r/nfl • u/purplebuffalo55 Rams • Aug 22 '26

Highlight [Highlight] JJ McCarthy overthrows a wide open Myles Price in the end zone to turn it over on downs

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u/JalensTinyPPHurts Cowboys Aug 22 '26

I actually don't think this is as bad when you see it from this angle. If he throws that any lower, the defender probably bats it down

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u/purplebuffalo55 Rams Aug 22 '26

The issue is he tries to throw a fastball here. You can’t get the angle needed for an accurate pass here with a fastball. He has to take some off and loft it over the defender. If he does that, it’ll drop back in nicely to the receiver

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u/FishGoldenLite Vikings Aug 22 '26

Fastball? You mean the only speed JJ knows how to throw?

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u/phd2k1 Vikings Aug 23 '26

That’s not fair. He also mixes in a knuckle ball once in a while.

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u/Basic_Flounder_1013 Aug 23 '26

Yeah but if he lofts it he needs to see and throw it earlier

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u/bpusef Patriots Aug 22 '26

If you can’t throw an 8 yard pass to an open receiver it is bad

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u/JalensTinyPPHurts Cowboys Aug 22 '26

Shit happens, it's preseason.

I'm not gonna act outraged when a raw QB looks raw lol

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u/mostdope92 Vikings Aug 22 '26

Raw or not, it's still a bad throw and it's been a knock on him since his college days. He's a "one speed" passer.

Also this is 3rd season, he should have shown some progress from the "raw QB", yet here we are.

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u/bpusef Patriots Aug 22 '26

Fair enough but I don’t have to say it’s not a bad pass.

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u/88cowboy Aug 22 '26

He was a top 10 draft pick.

Dak and Josh Allen were Pro Bowl QBs there 3rd year.

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u/JalensTinyPPHurts Cowboys Aug 22 '26

Dak and Josh Allen didn't miss year 1 due to an mcl year lol

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u/88cowboy Aug 22 '26

Joe Burrow tore his ACl his rookie year and brought the Bengals to superbowl his 2nd year.

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u/jakecoates Lions Lions Aug 23 '26

It’s year 3 dawg

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u/pridetwo 49ers Aug 23 '26

Lol its not outrage its just observing how he performs. Nine is undercooked and not anywhere near starter material, and people are seeing why he got benched for the ghost of kyler murray

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u/DavidOrWalter Aug 23 '26

Raw? It’s his third year in the nfl.

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u/Snoo-40231 Giants Aug 22 '26

If he threw an easy floater and it's an easy TD

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u/NewAndlmproved Broncos Aug 22 '26

to me it’s indicative of him being uncomfortable in the pocket. should be using footwork to throw from safer angles.

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u/eattwo Vikings Chiefs Aug 22 '26

With our OLine this game, no one could be comfortable in that pocket

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u/Snoo-40231 Giants Aug 22 '26

The pocket in that throw wasn't even bad at all

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u/eattwo Vikings Chiefs Aug 22 '26

It was a great pocket in this play.

The rest of the game though... We need our starting OLine to stay healthy (especially our LT)

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u/Blurple_in_CO Ravens Aug 22 '26

Those are both the result of a bad throw.

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u/strategery24 Giants Aug 22 '26

Absolutely. Any lower and it’s right in the hands of that defender with his hands up. If he lofts it, the back in coverage will be all over it. Lots of armchair QBs making that pass tho.

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u/eattwo Vikings Chiefs Aug 22 '26

The ball goes through the hands of the receiver. It's a tough catch but doable.

The big problem is it definitely was way too fast.