";s:4:"text";s:5916:" In 2020, it’s seen as both necessary and multi-faceted.However, questions loom over the projected first-round pick.
The biggest hands belong to Jordan Love at 10 1/2″. Did the latter lead to his 17 interceptions as a senior, or was it more on the former?It’s no secret the three quarterbacks most-often ranked ahead of him — Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa and Justin Herbert — all played in Power 5 conferences and reached major bowl games. His greatness lies in the way he feathers throws to each level of the field from virtually any platform. We present them here for purely educational purposes.Find custom combine results using our NFL Combine Results tool.Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction?Are you a Stathead, too? My reaction was a combination of confusion and dismay. In all, Love threw 17 interceptions last season, with three of them getting returned for touchdowns.For even the staunchest of Love supporters, it became difficult to reconcile the QB he was as a junior with the guy he’d been the previous year. Instead of playing out of the shotgun virtually every snap with the Aggies, Love is learning how to take five and seven-step drops, something he’ll be doing at the next level.These are the concerns he was asked about throughout his media availability on Tuesday, a session he handled deftly. Or write about sports? Team Round PK(OVR) GNB: 1: 26(26) 2019 NCAA Football Stats. But after watching all 17 of Love’s interceptions from 2019, I can confidently say that he got his money’s worth. Coming from Utah State, Love played lesser competition and was surrounded by lesser talent. He was asked multiple times about his high interception rate, to the point a reporter probed about whether the inquiries were becoming bothersome.To Love’s credit, he had a winner’s answer.“If I don’t want to talk about it I’ll have to not throw 17 interceptions next time.”.While Thursday is an opportunity to flash his talent, the week nobody sees is even more critical. But whatever good will Love had built up with analysts dissipated as last season progressed. Tipped passes, miscommunications, and desperation heaves often make a season total appear worse than it actually was. Before studying him, I expected Love’s college tape to look more like Josh Allen’s—full of scattershot throws from a QB who needed to recalibrate his rocket-like arm.
It’s easy to be tempted by the heavy artillery, but there’s a difference between having arm strength and arm talent. “Obviously coaches, (people) like that they’ve seen me, seen my film. Against LSU, one of Love’s receivers dropped a missile down the middle of the field for a would-be touchdown. Most troubling was his tendency to miss—or ignore—underneath defenders. These measurements used to matter a lot more than they do now as more and more quarterbacks in the league defy the conventional wisdom about how tall they are supposed to be or how big their hands need to be.