Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
The concern would be about things that work ethic and practice don't often fix. For example, with Jimmy, he will probably be forever damned to not see the field well post-snap, and throw picks over the middle. That's something about how his brain ties to his eyes. It's hard to fix something like that.
What has me hopeful for Trey is that in college, he'd sit there and wait before throwing to a guy he clearly had already seen open, maybe trying to get the opportune passing lane or something, or maybe having a weak dynamic intuitive vision, I don't know. But, he seems to have sped that up some last year. Which tells me there is hope.
Now, regarding his release, fundamentals and all that, he'll likely be able to make some progress, but again that's one of the things were it's rare for a guy to completely revamp himself.
So, ultimately, the only question with Lance is if his critical weaknesses are weaknesses he can solve (and again, sometimes that has nothing to do with drive, desire, work ethic and intelligence). If he can, the guy is going to be an elite QB.
Everybody has something. Even the great ones. Right?
They said that Montana was too small, that he'd get hurt, he'd get banged up, but that... that didn't seem to matter, did it? A lot of people said that Elway was too strong, that he threw too hard, didn't have touch, but that didn't seem to matter either, did it? And pretty much everyone agreed that Peyton didn't have the arm strength, that he couldn't throw deep. But somehow, none of it seemed to matter.
You get where I'm going here, guys? We need to find out what Trey Lance's "something" is. Then figure out if it matters or not. All right? Figure out if it's something we can live with.
