Cwood24
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Mallett's speed- or lack thereof, is being greatly exaggerated on this board. In terms of speed he's about a hair slow than Jimmy Clausen, who every recruiting analyst is hyping up as the next coming of Joe Montana. Sure Ryan doesn't have alot of top end speed, but he's got very good footwork and he gets into his drops very quickly. The bashing of his speed is just not justified in my opinion. Ryan certainly isn't fast, but I don't know if playing with "cinder-block cleats" is what I'd call it. John Navarre was "cinder-block" cleats if I ever saw it, and I just don't think Mallett is that slow. He's got much quicker foot speed than Navarre from what I've seen. Mallett plays against some of the best competition in a state like Texas, and he did rush for 6 touchdowns last year. I'm not so sure that somebody with "cinder-block cleats" on could run for 6 touchdowns against that type of competition. Lots and lots of D-1 players Mallett goes up against week in and week out.
Besides at Michigan Ryan will not be asked to run the ball at all. Tom Brady or Peyton Manning couldn't crack a 5.2-40 at their NFL combines. Is there really one QB in the NFL you'd take over either of those guys? In terms of playing QB, speed is about the least important thing on the list in my eyes, especially in a pro-style WCO that Michigan runs. What really matters is the QB's ability to feel the rush and evade the rush by: calling audibles and sliding protetctions, stepping to the left or right or stepping up into the pocket, and knowing when to roll out and to which side. On tape Mallett displays all of those things as well as any QB you'll see in the nation. Mallett also is a terrific ball-handler. He sells the play-action extremely well and he's very adept at hiding the ball. The kid also has a beautiful pump fake. Bottom line this kid is a very good ball-handler.
Having said all of that, I do see some some minor flaws in his mechanics and he does throw off of this back-foot at times and short-arm passes, but you've got to remember here that he HAS to do those things to take heat off of his passes. The kid has an accurate arm though, a quick release, very good pocket awareness, and he handles the ball well.
Everything you've heard about his arm is 100% accurate. This kid has a cannon and his arm is already much stronger than Chad Henne's. Last year at the Michigan camp he was dislocating receivers fingers and shredding their gloves. Class of 2006 Michigan signee Quintin Patilla was on local Ann Arbor radio talking about his experiences at Michigan's summer camp, and he shared his stories about playing wide receiver and catching passes from Chad Henne at one camp, and then catching passes from Ryan Mallett at the camp a year later. Anywho, Patilla was talking about Ryan's arm in comparison to Chad's, and he said that Chad never threw 60 yard bombs on a rope over the course of the day and completely shredded his gloves in the process. Patilla said Mallett's arm was a hell of alot stronger than Chad's and that he had never seen anything like it.
At least years Elite 11 camp when Mallett and Clausen were the junior ball-boys, Mallett took home the longest throw competition by chucking an 81 yard pass. He also tied the Nebraska QB camp record in the fastest ball competition as a 14 1/2 year old freshman by throwing a football that was clocked at 59 MPH. My guess is he could throw it 85 yards without breaking a sweat.
Besides at Michigan Ryan will not be asked to run the ball at all. Tom Brady or Peyton Manning couldn't crack a 5.2-40 at their NFL combines. Is there really one QB in the NFL you'd take over either of those guys? In terms of playing QB, speed is about the least important thing on the list in my eyes, especially in a pro-style WCO that Michigan runs. What really matters is the QB's ability to feel the rush and evade the rush by: calling audibles and sliding protetctions, stepping to the left or right or stepping up into the pocket, and knowing when to roll out and to which side. On tape Mallett displays all of those things as well as any QB you'll see in the nation. Mallett also is a terrific ball-handler. He sells the play-action extremely well and he's very adept at hiding the ball. The kid also has a beautiful pump fake. Bottom line this kid is a very good ball-handler.
Having said all of that, I do see some some minor flaws in his mechanics and he does throw off of this back-foot at times and short-arm passes, but you've got to remember here that he HAS to do those things to take heat off of his passes. The kid has an accurate arm though, a quick release, very good pocket awareness, and he handles the ball well.
Everything you've heard about his arm is 100% accurate. This kid has a cannon and his arm is already much stronger than Chad Henne's. Last year at the Michigan camp he was dislocating receivers fingers and shredding their gloves. Class of 2006 Michigan signee Quintin Patilla was on local Ann Arbor radio talking about his experiences at Michigan's summer camp, and he shared his stories about playing wide receiver and catching passes from Chad Henne at one camp, and then catching passes from Ryan Mallett at the camp a year later. Anywho, Patilla was talking about Ryan's arm in comparison to Chad's, and he said that Chad never threw 60 yard bombs on a rope over the course of the day and completely shredded his gloves in the process. Patilla said Mallett's arm was a hell of alot stronger than Chad's and that he had never seen anything like it.
At least years Elite 11 camp when Mallett and Clausen were the junior ball-boys, Mallett took home the longest throw competition by chucking an 81 yard pass. He also tied the Nebraska QB camp record in the fastest ball competition as a 14 1/2 year old freshman by throwing a football that was clocked at 59 MPH. My guess is he could throw it 85 yards without breaking a sweat.
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