Originally posted by Chubby
I have never been a QB, so i really dont know. Is there something wrong with Lucas's Throwing Mechanics, He has a tendancy to drift the ball down toward the ground, is it just him making a safe low throw or is it his mechanics?:goof:
Yep..its called leading/guiding the ball...or something like that.
Lucas always had the knock of lack of touch and accuracy (especialy from me). I have not seen anything from him in two years of camps and pre-season which made me believe that he is a starting QB. For a long time I was standing all alone against the Fiedler bashers. Now, everybody has seen it and are joining those few of us who had that opinion a long time ago.
He may have a rocket arm. This would help him only if we dump our offense down like the jets did and give him a lot of balls he can throw just high up and up for grabs for the receivers. Of course he had Keyshawn in 99 and that is Keyshawns game.
I remember a pre-season game from 2001 in which the dlphins called a pass play (I believe against GB but I am not sure) from the 5 yard line. He riffled the ball into Goodwins chest like a bullet. Goodwin was only 2 yards into the endzone so the pass had to be thrown a mere 10 yards max. Goodwin dropped that ball and you could hear the impact all the way up into the stands.
Goodwin almost passed out and he was a big guy. You should have seen Goodwin's perplex look after he dropped that pass. He was like "what the f****, you wanna break my chest bones".
Lucas knocks were always: lack of touch, lack of accuracy, lack of leadership, lack to comprehend a whole playbook.
He has a lot of fire and heart but when things go wrong or not his way he loses composure. A good QB shows his leadership right then and there. When you are winning its easy to have leadership but when things do not go your way you need someone who lifts everybody up.
Lucas had it easy so far, playing at home and in GB - from a fans point of view.
But can you see the mocking coming from the stands in NY or Buffalo when something goes wrong...Oh my..he might fall completly apart.