VINE TIME: CJ Beathard Highlights

Didn't watch them all, but according to all the elite critics here on HN Iowa never has any passes more than five yards and the offensive coordinator needs to be fired. These plays can't be the 2014 version of the Iowa Hawkeyes, they must be back from the Fry era.
 
JonDMiller said:
I put together some vines from Beathard plays against Purdue....after watching it again, I really saw a great deal of growth from him in this game. He also is tough to rattle, it would seem

http://hawkeyenation.com/football/vine-time-beathard-highlights
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I really believe that our offense has a chance to explosive with CJ at the helm. I look forward to HGF's analysis of the offense and, in particular, of CJ. Your analysis seems spot on to me, but would love a more thorough breakdown of CJ's performance.

It would be very interesting to see HGF do a side-by-side analysis of CJ and JR during this bye week. I just can't help but think that on the 3rd and 6 completion to Hillyer to the 5 yard line that JR would have thrown to the receiver breaking horizontally to the sideline trying to go the safe route to get a first down, which would have been a completion in front of the sticks and require the receiver to turn the corner to pick up yac for the first down.
 
Look at that last vine showing Powell's long pass reception near the sideline. The Purdue secondary was in man coverage. The field was completely opened up. Iowa probably could've taken a handoff a long way on that play.
 
Thanks Jon. Love the loops, great for analysis. What has really struck me, and this has pretty much been a constant this season, is how consistent the O-line is in pass protection. There were questions before the season about pass protection. Even Scherff mentioned he had work to do in that area. It was a given that run support was going to be this line's strength. I actually think their strength is protecting the passer. CJ seems to be quicker than JR while JR seems to have a little better pocket awareness. CJ's arm is clearly stronger and his quick release takes advantage of what the line is giving him in terms of time. CJ also seems to be able to scan the field and find mismatches. His work with the 2s, and Powell in particular, seems to be paying off. The dropped balls are probably just a matter of unfamiliarity with CJ's technique (read velocity). That can be overcome at practice.
 
Wow, those are some big time throws when you get to watch them over and over and see how CJ anticipates the receiver opening up.

The purdue lbkrs have a missile going by them.

Another thing I notice is Leshun Daniels is learning the blitz pickup and blocking and is earning some playing time.

Leshun also had that big 3rd down run for a first.
 
The more I watch, the more I'm enamored. The passes completed over the middle are NFL throws. Absolute lasers. The touch he throws the ball on the outside is equally as impressive...if you throw flat passes to the outside, you're going to get picked since the CB always shades inside. On both passes to KMM and Powell, he threw the ball high and away...low risk, high reward throws with excellent touch. Very impressive debut for a sophomore, aside from the really bad first quarter. I seem to remember Tate and Stanzi both getting too amped as sophomores, so it's a common growing pain.
 
uihawk82 said:
Wow, those are some big time throws when you get to watch them over and over and see how CJ anticipates the receiver opening up.

The purdue lbkrs have a missile going by them.

Another thing I notice is Leshun Daniels is learning the blitz pickup and blocking and is earning some playing time.

Leshun also had that big 3rd down run for a first.
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I'm happy that Daniels made up for a couple of bad players earlier in the game. Iowa will have to rely on him at some point. He blocked much better in the 2nd half and had that huge run on third down. Hope he continues to get involved.
 
I just don't see how any objective fan can look at these passes and not see that CJB should be the starter. Yes he was rough in spots but it was his first start and it took him awhile to both settle down and get the internal clock on pass rush going but once he did it was beautiful to watch.

Jon I would like to see you include a couple clips:

The dropped touchdown pass at the end of the half. Despite the drop he quickly changed his read and fired a legit NFL bullet threading the needles over the linebacker.

Also should include some of his scrambles, those were huge plays and shows his elusiveness.

We still haven't really brought out the full read option with him yet either probably due to fear of injury. If Iowa adds that in the offense could be quite dynamic for KF standards.
 
bitmap said:
The dropped balls are probably just a matter of unfamiliarity with CJ's technique (read velocity). That can be overcome at practice.
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Most of the drops were the receivers' fault, but on some of the shorter passes CJ needs to ease up on the fastball a little.
 
I've got nothing against Riddick. Sunshine's just better; if you know what to watch for in a quarterback, the gap is wider than a lot of the media types are admitting. Sunshine's already shown us a plethora of throws that Riddick can't make. The quick release and superior arm strength are just too glaring to ignore and too impressive to leave standing on the sideline. There's nothing "safer" about playing Riddick. In fact it's probably riskier, because he's more limited.

In six quarters of play, I've seen several Sunday Passes from Sunshine that Riddick ain't even gonna think about throwing. And that's enough for me. That's "next level" potential.

This is football, Kurt. It ain't accounting. Or surgery as the case may be.
 
These videos are very well-chosen by Jon....and fun to review. CJ has a laser arm, and once he settled in, he gave all Hawkeye fans an eyeful.... I really hope that GD and KF review this PU film very closely and come away with the correct decision....CJ has to start vs IU. We simply cannot mess around experimenting now that the real games are starting. Go with the guy that can give us 3 Big Ten seasons worth of NFL style passing game.
 
macteago said:
We still haven't really brought out the full read option with him yet either probably due to fear of injury. If Iowa adds that in the offense could be quite dynamic for KF standards.
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This is true and another option but man the way he can throw the ball it is the same reason Landry Jones didnt run much at OU or other similar QB situations,
 
Mentally, CJB reminds me of Tate - "a good kind of crazy"

This O desperately needs it, otherwise we'll be back to playing in a phone booth.
 
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