Good news to report from the Manning Passing Academy

good, strong arm. probably the upper tier of the entire class.

Simms had the strongest arm there, easily.

I was very impressed by that kid.

 

As long as JJ can just be competant, I think we'll be fine. A cannon of an arm is nice (see Jamarcus Russell), but I'm really excited to hear he was hitting the 10 and 20 yarders with ease!

 

that was going to be one of my questions.... where you would rank jj in this group.

also, you mentioned that shep brought in the passes thrown by jj even when a bit off. how did he do with other qb's? same with jj and other receivers. was he able to connect as well with others?

i am wondering how either one of them will do with someone else, or if they just have a great chemistry and have been practicing together that much.

i really like what i am reading over all. sounds like they have a real want to get better. (in clm speak.)

 

Couldn't help it, this gave me a chuckle.
I am very much looking forward to football season.
I need a distraction from current events for a while!

 

Glad to see JJ is there learning from top notch QB's. Hopefully he will pick up on some of Peytons habits and really become a student of the game. He has all the physical tools, just needs to get the mental part down. The Manning camp is a good place to start.

 

He was there -- was wearing some LSU shorts.

 

Sounds great!

 

The connection from say Andrew Luck to Russell Shepard wasn't nearly as good as it was from JJ to Shepard.

Just like the connection from JJ to some random high school or Nicholls receiver wasn't nearly as good, either.

They just had the timing down, and while other QBs were waiting for the WR to break to complete the pass, etc... JJ and Russell were able to throw before the break, etc...

It made the process look a lot prettier.

One problem I have with Russell is this -- and I don't know if he will do this in a game or not, so I won't complain about it until the season. But a lot of times, he'd be well under the football, then he'd jog for a second, then leap and make a jumping catch.

While yes, it looks awesome, it'll also get you killed during the season. I'd like to think with actual defenders on the field that wouldn't happen, though. Just throwing it out there.

 

thanks for the info. i wondered how much of it was from practicing together and chemistry of working together and how much of it was pure ability. im hoping that they can both do somewhat as well with others. especially jj, hoping he can hit all the receivers as well. of course with ours, if he practices as much and they all get each others rhythms down that will help.