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I wasn't saying you said that either. I'm saying the things he was weak at in college are things that get even harder to correct at the NFL level. The things he benefitted from no longer exist in the NFL. (again im not lecturing more agreeing) His strength was hitting guys in stride but he constantly saw WRs with a step or two on DBs and LBs because of the shotgun and RPO style offense they ran in college. Undisciplined lower level talent biting really hard plays that are see through from a defensive stand point in the NFL.
The hardest thing to do in the NFL is catch a WR in stride with good separation on a corner. Everything has to go right from the blocking, the WRs route and get off, and the QB seeing it perfectly and throwing it perfectly. It happens alot more in college than in the pros because their is more margin for error on the offensive side as defense is way harder to play in college. College teams see this 3 - 4 times a game against some teams. If you're lucky to see this once in the NFL it ends up as a highlight reel for the WR for being able to pull away. The QB is somehow expected to make it look easy.
I am not really talking about hitting guys in stride on the deep or intermediate stuff. He was struggling hitting guys in stride on the short stuff. Like I said, watch this last game. Look at the Miller TD, earlier in the season he was routinely missing on that pass so the WR would have to adjust. Against Dallas, he hit Miller in stride so Miller had a full head of steam. Same thing with the Cohen passes, he would often throw too close to sidelines and essentially take Cohen out of bonds. Against Dallas, he was leading Cohen up the field on those passes which meant when he caught it he was move vertically already and not horizontal.