Boomer said:
Always a pleasure to read your stuff CK.
One thing to remeber about Miami passers is this: San Diego have a big decision to make at the end of the year because either Drew Brees or Phil Rivers is gone. Plus it's a great year at DT where we need help, so you just never know. Plus if Ricky has a big year, he becomes our x factor chip should Nick decide to cash him in.
Thank you Boomer. Yeah I know the San Diego thing will play out and people will talk about that for Miami but honestly I don't see either San Diego QB as a fit in Scott Linehan's system. He likes a big quarterback with a big arm getting that ball off deep on a consistent basis. Saban may like Rivers or Brees but neither of them will have Linehan's backing.
What we should keep an eye on is sort of a mini-San Diego situation playing out in Washington. It's obvious that Brunell is out, but Ramsey is their starter, while Campbell is their future. Ramsey, unlike Brees or Rivers, does have that bigtime arm that Scott Linehan craves. If you ask me, I think that Miami is paying more attention to Ramsey than to Brees/Rivers.
I don't mean to be the critical one here because I have not seen this guy play much other than highlights and a few plays from the game BUT how can you make this comment? You are talking about one of the best ever QB's to EVER play in the NFL and you are saying this college kid from a small school looks like him? Are you serious? You seem passionate about him being good which is your opinion BUT come on - I think you went over board a bit - or ALOT!
My initial reaction to who he reminds me of is Bernie Kosar. He has the same side arm release. The problem with this is you have the issue of batted balls - keep in mind the NFL is much different than college and the DL will defend against this type of throw. Marino threw over the top - how could this guy remind him of himself? To me they look total opposite. My vote is Kosar BUT at least Bernie went to a big time college and had a good career. This guy is very far from being a NFL QB IMO.
When I say that Marino would see a lot of himself in Omar, I mean that Omar is tall, big, has a BULLET throw with a hairpin trigger release, a gunslinger's mentality, and most importantly he has a 3/4 release just like Marino did coming out of college. Remember, Marino coming out of college his pass motion was also questioned because it was VERY much like Jacobs is, 3/4 delivery sometimes almost looking sidearm. People said Marino was a ball "pusher" not a ball "thrower" and that is what Jacobs is facing.
The Bernie Kosar comparison is not accurate and I will give you a few reasons. One, is Jacobs' throwing motion is not as severe as Kosar's use to be, nor is it as severe as Phil Rivers' motion is. Second, Bernie Kosar could not throw as far as Omar Jacobs could if he got on steroid and then attached a rocket to his elbow. Kosar did not have much velocity on his passes, where Jacobs easily gets as much velocity on his passes as the strongest throwers in the NFL of today and yesteryear. Phil Rivers is Bernie Kosar incarnate, Omar Jacobs is Dan Marino incarnate. No, I'm not saying Rivers will have a career as fruitful as Bernie's nor that Omar will have one like Dan's, but those are the guys they compare to.
