Completely disagree. He absolutely goes through progressions and that is not even debatable. His issue has been that he sometimes goes through his progressions too fast and takes the easy money throw instead of pushing the ball to the big play, or just waiting a bit longer for a window to open. That can actually be what he is coached to do. Kurt Warner did a great write up on him showing examples of this.
The one thing he absolutely isn't, is a one read QB.
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Going through your progressions too fast or ignoring your progression to take the checkdown is the very definition of not going through your progressions well.
When Ewers is at his peak it’s running the RPO and throwing to his first read, and there’s nothing wrong with that because it’s exactly what Mike McDaniel runs here with Tua.
They both thrive in this system of the RPO first read get the ball out in 2and a half seconds, both skill sets are exploited in this style.
The question is can you win a championship predominantly going to your first read.
The similarities are uncanny between sarkesian and mcdaniels system and how both Qbs can operate it when it’s humming.ball handling, quick release and accuracy at their supertraits, like I said uncanny.
This is one big game that that ewers won against Alabama, I would say 95% of his throws are to his first read, and sometimes his receivers dropped the ball.
They won the game by his touch, quickness and accuracy on that first read philosophy
So I’m not sure who you are quoting or believing but I disagree with both if you, his issues begin after the first read if you are looking at a body of work.
I will also say this, I’m not sure the whole progression thing matters too much anymore, when your getting the ball out faster than anyone in the game well that’s your game.m, unless you have the skill to escape and play make like Mahomes Allen or Jackson this is the world you live in
