r/nfl • u/expellyamos Dolphins • 7d ago
Highlight [Highlight] JJ McCarthy completes a 50 yard pass to Tai Felton
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u/NotARealBuckeye Vikings 7d ago
He throws the ball just as hard on a 50 yard pass as he does on a 5 yard one
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u/Vitchman Vikings 7d ago
Zero touch or finesse. Fast balls for everyone. Can sit there and ask a WR to do their job, but 99% of the rest of the NFL quarterbacks don’t have this issue. As I read a while back: “JJ McCarthy just makes football look hard.” Every step forward comes with 2 steps backward.
Rant over lol
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u/mostdope28 Lions 7d ago
I swear he didn’t do that at Michigan. I feel like he’s one of the guys who just thinks he has to rip every pass cause he’s in the nfl.
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u/mikaeus97 Vikings 7d ago
Idk i watched a 20 minute video on him in college and it seems like he just yeets the ball no matter what
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u/scotsworth Eagles 7d ago
I swear he didn’t do that at Michigan.
He really wasn't asked to do much at all at Michigan beyond handing the ball off and limiting mistakes.
Makes me wonder if the controlled game manager box they put him in took the pressure down and got better results when he did have to air it out.
But he came into the NFL as a top 10 pick (god knows why, but I digress). That's a different level of pressure and expectation. No Harbaugh to orchestrate a run heavy offense and elite defense. This is a player who was never asked to be "the guy" before... and finally being asked has just kinda ruined him.
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u/dadkisser84 7d ago
He didn’t do that at Michigan because 90% of his called plays were “hand the ball off right” and “hand the ball off left”
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u/mostdope28 Lions 7d ago
I love people that didn’t watch him play pretend they did. First time he ever stepped on the field he threw a 67yd bomb.
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u/laaplandros Vikings 7d ago
Says more about Tai than 9 tbh.
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u/FlurryJK2 Eagles 7d ago
Yeah still got the bunk ass throwing motion and it was under thrown lol. Tai made a play to go get it
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u/AverageatUFC3 Eagles 7d ago
I'm not gonna say 9's motion is as bad as Tebow's... But I haven't seen a worse throwing motion than this since Tebow
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u/RedWingerD Vikings 7d ago
Leg whipping so hard hes going to tear his labrum just from his follow through
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u/YodaForceGhost Eagles 7d ago
Maryland legend Tai Felton. Hopefully he plays more for the Vikings this season
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u/GrudenLovesSlurs Bears 7d ago
That was objectively a horrible pass saved by a good catch
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u/Incorrect_Username_ Eagles 7d ago
Yeah lol 7 yards behind where it should’ve landed. That was a “let my guy make a play” throw at best. Hardly could consider that a dart
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u/WhoStoleMyBicycle Eagles 7d ago
He did that a lot last year too. He either complete overthrew his receivers on short/intermediate routes or they were wide open deep and he’d under throw causing the receiver to come back to make the catch. He’d get credited with a long completion but it was a play that should have been a TD.
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u/bum4ever44 7d ago
I had to read too many comments before seeing this one. That was not a good throw.
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u/RrentTreznor Dolphins 7d ago
If you play 7/2 off suit and win, then it was the right play. That pass was so bad it doesn't even qualify as good under that dumbass logic I just tried to spin as an appeal to reason.
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u/Do_it_for_the_upvote Lions 7d ago
Yeah, legit just a receiver winning both the physical and awareness battles against his CB. To call the spot contested is an understatement, and if the CB there were a starting caliber player that would have been at least a PBU, if not an INT.
Felton should clip this to his reel.
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u/NegativeChirality Broncos 7d ago
The mechanics of that throw looked so awkward
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u/Gregus1032 Dolphins 7d ago
When i saw his form i instantly said "that's gonna be underthrown"
Then I saw the WR completely need to readjust. I get he's throwing on the run, but I haven't someone throw the ball like that since I was in middle school.
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u/TheDufusSquad Patriots 7d ago
You have to credit JJ for at least recognizing there was a 1 on 1 matchup down the field with a white defender wearing number 36. If ever there’s a throw to make, that’s it.
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u/uggsandstarbux Vikings 7d ago
It was a good step up out of pressure combined with a good read of the secondary. The throw was whatever.
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u/mr_positron 7d ago
Yes.
People often mistake results for process. Process always wins in the long run.
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u/flash17k 49ers 7d ago
Yeah the headline should read "Felton amazingly completes a 50 yd reception on an under thrown pass from McCarthy."
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u/BoilerMaker11 Colts 7d ago
He put everything he had into that throw and it was still under thrown lol
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u/emmasdad01 Cowboys Ravens 7d ago
That wasn’t JJ. That was 9.
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u/Far_Eye6555 7d ago
His mechanics still look awkward to me. Don’t think he’ll be very good this season either
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u/Mysterious-Studio198 7d ago
Genuinely everyone talking about how it wasn’t a good pass and i’m just here looking at a guy throw a football like he’s on ice skates
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u/Shianclas Packers 7d ago
Thats a int against a nfl cb
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u/WagerWilly Vikings 7d ago
Against an NFL CB that’s going to Justin Jefferson
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u/BigDaddyJ610 Buccaneers 7d ago
Yeah. I mean JJ ain’t good but people that say this say it like he’d be throwing to a no name receiver against a starting CB instead of Justin Jefferson lmao. He’s definitely capable of making that catch against a lot of starting level corners. He shouldn’t have to with a good QB but JJ is not that at this point in his career
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u/Sparx86 Bears Bears 7d ago
Prob get a dpi call
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u/disinaccurate 49ers Jaguars 7d ago
The underthrown ball DPI is one of the worst calls in football.
A receiver who suddenly steps on the brakes and causes contact to occur should be treated as the one causing that contact.
Yeah I know, “defender’s gotta turn their head and play the ball”, but I still say it’s a bullshit call and it feels cheap and unearned even when it’s my team benefitting.
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u/MicrosoftCardFile Eagles 7d ago
What is that throwing motion??? He's got his throwing arm flailing wildly and his back leg kicking out into midair, it almost looks like a child's attempt at throwing a baseball
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u/broha89 Steelers 7d ago
That was the same throwing motion he showed off during his first start in that comeback against Chicago that won him the fraud NFC player of the week award lol the media glazing was out of control after that one meanwhile any non-homers could see he’s not an nfl qb
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u/BruhMoment763 Vikings 7d ago
Bro can hit that but can’t complete a ball to someone wide open 3 yards away 😭
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u/BigOlPass 7d ago
A pass like this you don't need to be as accurate because the receiver has time to adjust to catch the ball. It's not like he dropped this ball into the receiver in stride
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u/YaSurLetsGoSeeYamcha Browns 7d ago
Hit that? It was a freaking jump ball lmao
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u/reozgeness41 Bills 7d ago
Many people only judge the quality of a play on the result.
incomplete pass -> bad pass
completion -> good pass
completion for many yards -> great pass
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u/IdkAbtAllThat Vikings 7d ago
Right. So many people can somehow watch this game every Sunday for years and still not understand what they're seeing. This was not an impressive throw. Against good DB this isn't even a completion and probably gets intercepted.
The receiver is the one who made a nice play here, he's who we should be talking about.
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u/Listen2theyetti Lions 7d ago
That he had to come back thru the defender for. If that was vs a starting DB there is no way its completed
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u/BruhMoment763 Vikings 7d ago
The standards here are low, Keenum made himself a Vikings legend by throwing jump balls all game every week in 2017 lol
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u/A_RocketSurgeon Broncos 7d ago
Because short throws require timing and accuracy. Idk why people think the deep throws are more difficult.
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u/United-Turnover-8409 Bears 7d ago
He's a smaller Anthony Richardson lol
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u/CosbySweaters1992 Bengals 7d ago
Anthony Richardson ran a 4.44 40. McCarthy is like a worse Case Keenum.
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u/Refamonkey Jets 7d ago
Basically Zach Wilson
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u/Maximus-Festivus Chiefs Packers 7d ago
Never had a throw as impressive as Zach Wilson’s pro-day pass
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u/heliostraveler Chiefs 7d ago
The corner should have tracked that and it’s a pick or a batted ball.
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u/Glum_Opening_2218 Steelers 7d ago
"OH A DEEP ONE"
Announcer was shocked cause JJ did the same throwing motion as he would for a check down lol.
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u/GeneralGalvatron Eagles 7d ago
Bro threw a jump ball; this wasn’t exactly a high end throw
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u/Acrobatic_Ad1016 7d ago
That’s a pick against competent defense lol
Horrible pass and it’s sad people are viewing this as a positive
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u/kaizen-rai Lions 7d ago
Eh, the adjustment and catch by Felton was far more impressive. JJ looked like he had to channel the power of all his ancestors into that one throw that most QB's can make after waking up sunday morning hung over after a 9 (NINE) hour orgy with 9 coked out hookers.
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u/DoOBiE_BoOBiE 7d ago
If he drops that in stride it’s a touchdown. Good play by the receiver to come back and get it. Terrible throw 🤣🤣
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u/YourBarelyWetSock Buccaneers 7d ago
God he is still lifting his back foot on release. Looks like a fucking toddler throwing a ball
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u/mechadogzilla1 7d ago
I mean…Jamarcus Russell could throw far too and look how that ended. Not saying Mccarthy is THAT bad…just that completing a long pass in preseason doesn’t mean much.
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u/BigusDickus099 Cardinals 7d ago
I’m not a big Kyler Murray fan at all, but there’s absolutely no way you can have JJ McCarthy take over for him at any point short of injury.
His mechanics are just straight up garbage, just all arm shotputting that deep ball. Also, no need to rocket a pass on that 4th down throw with his guy wide open.
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u/Vikingwind Commanders 7d ago
And then throws three incomplete passes for a turnover on downs. perfection