'You don't get to be the NCAA all time leading passer by being average'

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@greediron said:

@Clanzomaelan said:
There seems to be something to guys that are elusive in the pocket, and keep their eyes down field. When you have an electric arm, you get Rodgers or Wilson. When you have an average arm, best case scenario is Brees. 

It seems that the play-calling, and his rapport with his receivers has rendered Case's arm strength moot. 

There was a play yesterday where a Falcons defender had tripped maybe a yard in front of him, as he rolled to his left, and I believe he had another bearing down on him from his right. It didn't seem possible that he would be able to even get the ball out of his hands. On replay, they showed Diggs watching his scramble drill, and pointed to to where a spot where he immediately began running. Case somehow got the ball out, and Diggs caught it (I believe for a 1at). Either way, I was out of my seat fist pumping like a boxer.

I am really loving that aspect of his game. He has looked like Houdini at least a couple of time / game over the last few, and it makes me jump out of my seat every time.

Lol, I was screaming at him to get rid of the ball.  I have watched that play over and over, still not entirely sure how that guy didn't get him. 

But I agree with the OP to the extent that he is improving and playing within the system very well.

But disagree with the career stats in college meaning squat in the NFL.  It is almost a black mark, a sure sign that the QB won't translate to the NFL.

It is a black mark.  At least for the guys with gaudy passing stats.  It usually means that all they know how do to is sling it and have benifited from a non pro system, and from some talented recievers, and weak opponents.

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@dadevike said:
OK, but here is the list of the top ten NCAA all-time leading passers:
Case Keenum
Timmy Chang
Landry Jones
Graham Harrell
Ty Detmer
Kellen Moore
Luke Falk
Baker Mayfield
Colt Brennan
Rakeem Cato
Certainly, "you don’t become the NCAA’s all-time leading passer by being average" in college. But that does not mean  you are going to be any good in the NFL. What Case is doing this year really makes him stand out among the QBs on that list.  (Of course, we cannot say how Mayfield will do in the NFL.)

Passing is so different on the college level that its top QBs in terms of production are almost always a result of the system. Production is almost irrelevant in determining who will be a good PRO and who will not. It's why you get lists like the one you posted. If you look at the college all-time WR rankings you get a similar who's who list of nobodies. Ryan Broyles, Troy Edwards, Ryan Yarborough, etc.