Good Stafford / Bad Stafford

[Mitchrapp]

Mitch[/color]]The right foot is indeed his plant foot.

QBs don't use yards to determine how far to go back in the pocket, they use steps. You will see a QB drop back 3, 5, or 7 steps to throw depending on the pass play called. It is always an odd number of steps because the first step is made with the QB's plant foot. A right handed QB's plant foot is the right foot, a left handed QB's plant foot is the left foot.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_yards_back_does_a_quarterback_go_before_throwing_the_ball#ixzz1cWoIkwra

Exactly.

 

[tonyballs]

Mitch[/color]]The right foot is indeed his plant foot.

QBs don't use yards to determine how far to go back in the pocket, they use steps. You will see a QB drop back 3, 5, or 7 steps to throw depending on the pass play called. It is always an odd number of steps because the first step is made with the QB's plant foot. A right handed QB's plant foot is the right foot, a left handed QB's plant foot is the left foot.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_yards_back_does_a_quarterback_go_before_throwing_the_ball#ixzz1cWoIkwra

Ok. That's why i killed QB's when i played..lol. You QB's are so confusing.

 

[wolverine304]

Alright. I was getting the definition of plant foot wrong lol.

 

[Mitchrapp]

[quote="Mitch":i5djq8ya]The right foot is indeed his plant foot.

I tried to delete my comment before he replied, too late lol.


I still don't get it fully. He steps forward with his left leg, so wouldn't his left foot be the plant foot[/quote:i5djq8ya]

Try to throw a football with your right foot in the air, if you're a righty. Its hard, well for mortals like us. We don't have the arm like Stafford. Right foot for a RH QB is the plant foot.

 

[lions2011]

thats how he got so much zip on the ball to get it to him in stride , throwing it off the BACK FOOT.

 

[lions2011]

Schwartz and Linehan are trying to get him to step into the throws for more accuaracy , but he's being doing it since college...the back foot stuff , his arm is so good he thinks he can make every throw that way...the left foot for a RH QB is the guide foot , I played the position for 15 years and went to many QB camps...they tell you , when the back foot plants is where the power comes from , the front foot is the guide foot and where the left toe points is the target.

 

[tonyballs]

Whenever i hear the term, "he threw it off his back foot", i immeditaely think it wasn't a good throw because he's NOT SET and has no velocity. Am i wrong on this? I know i'm a little high but tell me i'm right...lol.

 

[wolverine304]

I was thinking it like when you throw, you pick up your left foot. So the right foot would be the plant foot. But I'm wrong lol. The plant foot is the foot you drop back on. You even hear announcers say that "their plant foot slipped" while they dropped back.

Its 3am, give this cheesehead a break.

 

[lions2011]

Whenever i hear the term, "he threw it off his back foot", i immeditaely think it wasn't a good throw because he's NOT SET and has no velocity. Am i wrong on this? I know i'm a little high but tell me i'm right...lol.

no your 100 percent right...he made the same kind of throw in the 4th quarter in the Atlanta game to Heller off the back foot and he missed his target miserably....thats why its an accuaracy problem for him , he thinks the arm can get him out of trouble.

 

[wolverine304]

Whenever i hear the term, "he threw it off his back foot", i immeditaely think it wasn't a good throw because he's NOT SET and has no velocity. Am i wrong on this? I know i'm a little high but tell me i'm right...lol.

Its usually bad unless you have the arm strength. Kind of like throwing across your body.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I bet if there was no penalty Staff might have moved out of the pocket, got set and then threw to Calvin. But he couldn't lose the free play. So he did what he had to do.

 

[tonyballs]

Whenever i hear the term, "he threw it off his back foot", i immeditaely think it wasn't a good throw because he's NOT SET and has no velocity. Am i wrong on this? I know i'm a little high but tell me i'm right...lol.

no your 100 percent right...he made the same kind of throw in the 4th quarter in the Atlanta game to Heller off the back foot and he missed his target miserably....thats why its an accuaracy problem for him , he thinks the arm can get him out of trouble.

So true.

 

[lions2011]

no your 100 percent right...he made the same kind of throw in the 4th quarter in the Atlanta game to Heller off the back foot and he missed his target miserably....thats why its an accuaracy problem for him , he thinks the arm can get him out of trouble.

So true.

Favre did it all the time...Ive seen Mannning make the same type of throws , Drew Brees and Dan Marino made a living off it , back foot flick of the wrist.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I wonder if Tebow could make that throw? Lol.

 

[tonyballs]

Whenever i hear the term, "he threw it off his back foot", i immeditaely think it wasn't a good throw because he's NOT SET and has no velocity. Am i wrong on this? I know i'm a little high but tell me i'm right...lol.

Its usually bad unless you have the arm strength. Kind of like throwing across your body.

He has the arm strength. Strength isn't the issue. His arm is so strong that he thinks he can get away with making awkwardly throws off his back foot and in different positions. That's his problem. He's young and he'll hopefully learn. He has to realize that he isn't at Georgia anymore. But then again, like i said before, he plays like Favre to a tee IMO. And with Favre, you took the bad with the GREAT. It's the way it is. It's going to be real tough teaching Stafford the proper techniques of an NFL QB. He's been probably playing that way since he was like 10-12 years old. That's around 10-14 years of playing "his" way. He's young, smart and coachable.....good luck to changing his habits. I have confidence in the kid regardless. We haven't been able to say that about a Lions QB for at least 15+ years, right?

 

[tonyballs]

Mitch[/color]]I wonder if Tebow could make that throw? Lol.

Probably left-handed. Oh wait....nevermind.

 

[Mitchrapp]

About the Favre Stafford comparisons. Similar in lots of ways but even last season in the little time he played only had one INT to 6 TD. And 19-4 this season. He plays smart.

 

[tonyballs]

Mitch[/color]]About the Favre Stafford comparisons. Similar in lots of ways but even last season in the little time he played only had one INT to 6 TD. And 19-4 this season. He plays smart.

Yeah, minus the INT's for fun. But when i watch Stafford play, it's like watching a ghost of Favre. Eerily similar....

 

[wolverine304]

I thought cutler was suppose to be the next favre? Lol

He definitely choked in the playoffs like favre

 

[Mitchrapp]

I agree. Hopefully he gets his 15 seasons in and stays retired. Lol.