In Which Mike Mayock (& Mattlock) Pontificate Upon Matt Barkley

But it also looks like USC’s offensive line isn’t very good. A lot of pressure on Barkley. He goes through his progressions well it seems, which is exactly what Griffin III doesn’t seem to. Raw, but extremely talented. Landry Jones seems ok i guess, but I’d guess it’ll take quite a bit of work to make him a successful NFL QB, if at all.

Alsogood stuff

Compare this game to his Cal game and you wouldn’t think you were watching the same quarterback. And even against Notre Dame he has moments where his accuracy or zip disappears on him. Since you took a more favorable look at him, I’ll try to be a little more critical and play devil’s advocate a bit.

0:05 and 0:43 – These two plays are a huge part of why Barkley is so highly considered. He has an amazing ability to manipulate pass rushers and find space in the pocket while maintaining good footwork. He’s not an athletic quarterback but he’ more than athletic enough. He senses pressure, has a handleful of little tricks to avoid rushers and can grab a few yards when it’s time to run.

1:22 – This throw is terrible and there’s really no reason for it. Tons of time and space, the nearest rusher is three yards away from him when he throws, and his receiver is wide open. Barkley unleashes a complete duck of a float ball that forces his receiver to use every last bit of his vertical leap to come down with the ball.

2:09 – Barkley gets criticized for dumping off too much, and this looks like an example of it. I don’t think that’s fair however, I’ve seen USC run this play several times and it almost always goes to the TE in the flat. I think this is a designed short pass and shouldn’t be held against Barkley’s decision making.

2:18 – So much for being critical, I love this play. Rolling out to his right, he’s able to keep his feet underneath him and zip a very accurate pass across his body, finding his receiver sitting in a zone between two defenders. The best part about it is that Woods is probably his third read on this play, the full back and his wide receiver (#82) are probably his first two progressions there.

3:13 – As just barely as this pass missed, it still missed. That’s awfully open in the NFL, for a quarterback whose biggest asset is his touch and accuracy you have to make that pass.

4:22 – That bullet into triple coverage got his receiver decapitated. It’s a nice throw with good placement, but yikes.

4:54 – Did he sense the blitz? Nice play, should’ve been a touchdown, but how much credit do you give him for feeling the pressure on that play?

5:20 – Barkley doesn’t quit on a play and he’s not afraid to throw with defenders at his feet or trying to wrap him up. More often than not this makes me incredibly nervous. On the play before this he’s able to hang in long enough to dump a pass off that goes for four yards. On this play he gets hit as he throws and ends up lobbing a pass to no one in particular. That a USC player comes down with it seems like luck to me.

7:07 – Just listen to Mayock on this. I really don’t worry about Barkley being a captain checkdown type. He gets a lot of easy passes called for him in the various screens that USC runs but he looks to go down field every opportunity he gets. To me this is just a smart decision to check down after the clock in his head says it’s time to get rid of the ball.

7:54 – Love everything about this, he’s so crafty when it comes to evading defenders, but holy crap SLIIIIIIIIDE! It’s seems like quarterbacks don’t slide anymore, why is that?

9:39 – Again, he’s not afraid to throw with defenders hanging off of him and that’s not a good thing. He’s getting suplexed as he throws and the pass ends up closer to three Notre Dame players than any USC player.

10:02 – Another needlessly wobbly float ball that makes for a tougher catch than needed, forcing his receiver out of bounds when it should have been an easy touchdown. He’s got tons of time and plenty of space to step into the throw, what happened here?

Lots of floaters and balls thrown at or near the LoS by Barkley in this game. This whole “throwing with people all over me” isn’t going to stick in the NFL, so it isn’t an asset. Plenty to like, but not exactly flawless footage.

I still might prefer Landry Jones.

and the Colts to come in second for a shot at Barkley. RG3 is really starting to grow on me.

A lot of his throws just seem a little off, even if they were completions. Those windows will be a lot smaller in the NFL. I do like how he goes through his progressions though. He already reads defenses better than Charlie and his tunnel vision on WRs.

i watched the chucky movies (bad i know, but the wife hadn’t seen them). In Child’s Play 3 the main character, Andy Barkley, goes to boot camp where he finds Harold Aubrey Whitehurst tied up in the closet.

Creepingly fitting is it not?? Barkley shows up to bail out Whitehurst who cant handle his situation HAHA.

looks really really good at WR

I need to stop watching film of Barkley, because I’m gonna fall way too in love with him, then I’ll lose out on him, because Seattle sports fans can’t have nice things.

how do you think I feel seeing him every day!?