2022 Vision: Setting the Passing Floors across the SEC
Everyone loves quarterback talk. Since it's the most important position in the sport and a passer's ability often can be the difference between a victory or defeat, extra weight is put into analyzing these fellows. While most fans are content with volume stats like completions, yards, and touchdowns scored, the archaic metrics do little to tell the story of how a passer actually operates. What if a passer leaned more on screens or lived on the wild side by pressing downfield more often or benefited from being a game manager?
In order to determine which passers are actually good throwers within structure, we need to break off these extra elements that could in theory help boost a quarterback's output. The premise is simple: When asked to execute the scheme as designed with no excuses or guises, can you go out and get completions? No blitzers to blame for busting a design, no screens or RPOs to fudge the numbers, no play fakes manipulating coverages. How consistent and reliable can you be on schedule? So let's see which SECers present the highest passing floors for 2022! (Each notable passer received the "2 minute drill" treatment)