I like how people criticize a guy with an unorthodox throwing motion just for the motion and not for what it represents. You know why people talk about throwing motion? Because normally, a good healthy throwing motion is viewed as a tool to get the maximum velocity, maximum accuracy, minimum release time, minimum chance of batted balls, etc. What I'm viewing right now from Omar Jacobs is a guy with a 3/4 delivery who is able to whip it 100 mph down the field and can throw the ball 50 yards on a rope with hardly any wind-up and who has a very quick release, and has yet to get a ball batted down. His throws don't come out low and pickable like they said Phil Rivers' throws did. So what, exactly, is the problem here? Dan Marino would look at Jacobs throw and see himself in the guy. Chris Spielman basically only got one opportunity all game to bring up Jacobs' 3/4 delivery as a possible negative, because Jacobs just does not have many errant throws. He overthrew one guy and Spielman said this is the first time Jacobs has thrown a bad ball overthrown to where you can say maybe his 3/4 delivery is hurting him.
His receivers are not getting very much separation and his throws are extremely accurate on every NFL type throw he is making. He throws the slant, and the ball is in front of the WR away from the defender. He throws the crossing pattern, the ball is on the front shoulder of the WR so he can continue to run. He throws down the field, the ball is high so his WR can use athletic ability to go up and get the ball, or if the guy has gotten behind his defenders the ball is dropping to him perfectly on the run. The one thing I've been looking for is for Jacobs to check down his options, but that is hard to tell. On his last TD pass of the first half it certainly seemed like he checked down, but you never know. Best part? I haven't even seen the guy run yet! Not once! According to his stats last year, he had an average of about 8 runs a game. If I'm watching just this game, I'm taking away the impression of Omar Jacobs as a guy like Byron Leftwich who is purely a pocket passer.
One thing that undoubtedly took the wind out of Bowling Green's sails was how Wisconsin was able to jam the ball down their throats on a consistent basis, eating up clock AND scoring points basically at will. They put Bowling Green's offense behind the eight ball on numerous occasions, and on most of them Jacobs came through for them. There was no reason Jacobs should have been able to keep that game tied 35-35 at halftime by the way Wisconsin was playing. Jacobs took his team 80 yards down the field for a touchdown in only 37 seconds to tie it up.
The way Wisconsin is jamming this ball...I don't see many teams out there that would keep up against this beating. I'd like to see Matt Leinart keep even the talented USC offense going if his defense decided to lay down like this against Brian Calhoun and the Wisconsin running offense.
I did not come away from watching this game thinking the Bowling Green team was anything but supported 100% by the talent of Omar Jacobs. I have yet to see the offensive line give Jacobs a clean pocket at all. I have not seen a whole lot of separation from their wide receivers and I have seen a number of drops from them. And their defense, my god to get run all over like that without making adjustments...this is not a good team. Jacobs will keep them in there.
The shotgun thing, I really don't see any problems with Jacobs learning to play under center. I actually think it will help him a lot when he does learn to take snaps from under center. He'll have the benefit of a pocket forming the right way, where in the shotgun it is collapsing quickly. This guy is the real deal. After reading KB21's observations of Jacobs I was expecting to see a guy with marginal talent that was benefitting from a wide open offense. Nothing could be further from the truth. This wide open offense is only working because of him.
he get exposed bad :rofl3: IMO. By the way I was pro Leinart for da Phins next year period. But the more I looked at Jacobs the it became obvious that he is a stud QB on a weak very team :shakeno: , Man BG is just crap, but Jacobs is so good that he makes that crap BG team almost look decent (but BG is still crap). Jacobs can lift the crappy team to another level, few QBs have that special something - and he's got it :) . Of course I'm like him to protect the ball better when he moves (no fumbles please) and throw the ball when OL breaks down (take no sacks please), but that crappy BG OL just sucks, oh well. Oh ya maybe get a better hair cut, just kidding 
