zn said:
If you wait you don't complete the pass whether they get separation or not.
And not counting 2010 for obvious reasons, Bradford has had guys who can catch em past 25 yards. Clayton, Avery (preseason only), and Alexander (though DX had inconsistent hands). What I see when I watch him throw long is a guy who's inconsistent. And I think anticipation has a lot to do with it.
Catching them past 25 yards is pretty much why receivers are in the NFL to begin with. Of the three you listed, two are where? Alexander is the one primary deep threat he's had at his disposal, and when the two of them are on the same page, where's the anticipation or timing concerns? Honestly, I don't see it. Not with DX, and not with Clayton when he was in. Throwing open was basically what he did with them. That, and back-shoulder fades.
Let's put it in perspective too. 26 starts, 1 truncated offseason, 2 coordinators, a merry-go-round of receivers, and questionable protection. And yet when people 'analyze' Bradford's deep ball, they come up with the effect while ignoring the cause. Of course there's going to be inconsistency. Inconsistency is one of the ingredients in the offense.
Is he a finished product? Of course not.
Are there reasons for his stunted develop to this point? No question.
Now he's got three more new receivers to go along with the returning guys who didn't play 16 games with him either. It would be nice if he knew how fast they were already, how to anticipate their ability to break on the ball, and already trusted them to be where everyone here
knows he can throw it. That's gonna take a little bit of time until he finds a guy that he's comfortable throwing to who's blanketed. That's really my only knock on Bradford at this point. He just doesn't like throwing up contested balls all that much. That, I think, is because he doesn't want to be the cause of a turnover; and that, by extension, makes the receivers look bad. All I'm saying is, let him hook up with a receiver he trusts (or two) and all of this goes away.
