Golson had a really good arm… just broke down mentally when the going got tough, and he was too small
First throw of game at fsu at 8:52 mark went about 66 or 67 yards in air
I was waiting for soneone to argue Golson....
Let me tell ya...
Yes Golson could heave it 60 yards...not bad...
BUT...
That's not real world every down QB arm strength.
The 15 yard deep out while you snapped the ball on the opposite hash...playing on real grass with a high crown...
After the drop back that becomes a 30-35 plus yard pass.
It's a pass you can't sail...it needs a ton of velocity or it could be a pick 6 especially throwing to that island. It absolutely must be a frozon rope.
Golson is small. He doesn't possess the geometry to make that pass.
Allow me a comparable if you will...
Kordell Stewart. He shows the fans at a QB competition how to throw the deep ball.
Just like his hail mary vs Michigan he heaves that thing 75 yards.
The only one who threw it further was Favre.
Kordell could NOT throw the deep out with tremendous velocity. He couldn't throw the deep in either without it sailing.
He was 6' on his best day
and most of the line are 6'3 and taller and he didn't possess the geometry to stay tall and deliver a laser throw over the deep middle. No.
The ball would sail on him. Golson was the same way.
The biggest reason is release angle. Some people can throw it far on a 45 defree angle but can't throw a catchable ball 30 yards away with ultra high velocity. (The height)
Some QB's can do both. (Aaron Ridgers) Throw it out the stadium and make that ridiculous frozen rope pass 30 yards away. Those QB's are really special and nearly every single time are well over 6' tall.
It can go the other way too.
Dan Marino as example. If you watched him throw that 25-30 plus yard deep in you'd think he could throw it a mile. No. He could heave it in the 60-65 yard range but his regular throws....the important every down NFL type throws... few ever threw it harder in those type of passes.
You have to do sonething(s) extremely special to combat
height deficiencies.
Kyler Murray as example is like a water bug. He just zips around in that pocket it's damn near impossible to get your mitts on him. He has the ability to find the open alleyway to throw as well.
He's a ridiculous exception and a freak of nature.
Golson didn't possess another elite skill. He wasn't a blistering runner. He was really up against it later on as he became a turnover king. (Buchner vying for the Golson crown?)
He literally fell apart right before our eyes.
It was sad to watch
