Athlon Sports QB Sunbelt QB Rankings

[Million$Mullet]

I see Fields having the early edge due to being a dual threat. Woolridge is a statue back there.

A statue? No

[KajunKrazy]

A statue? No

He had a couple of really good runs in the spring game. I was thinking the same.

[SlickRick]

I have watched it several times. I also got to see him in the spring game and in one spring practice. You would be correct in saying he is the best athlete. I don’t know if he will ever be able to read the defenses and process things fast enough to be a full time QB at this level. He looked slow confused and lost back there. But if he had the mental capacity to play the position the race would be over. Maybe a special type pre snap determined package just for him to use his athleticism?

I would not discount a healthy Hunter Herring in that mix either, who didn’t participate in spring. Napier was very high on him last year as a true freshman. He didn’t have Lance and Zeon either.

I'm at a disadvantage not being able to attend the last spring game nor any practices due to moving to W.Texas due to the china virus downturn. I'm moving back this month, just not sure the exact date.

I've seen a little of Hunter in the spring game 2021. He definitely has the potential and measurables, so does Zeon. I like Chandler, just not his measurables and he's no Levi when it comes to scrambling in the pocket or taking off downfield. If Levi didn't have that, do you think he would have been our starter these last few seasons?

Being able to see the field from the pocket is huge...and with the size (height) of the OL's these days, it's a huge factor, especially throwing the ball over the middle. We didn't see LL do that much at all, only when out of the pocket or throwing deep balls. I think its one reason we didn't throw much to our TE's very much as usually those routes our release routes off the line or something over the middle. Most picks occur in the middle of the field for a reason. So, if we were going to air it out this season, I like a guy that is tall enough to see downfield. Ben and Hunter are our tallest, LL2 and Zeon are close enough at 6'2". At 5'10", if accurate, that's tough. At 6' and with OL that probably averaged 6'2 to 6'3, it was difficult to see over them. We did throw some over the middle, but they were delay routes which usually opened throwing lanes between players. We did have square in routes, but that was from out outside receivers and we always called that play to the wide side of the field.

Drew Brees was excellent for a short QB, but they created throwing lanes for him with the pass blocking schemes and he relied on throwing to spots where his receiver was supposed to be at a specific time. Timing was everything for him to successful. Drew was a generational QB. We don't have one on the roster.

I've made this point several times before, so sorry for the regurgitation. One thing that helps shorter QB's throwing from the pocket is the shotgun snap. They get the ball 5 yards behind the center and then they can drop back a couple more steps to help see the field better. We had a 7 step drop from under center, which took a little more time to get there than a shotgun snap. But, we were able to look downfield as we dropped back rather than having to look at the shotgun snap and catch the ball before looking downfield. Easier to see coverage when you are not looking to catch the snap in the gun.

[John Cocktolstoy]

I'm at a disadvantage not being able to attend the last spring game nor any practices due to moving to W.Texas due to the china virus downturn. I'm moving back this month, just not sure the exact date.

I've seen a little of Hunter in the spring game 2021. He definitely has the potential and measurables, so does Zeon. I like Chandler, just not his measurables and he's no Levi when it comes to scrambling in the pocket or taking off downfield. If Levi didn't have that, do you think he would have been our starter these last few seasons?

Being able to see the field from the pocket is huge...and with the size (height) of the OL's these days, it's a huge factor, especially throwing the ball over the middle. We didn't see LL do that much at all, only when out of the pocket or throwing deep balls. I think its one reason we didn't throw much to our TE's very much as usually those routes our release routes off the line or something over the middle. Most picks occur in the middle of the field for a reason. So, if we were going to air it out this season, I like a guy that is tall enough to see downfield. Ben and Hunter are our tallest, LL2 and Zeon are close enough at 6'2". At 5'10", if accurate, that's tough. At 6' and with OL that probably averaged 6'2 to 6'3, it was difficult to see over them. We did throw some over the middle, but they were delay routes which usually opened throwing lanes between players. We did have square in routes, but that was from out outside receivers and we always called that play to the wide side of the field.

Drew Brees was excellent for a short QB, but they created throwing lanes for him with the pass blocking schemes and he relied on throwing to spots where his receiver was supposed to be at a specific time. Timing was everything for him to successful. Drew was a generational QB. We don't think we have one on the roster.

I've made this point several times before, so sorry for the regurgitation. One thing that helps shorter QB's throwing from the pocket is the shotgun snap. They get the ball 5 yards behind the center and then they can drop back a couple more steps to help see the field better. We had a 7 step drop from under center, which took a little more time to get there than a shotgun snap. But, we were able to look downfield as we dropped back rather than having to look at the shotgun snap and catch the ball before looking downfield. Easier to see coverage when you are not looking to catch the snap in the gun.

Hunter did not practice in spring at all due to injury so he was out of the mix all spring and has some catching up to do.

It was very obviously that Chandler struggled in the pocket seeing down field over the lineman in the little bit of spring I saw. That can definitely be an issue for him. He just doesn’t seem to have that ability to do so like a Breese did.

If this dude could only read the D and get rid of it. It was obvious he struggled in the spring and held it way to long.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/5285021/Lance-Legendre

[CajunT]

I see Fields having the early edge due to being a dual threat. Woolridge is a statue back there.

You haven't watched his video at Fresno State. He's perfectly mobile and capable of running Zone Read.

[CajunVic]

Pooofffff

[John Cocktolstoy]

You haven't watched his video at Fresno State. He's perfectly mobile and capable of running Zone Read.

T is that on HUDL or did you find it elsewhere?

[CajunT]

T is that on HUDL or did you find it elsewhere?

It was on YouTube at one time. Don't know if it's available any longer.

[CajunT]

Louisiana Ragin' Cajun offensive coordinator Tim Leger on the differences between QBs Chander Fields & Ben Woolridge:"Chandler probably has more absolute arm talent when the ball comes out. Ben is a little taller & may run better. There's a give and take there with both of them."

— Scott Prather (@ScottMimic) August 4, 2022

[SlickRick]

Hunter did not practice in spring at all due to injury so he was out of the mix all spring and has some catching up to do.

It was very obviously that Chandler struggled in the pocket seeing down field over the lineman in the little bit of spring I saw. That can definitely be an issue for him. He just doesn’t seem to have that ability to do so like a Breese did.

If this dude could only read the D and get rid of it. It was obvious he struggled in the spring and held it way to long.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/5285021/Lance-Legendre

These OL today are really tall, we have guys 6'8", 6'7", 6'6"...and the rest are mostly 6'4" or taller. Also, they aren't fire blocking like on running plays, they are standing tall backing up on pass plays....tough for short guys for sure.