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Originally Posted by DRM08
Andy made Vick look pretty good as a passer in Philly. Lamar seems more accurate than Vick ever was. I think Andy would do very well with either one of these guys. He gets very good performance out of every QB he coaches. It’s extremely impressive.
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It's funny - I think there's a real slight distinction between Jackson and Vick here. Jackson does throw a more catchable ball, but its in large part BECAUSE he lacked Vick's arm talent.
Vick just threw !@#$ing missiles and if he didn't hit you in the chest with it, they were just really hard to adjust to and haul in. Whereas Jackson kinda tosses these soft little wobble-launchers that guys can chase down and/or adjust to snag.
I don't think Jackson would be any better at throwing a football through a tire-swing than Vick. In fact, I think he'd be worse. But Vick's touch was just so damn bad (essentially non-existant) that he had to be razor sharp to get a catchable ball to you.
I almost think Reid's ability to create separation downfield makes him BETTER suited for Vick than it does Jackson because over distance, a WR can make the adjustment on a Vick pass that he can't make at 12 yards when it's coming at 100 mph. Whereas Jackson just can't put the ass on it to take advantage of those deep shots and advance route concepts.
Just a theory.
Jackson just seems like a more aggressive, less adept Alex Smith purely as a thrower. At a point there's just not a good enough foundation to work with there.