Harris just a sophomore with only 9 starts. He's still playing like a first year starter. He'll get better. Some forget the Coker kid is a senior.
Sounds like a preparation issue to me. If Harris can throw a 40 yard bomb on the money, he can throw a 9-yard slant route or hitch or for f@$* sake, a screen pass.
Eh... I'm not sure. The deep ball is almost like hitting a baseball into the outfield, the outfielder just has to run underneath it, it's a lot easier to complete a deep ball if you have fast athletic receivers than it is to complete short intermediate routes.
Not sure either my friend. That deep ball to Dural was on the freakin money, though. Coverage wasn't all that bad either. He missed Fournette and the Int throw by wide margins. Some guys are better at the more difficult throws for some reason. Kind of like the receiver who drops the easy one but makes the one-handed diving reception and taps the toes on the sidelines. I still say we need to get him in rhythm with short and intermediates. I believe it will open up the whole field and build his and the coaching staff's confidence to open the playbook more often.
Not is he's not quick enough. Not just physical quickness but mental quickness. You have to think and throw quickly to hit those short routes.
Harris has a hitch in his throwing motion. He drops his shoulder a bit as he cocks his arm. Hence the blocked passes. Les needs to assign some quarterback guru to work with him to perfect his mechanical deficiencies. As far as his inability to throw the short pass with accuracy, that's also an issue that could be vastly improved upon by coaching and making him do lots or reps in practice until the short throw becomes as second nature to him as does the long throw. If a player doesn't have the physical skills all the coaching in the world won't make him a good QB, .ie Anthony Jennings. But if a player does have the physical skills and isn't taught to improve upon his mechanics that's an oversight and a deficiency of the coaches.
It's both mental and physical skills. Stephan Hawking has great mental skills. Terry Bradshaw didn't. The short pass shouldn't be a mental challenge if you throw to an open receiver. It only becomes a thinking process if the receiver is covered and you have to decide to look for other receivers, buy some time or take off and run.
