billmac91
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He doesn't have the strongest arm, but I was impressed with his timing. He throws his guys open and out of their breaks. He hit Stoneburner right on the money out of his break, and also had an incompletion to Evan Spencer that actually impressed me because the ball was thrown before Evan even broke for the sideline. There was a lot of air under it that caused it to be incomplete, but it was something we don't see a lot out of Braxton.
I think Kenny will be more than serviceable in whatever time he's given. I think we'll actually see improvement in the short to intermediate passing game. I think he throws a much more catchable ball in part because he doesn't have the zip, but he also, no doubt, has a lot more touch on the ball. The deep ball will be interesting...he has the arm strength, but a lot of that is timing. He underthrew a couple yesterday, but with a week of practice, I think he could throw a pretty deep ball too. It actually becomes a more catchable deep ball too, if he just airs it out a little further and allows his receivers to run underneath it. They kept having to break the route off and come back to the ball.
Lastly, I just wanted to mention really quickly, one missed play. If you go back and watch overtime, the play where Corey snapped it high, and Kenny secured it and dove back to the LOS....they were setting up a triple option with Hyde diving and Chris Fields playing the pitch man. Ohio State caught them on an outside blitz and I think Fields probably walks into the end-zone if the snap is on target.
It will be fun to see how Urban changes the offense with Kenny at the helm..in a weirid way, I think it gives Urban even a little more opprtunity to get creative. He has already talked about being able to run the inside shuffle pass with Guiton, and that Kenny reads the "read-option" better than Braxton. Obviously the "big-play" capability isn't there, especially with his legs, but I think Kenny brings a different element between the ears and with his arm.
I think Kenny will be more than serviceable in whatever time he's given. I think we'll actually see improvement in the short to intermediate passing game. I think he throws a much more catchable ball in part because he doesn't have the zip, but he also, no doubt, has a lot more touch on the ball. The deep ball will be interesting...he has the arm strength, but a lot of that is timing. He underthrew a couple yesterday, but with a week of practice, I think he could throw a pretty deep ball too. It actually becomes a more catchable deep ball too, if he just airs it out a little further and allows his receivers to run underneath it. They kept having to break the route off and come back to the ball.
Lastly, I just wanted to mention really quickly, one missed play. If you go back and watch overtime, the play where Corey snapped it high, and Kenny secured it and dove back to the LOS....they were setting up a triple option with Hyde diving and Chris Fields playing the pitch man. Ohio State caught them on an outside blitz and I think Fields probably walks into the end-zone if the snap is on target.
It will be fun to see how Urban changes the offense with Kenny at the helm..in a weirid way, I think it gives Urban even a little more opprtunity to get creative. He has already talked about being able to run the inside shuffle pass with Guiton, and that Kenny reads the "read-option" better than Braxton. Obviously the "big-play" capability isn't there, especially with his legs, but I think Kenny brings a different element between the ears and with his arm.
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