger78

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Just spoke with a former HS coach of his. He said that he clocked EP at a 4.2 40 his SR year at Dr. Phillips HS. Said his dad was a world-class sprinter and so is EP. I knew he was fast, but not quite that fast. Probably hand-timed, but still... Can't wait to see his tote the rock this fall.
 
You could tell last year that him and Marcus were "deer in the headlights" when they touched the ball. They both looked A LOT better in spring ball. Hopefully they will both make some impact in the fall.
 
JWE37 said:
You could tell last year that him and Marcus were "deer in the headlights" when they touched the ball. They both looked A LOT better in spring ball. Hopefully they will both make some impact in the fall.
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I can't wait to see each of them isolated with a safety on a fly down the middle. I ALMOST :laugher: feel sorry for that poor safety being the 9th man in the box.
 
Feel kinda sorry for Peeples getting injured and losing his starting job last year but it might of given Roddy Jones more time to adjust and look what that got us.
 
00Burdell said:
Assuming we can hit a bullet with a pigskin. ;)
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When he is 15 yards downfield with a head of steam up, try to overthrow him. Nesbitt's throws last year, when he missed, were typically late leaving his hand. In order to makeup being late, he wouldn't put an arc on his throw, which left the receiver no chance to adjust to the throw.
 
augustabuzz said:
When he is 15 yards downfield with a head of steam up, try to overthrow him. Nesbitt's throws last year, when he missed, were typically late leaving his hand. In order to makeup being late, he wouldn't put an arc on his throw, which left the receiver no chance to adjust to the throw.
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Interesting. Happen to know why it was leaving late?
 
yellowandnaked said:
A 4.2? Really? Can this be verified?
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He ran the fastest forty time in the spring that our coaches clocked on the team...it was a 4.35 if I recall. Marcus Wright, Cooper Taylor, and Correy Earls were just behind him..again...if I recall correctly.

Never trust a high school coach timing his own player! : - )
 
GTLiebs said:
Interesting. Happen to know why it was leaving late?
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I don't see much, if any problem with Josh's footwork although he will on occassion throw off his back foot to " help" his touch on intermediate throws. There were some plays where he was late due to pressure, but generally he was 1 count late deciding when to pull the trigger. Typically, this is less of a problem as the passer gains experience (see J Hamilton,'96-'97 vs '98-'99).

Should he show the improvement I am expecting in the 25-40 yard passes, then this offense can only be stopped by the other team controlling the ball.
 
augustabuzz said:
I don't see much, if any problem with Josh's footwork although he will on occassion throw off his back foot to " help" his touch on intermediate throws. There were some plays where he was late due to pressure, but generally he was 1 count late deciding when to pull the trigger. Typically, this is less of a problem as the passer gains experience (see J Hamilton,'96-'97 vs '98-'99).

Should he show the improvement I am expecting in the 25-40 yard passes, then this offense can only be stopped by the other team controlling the ball.
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I agree...and also hope this is the year everything seems slower to Nesbitt. Against LSU (and even by their own folks admission) we could have torched them multiple times but held the ball a second late which made the throws poor...WR's routes begin to break down....DB's catch up with the play...and the result is a ball in the wrong spot.

This should be the year of major improvement for him...it has to be. If this happens...it could be sick how many points we will put up regularly.
 
I still think we should roll him out more. I've been saying as long as Josh has been here that he throws much better when his feet are moving.

He thinks about it too much when he's not moving. He knows he hesitates and then he adjusts for it by throwing harder and releasing later so the arc is lower but the length of the path the ball takes is about the same. That's why all his misses are overthrows.
 
00Burdell said:
I still think we should roll him out more. I've been saying as long as Josh has been here that he throws much better when his feet are moving.

He thinks about it too much when he's not moving. He knows he hesitates and then he adjusts for it by throwing harder and releasing later so the arc is lower but the length of the path the ball takes is about the same. That's why all his misses are overthrows.
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Bottom line...to be a good QB you have to be able to drop back and throw...and that also fits well with the vertical game that can be challenging for defenses out of our base offense.

A QB in our offense does not have to be a Peyton Manning...but a Shawn Jones will do!
 
Deep ball accuracy is completely a "feel" thing for the QB. Its all based on timing and the QB's feel for when to release the ball based on his own arm strength, the trajectory of the ball and the speed of the receiver.

A QB either has it or he doesn't. I not sure its a learnable trait. We'll see.
 
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