Do you think he is driving the ball deep, and doing so causing it to sail, or at times even float? Mechanical? Mental? Trying to put too much on those types of throws?
Depends on the throw. But he has this thing that he does where he throws flat-footed with a follow-through where those throws have a higher arc, albeit he tends to be relatively accurate with them and they drop straight down. Others he makes where he steps into them and they have a lower arc and they're tougher to pick off if the receiver can't get to them (they end up as overthrows) but they have to be high enough where the defensive back can't deflect it.
Both have moments where they work, but the first one doesn't work if the receiver is well-covered or in the end zone, that's more for when they get behind a defender and can catch it in-stride. I don't think he angled the end zone throw as well, although with everything going on, I haven't had a chance to look at it more closely yet.
I think he has to just figure out what works and what doesn't and what type of window he can throw each one in. Obviously, it's different in the NFL compared to college where defensive backs close on the ball a lot faster. It's not like he doesn't have some experience having played in the SEC, but clearly, with this being the first year he's really pushing it downfield, he hasn't figured it out yet. At the same time, a couple of his turnovers have come with someone about to drill him, which given how often he's been hit, I'm sure it played a factor.
He's a smart kid and people are killing him when we're only three games into his first season where they've started testing what he can/can't do. I think the "this is who he is" determination really can't be made until you've seen a larger sample size before he gets crucified. I still believe that some of what's going on could be coaching where they're (ie: Matt) telling him not to check it down and just throw it, which I feel like - if that is indeed the case - further complicates things. The one positive is the fact they're 100% behind him, which given what's going on, at least doesn't make the situation any more difficult.
