Lions QB Matthew Stafford and OC Jim Bob Cooter’s Relationship (2016)
We take a look at some 2015 Lions Tape that show us how Jim Bob makes things easy for the Lions QB.
Author: QB Film Room
Matthew Stafford and Jim Bob Cooter Relationship
We take a look at some 2015 Lions Tape that show us how Jim Bob makes things easy for the Lions QB.
Mark Sanchez Scouting Report
Author – Bryan Trulen
#6 Mark Sanchez 6’2” 225 9th Year, USC
Overview
Since entering the league in 2009, Sanchez has thrown for over 15,000 yards with 86 touchdowns and 86 interceptions for a 73.9 rating. Mark came into the league as a 1st round pick of the New York Jets as he decided to declare for the draft days after the best game of his life in the 2009 Rose Bowl. Sanchez has alway struggled with turning the ball over since his entrance into the league but he showed promise as a young quarterback even playing for a defensive minded head coach who treated the position like a commodity. After leaving the Jets in 2014, Sanchez had a chance to start 8 games during his first year in Philly. He put up the best numbers of his career and at times looked like he could become a starter again. Mark however laid eggs against Seattle and Dallas during the month of December that year which cost the team a playoff berth. Sanchez remained with Philly in 2015 and spent last year in Dallas.
Analysis
Mark has always been a technician due to how he was raised by former Elite 11 and Mission Viejo HC Bob Johnson. Since his days at USC his release has been consistently tight, his feet extremely fluid and crisp, and has showed the ability to change ball speeds intuitively (at least in the intermediate and deep game) After shoulder surgery in 2013 it has become apparent that Mark has lost some arm strength and his velocity is just not what it was from 2009-2013. What makes Mark valuable at this point of his career is the fact that he is a great teacher and mentor for a young quarterback as Mark has truly experienced about every emotion a professional quarterback can experience. Deep Playoff Run as a rookie, back to back wins against Peyton Manning and Tom Brady in 2010, Disaster in 2012 dealing with Tebow mania, stellar offseason in 2013 and ready to roll with Marty Morhinweg only to get hurt during the Presason etc. Even though he has not fulfilled the billing of the “Sanchize” Sanchez has proven a lot in terms of how much character and integrity he has as a human being during his nine year career. He has fought inner demons, kept getting up again and again and continued to work. It is hard to tell what his role may be this year with Chicago but the QB room is better for having him there.
Strengths
Release, Feet, Experience, People Skills, Temperament, Football IQ at times, Touch.
Weaknesses
Decision Making, Accuracy in short game, Erosion of Confidence, Pocket Navigation
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Brian Hoyer, 2017 Version of Matt Ryan?
#2 Brian Hoyer 6’2 215 9th Year, Michigan State
Hoyer, who is entering his 9th year in the league has clearly made his stake as the 2nd best quarterback behind Matt Stafford to come out of the 2009 draft class. Hoyer is about as refined of a natural passer as there is in the league in terms of how he blends elements such as touch, throwing in rhythm, anticipation and is a very decisive thrower to all areas of the field. Simply put, Hoyer plays the position like a point guard who sees the entire court clearly and knows his physical limitations. At his core, Hoyer is a distributor who is essentially a less pliable version __ For the entire report on Hoyer and the rest of the Quarterback Landscape, be sure to purchase the 2017 Pro QB Almanac
Bears QB Mike Glennon Analysis
Chicago Bears
#8 Mike Glennon 6’6” 225 5th Year, North Carolina State
Overview/Analysis
Let us not forget what Mike Glennon accomplished as a first year player in 2013. Glennon threw for over 2,600 yards, 19 TD’s and only 9 interceptions as a rookie NFL starter. He split time with Josh McCown in 2014 and had been relegated as a backup down in Tampa the past two seasons behind Jameis Winston. Trait wise, Glennon is a poor man’s version of Matt Ryan. He is equipped with a ___ To read the full report on Glennon and every other rostered QB purchase our 2017 Pro QB Almanac
Ryan Fitzpatrick Scouting Report
#14 Ryan Fitzpatrick 6’2” 224 13th Year, Harvard
Overview
After putting together the best season of his career in 2015 and setting the Jets single season TD pass record (4,905 Yards, 31 TD, 15 INT 60%) Ryan Fitzpatrick stonewalled the Jets as they stood pat in declining to offer him a long term contract. Fitzpatrick ended up signing a one year deal and would like to forget the abysmal year he had as starter minus one game against the Bills early in the year. For his career, Fitzpatrick has thrown for nearly 26,000 yards with 166 touchdowns against 133 interceptions for a career 79.7 rating while strategically capitalizing on his best years as he has been paid out
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Blake Bortles Isolation Series, Red Zone Anticipation (2017)
Blake Bortles fired back at his ever present critics with a solid Week 3 preseason performance against Carolina. We take a look at his touchdown pass.
All Video Content courtesy of NFL Game Pass.
Carolina is showing cover 0 pure man pre snap as Bortles has an empty backfield.
Bortles quickly takes a three step drop and has his eyes keyed on the corner immediately. Keep in mind the ball must come out fast in this condensed area of the field.
Bortles gets the ball out even with his elongated throwing motion as his slot receiver is getting into his break. This is the kind of timing and anticipation that he must display to give himself a chance to complete passes on a consistent basis.
The pass is complete and Bortles can breath a sigh of relief.
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Blake Bortles Isolation Series, Red Zone Anticipation
Blake Bortles fired back at his ever present critics with a solid Week 3 preseason performance against Carolina. We take a look at his touchdown pass.
All Video Content courtesy of NFL Game Pass.
Carolina is showing cover 0 pure man pre snap as Bortles has an empty backfield.
Bortles quickly takes a three step drop and has his eyes keyed on the corner immediately. Keep in mind the ball must come out fast in this condensed area of the field.
Bortles gets the ball out even with his elongated throwing motion as his slot receiver is getting into his break. This is the kind of timing and anticipation that he must display to give himself a chance to complete passes on a consistent basis.
The pass is complete and Bortles can breath a sigh of relief.
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Falcons QB Alek Torgersen Analysis
Who will the Falcons keep as their third quarterback? Alek Torgersen or Matt Simms? If it is Simms, they most likely would want to sneak Torgersen onto their practice squad but if it ends up being Torgersen, they keep they would not be able to have Simms on their practice squad because his eligibility is up.
#9 Alek Torgersen 6’2” 230 Rookie, University of Pennsylvania
Overview
Alek Torgersen threw for 36 touchdowns and 7 INT combined during his last two years as the starting quarterback at Penn. During his career as a three year starter he ended up totaling over 7,000 yards, 50 touchdowns and 17 interceptions through the air while also rushing for 900 yards and 18 touchdowns. Statistics and his tape tell us that Torgersen is one of a few legitimate dual threat rookie quarterbacks.
Analysis
Has a live arm showing the ability to throw with velocity to all levels. Very quick twitched mover who has energetic feet both setting up to throw and escaping pressure. Legitimate running threat both on and off script. Is going to have to improve his overall accuracy as he transitions. Played in a somewhat simplistic spread based system with either or reads but still showed a consistent ability to make difficult throws down the field. Fairly fluid throwing motion and showed the ability to hit his targets in stride and throw them open at times. A better passer than Jake Locker coming out of college and compares athletically to Locker as well.
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Cowboy QB Cooper Rush Analysis
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#7 Cooper Rush 6’3” 228 Rookie, Central Michigan
Overview
A product of Central Michigan, Cooper Rush enjoyed a nice college career and was a celebrated player within the MAC conference. He is not a classic dual threat guy but he brings elements of athleticism to the table.
Analysis
Rush has an inconsistent, less than ideal delivery but he juxtaposes this with really good passing instincts. He has proven to be a fairly accurate thrower of the football and has just enough arm to push the ball outside the numbers. Has a somewhat similar playing style to Brandon Weeden but is a bit more refined of an overall passer. Rush is a very cerebral quarterback and graduated with a 3.9 GPA in Actuarial Science. He has been able to pick up the Cowboys system at a rapid rate and has translated that classroom to the field thus far in preseason play.
2017 Projection
Rush is in the midst of a battle for the backup job to Prescott with Kellen Moore and we expect both signal callers to make the 53 man roster.
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Tom Brady Scouting Report (Pro QB Almanac, 2017)
#12 Tom Brady 6’4” 225 18th Year, Michigan
Author – Bryan Trulen
Overview
Viewed by many as the best to ever play the position Tom Brady responded to off the field adversity about as well as anyone could have predicted as he played some of the best football of his career in 2016. Brady stepped in after a four game suspension and ended up completing 67% of his passes while throwing for over 3,500 yards and 28 touchdowns and only 2 interceptions. And as a footnote he also led arguably the best 4th quarterback comeback in Super Bowl history earning his 5th Super Bowl ring. Brady seems to get better every single year even as he is pushing 40 years old and has stated he wants to play well into his 40’s. The story really is too good to be true but the fact of the matter is that nobody works harder at his craft than Brady and he enters 2017 as possibly the greatest football player of all time.
Analysis
Because Tom Brady is so technically sound as a thrower some have a tendency to overlook his physical ability as a passer. From a mechanical (Base, Feet, Balance, Throwing Motion) perspective Brady is as good as they come. He intuitively understands all of the micro elements that go into high level quarterback play. Touch, Timing and accuracy are Brady’s calling cards as a passer but his arm is strong enough for him to throw with velocity to all levels of the field as he has shown throughout his career. Even during 2016 his arm strength seemed to get better as the year wore on and when you add to the equation his___
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Tom Brady Analysis
#12 Tom Brady 6’4” 225 18th Year, Michigan
Author – Bryan Trulen
Overview
Viewed by many as the best to ever play the position Tom Brady responded to off the field adversity about as well as anyone could have predicted as he played some of the best football of his career in 2016. Brady stepped in after a four game suspension and ended up completing 67% of his passes while throwing for over 3,500 yards and 28 touchdowns and only 2 interceptions. And as a footnote he also led arguably the best 4th quarterback comeback in Super Bowl history earning his 5th Super Bowl ring. Brady seems to get better every single year even as he is pushing 40 years old and has stated he wants to play well into his 40’s. The story really is too good to be true but the fact of the matter is that nobody works harder at his craft than Brady and he enters 2017 as possibly the greatest football player of all time.
Analysis
Because Tom Brady is so technically sound as a thrower some have a tendency to overlook his physical ability as a passer. From a mechanical (Base, Feet, Balance, Throwing Motion) perspective Brady is as good as they come. He intuitively understands all of the micro elements that go into high level quarterback play. Touch, Timing and accuracy are Brady’s calling cards as a passer but his arm is strong enough for him to throw with velocity to all levels of the field as he has shown throughout his career. Even during 2016 his arm strength seemed to get better as the year wore on and when you add to the equation his___
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2017 Pro QB Almanac Sample, Brandon Allen (Rams)
Photo Credit – Draft Wire/USA Today
#10 Brandon Allen 6’1” 217 2nd Year, Arkansas
Analysis
Allen is a streaky thrower with a quick release and is instinctually accurate as a passer to all levels of the field. Allen does not have a strong arm and his passes will lose steam the deeper down the field he has to throw. Allen does however have a great understanding of defensive coverages and works his feet and his eyes together in tandem which allows him to throw with top level anticipation___Purchase the 2017 Pro QB Almanac for the entire Allen report as well as reports on EVERY Rostered Quarterback in League
2017 Pro QB Almanac Sample, Brandon Allen Rams QB
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#10 Brandon Allen 6’1” 217 2nd Year, Arkansas
Analysis
Allen is a streaky thrower with a quick release and is instinctually accurate as a passer to all levels of the field. Allen does not have a strong arm and his passes will lose steam the deeper down the field he has to throw. Allen does however have a great understanding of defensive coverages and works his feet and his eyes together in tandem which allows him to throw with top level anticipation___Purchase the 2017 Pro QB Almanac for the entire Allen report as well as reports on EVERY Rostered Quarterback in League
New Ravens QB Thaddeus Lewis Scouting Report
Authored by Bryan Trulen
Somewhere David Cutcliffe is smiling. He groomed Lewis at Duke and watched him grow into a pure passer during his time as a Blue Devil. Lewis was just signed to compete with Ryan Mallett for the backup job in Baltimore.
#9 Thaddeus Lewis 6’1″ 220 8th Year, Duke
Analysis
Thad has spent time with multiple organizations since his entry into the league back in 2010. When given an opportunity to play he has shown the ability to operate comfortably- executing a pro style passing attack & is a competent thrower of the football with plus arm strength. While in College playing for Quarterback guru David Cutcliffe at Duke, Thad was exposed to high level offensive coaching that has enhanced his overall appeal as a quarterback. Thad has demonstrated the ability to throw with accuracy as well as poise while making a variety of types of throws. Chip Kelly brought Thad with him from Philly to San Francisco in 2016 for a reason and Thad would have started games in 2016 had he not gotten injured during pre-season play. It would not surprise us to see Lewis start games for the Ravens at some point this year.
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Jeff Driskel Evaluation (Pre-Draft)
Bengals QB Jeff Driskel blends athleticism and arm talent as a player and has starting potential. A guy who we were high on coming out of college in 2016 the fact that Chip Kelly dismissed him in favor of Christian Ponder is very odd.
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Jeff Driskel Evaluation
Bengals QB Jeff Driskel blends athleticism and arm talent as a player and has starting potential. A guy who we were high on coming out of college in 2016 the fact that Chip Kelly dismissed him in favor of Christian Ponder is very odd.
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Deshaun Watson – Recognition and Instincts (2017)
Watson showed us some things during his first pro action against Carolina. We go frame by frame on his touchdown run. (All Video Content courtesy of NFL Game Pass)
Carolina is playing a two high safety look in the red area. Watson recognizes the inherent weakness in this alignment pre snap.
Early stages of post snap – Watson is feeling out the route concept while “feeling” middle linebacker Luke Kuechly. Watson knows Kuechly has pass game responsibility.
Watson feels the void created by the rush and from this point on it is all instincts coming into play. By now we can clearly see Kuechly turn his back and run with the seam route.
Watson takes off and his (X) receiver has an under route against man coverage further creating a running lane for him.
Watson shows off his quickness and ability to accelerate quickly as he takes off in the alley.
The definition of dual-threat on this play as Watson heads toward pay dirt.
Too little too late.
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Deshaun Watson – Recognition and Instincts
Watson showed us some things during his first pro action against Carolina. We go frame by frame on his touchdown run. (All Video Content courtesy of NFL Game Pass)
Carolina is playing a two high safety look in the red area. Watson recognizes the inherent weakness in this alignment pre snap.
Early stages of post snap – Watson is feeling out the route concept while “feeling” middle linebacker Luke Kuechly. Watson knows Kuechly has pass game responsibility.
Watson feels the void created by the rush and from this point on it is all instincts coming into play. By now we can clearly see Kuechly turn his back and run with the seam route.
Watson takes off and his (X) receiver has an under route against man coverage further creating a running lane for him.
Watson shows off his quickness and ability to accelerate quickly as he takes off in the alley.
The definition of dual-threat on this play as Watson heads toward pay dirt.
Too little too late.
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Matt Moore Scouting Report
With Ryan Tannehill going down we took part of our Pro QB Almanac Report on Matt Moore and posted it below.
#8 Matt Moore 6’3″ 219 11th Year, Oregon State/UCLA
He has an exemplar internal clock that allows him to speed up or slow down his process post snap depending on the pressure and timing of a play. He also is adept at “leading” his targets to green grass deep down the field. Moore has an instinctive athletic sense about him and the Tony Romo comparison often 
arises when trying to find a solid comparison to him. Not to say Moore is the second coming of Romo but stylistically they play the game similarly.
2017 Projection
Still considered one of the best backups in the league, Moore signed a two year deal that will pay him 3.5 million in guaranteed money. He is going to once again serve as the primary backup to Ryan Tannehill and if called upon would be able to step in and direct the offense in an NFL starter type capacity.
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