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I& #39;m gonna start out highlighting what makes Jordan Love special and then work to his weaknesses, breaking down all 17 of his interceptions in 2019. Long thread. Lots to cover.
Jordan Love has such a natural throwing motion and tremendous arm strength.
With a simple flick of the wrist, Love throws this ball about 68 yards down the field effortlessly.
With a simple flick of the wrist, Love throws this ball about 68 yards down the field effortlessly.
Love& #39;s deep ball accuracy is fantastic. Puts this ball near the sideline, out and away from the safety help over the top.
Love has an aggressive, gunslinger mindset. He is always looking to attack down field. This trait is a blessing and a curse (as you will see later).
Perfect placement down the field over the safety and corner.
In terms of arm strength, Love can really put some nice velocity on his throws with accuracy.
Laser throw into a tight window.
What makes Jordan Love special is his ability to create big plays out of the structure of the offense.
His ability to make accurate throws on the run and off platform with different arm angles makes love incredibly different to defend.
Rolling to his left and throwing a dart to the sideline.
I mean this is just crazy. Rolling to his right, off his backfoot, and slightly sidearmed, but still gets an accurate ball to his receiver.
Evades the pressure. Throws a dime to the sideline running full speed.
How many NFL QB& #39;s can make this throw? Maybe 2 or 3?
How many NFL QB& #39;s can make this throw? Maybe 2 or 3?
Jordan Love can make extremely accurate, high velocity throws even with awkward platforms.
No one is open initially, but it doesn& #39;t matter for Love. He rolls out to extend the play, directs his receivers, and finds the open man.
Jordan Love is just playing backyard football here.
Love did struggle in 2019, but he got no help from his teammates.
This is a dropped touchdown against LSU.
This is a dropped touchdown against LSU.
Dime of a throw up the middle. DROPPED.
It was frustrating how many drops there were in 2019. I counted 6 or 7 drops in this one game alone.
It was frustrating how many drops there were in 2019. I counted 6 or 7 drops in this one game alone.
The placement of this throw is insane. Away and over the two defenders, but still in bounds on the sideline. DROPPED.
His O-Line wasn& #39;t much better either. He lost 4 of the 5 starters from 2018 to 2019 and it showed. Despite the OL letting literally every guy get through, Love drops a dime down the field. And you guessed it. DROPPED.
Like literally how does this happen.
Love also should a ton of touch throws in the intermediate part of the field.
Fits this ball into a tight window surrounded by 3 defenders.
Jordan Love also showed some nice ability to manipulate defenders with his eyes.
Love moves the defender with his eyes on this play:
Love initially looks and positions his shoulders to the flats. This causes the defender to come down. Love then throws to the area vacated by that defender.
Love initially looks and positions his shoulders to the flats. This causes the defender to come down. Love then throws to the area vacated by that defender.
Love showed some ability to throw with anticipation. This type of throw takes a lot of trust in the receiver.
This requires a lot of practice with his receivers to get the timing right. The receiver needs to know at what point to expect this ball on the back shoulder.
Love initially looks to the left to hold the safety in the middle before throwing back to the right.
Pay attention to this dude on the next clip.
Love breaks his ankles with a quick pump fake.
Not sure if you can consider this a no look throw, but at the very least a look off.
Whatever it is, it& #39;s fantastic.
Whatever it is, it& #39;s fantastic.
Look at Jordan Love& #39;s eyes right before the throw and then when he throws it.
Now onto some negatives. Jordan Love struggles with diagnosing changes to the defense post-snap.
Pre-snap, the defense shows a cover-2 look. For Love, that means there will be room in the middle of the field for his post route.
However, immediately after the snap, the safeties rotate and it changes into a cover-3. Jordan Love still throws to the post and nearly gets INT.
However, immediately after the snap, the safeties rotate and it changes into a cover-3. Jordan Love still throws to the post and nearly gets INT.
Defenses in the NFL will be much more confusing. Jordan Love will need to get better at diagnosing the defense.
At times, Jordan Love will get too locked into his first read and force balls. Love has tunnel vision on the receiver and completely disregards the safety.
Out of his 17 interceptions, I would fault him for 13 of them.
Of the 13 faulted interceptions:
- 6 bad decision making
- 3 late throw
- 4 not seeing the defender underneath.
Of the 13 faulted interceptions:
- 6 bad decision making
- 3 late throw
- 4 not seeing the defender underneath.
Here are the 4 interceptions caused by Jordan Love not seeing the defender underneath.
At times, Jordan Love would just have a lapse in peripheral field vision and completely not see a defender lurking underneath. Jameis Winston also has this same issue.
At times, Jordan Love would just have a lapse in peripheral field vision and completely not see a defender lurking underneath. Jameis Winston also has this same issue.
Here are the 6 interceptions caused by poor decision making.
On this specific play, it& #39;s 3rd & 3. Jordan Love needs to realize that corners are just going to sit and break on routes at the line to gain. Unacceptable interception in your own redzone in a close game.
Here are the 3 interceptions where Jordan Love was late with his throw.
On this interception, Love just stares down his man until his receiver makes his break. This gives the LB the time to read and react to the throw.
Love needs to throw with more anticipation on this interception.
As Love is winding up to throw, the receiver has already made his break and the corner is running back towards the receiver.
Now there were 4 interceptions that I didn& #39;t knock Jordan Love for.
I thought this interception was more a great play by Derek Stingley rather than a bad one from Love. This looks like its underthrown, but it is actually a well placed back shoulder throw.
On back shoulder throws, you are obviously supposed to aim for the back shoulder and a little short. You have to throw with anticipation because usually receivers will look back for the ball and adjust before corners.
However, Stingley plays it perfectly. He gets his head back early while still matching the receiver& #39;s speed deep.
This next one is technically a bad decision, but I don& #39;t really knock Love for it. It& #39;s 3rd and long late in the game down 36. Love is just throwing a yolo ball in hopes to make a play.
Again like the Stingley interception, the defender just makes a tremendous play. The defensive linemen some how swats the ball and makes a diving interception.
And then his final interception. The receiver drops it into the hands of the defender.
Here is my very rough draft profile on Jordan Love:
(Note: the draft grade is where I would value them, not where I think they will get drafted.)
(Note: the draft grade is where I would value them, not where I think they will get drafted.)
