Not shit posting, but these last couple of weeks CJ is figuring out the right pass/decision pre-snap then confirming post-snap just like a top veteran does. That’s MASSIVE for a rookie for sure. The only problem is that defenses (especially Cincy) was changing things post-snap to things he’s not familiar with and he’s missing the new best decision/pass. He’s been able to power through with precision passing but I think this (and drops) is why his completion % has been so up and down.
I fully expect he and his coaches are seeing this on the film (it stands out this game for sure - glaringly wide open guys that wouldn’t have been the open guy pre-snap) and will adjust, I just hope he doesn’t get too comfortable with his pre-snap reads.
In any event he’s already a much more polished and finished QB than even Deshaun at his height. The ONLY space where Deshaun was better was scrambling which ended up being Deshaun’s downfall and why he hasn’t really progressed as a pocket passer.
Once he can figure out his reads to come off that first decision CJ is a 70% completion guy for the season. Damn we’re about to go into a golden age of Texans football; I’M FIRED THE FUCK UP FOR IT!!!
And as always, FTC!
So, like I explained, he’s not making terrible throws at all, just not necessarily going to the wide ass open player all the time. Just something I think he can fine tune with more experience. Many of y’all are acting like i’m criticizing his play or something when I was clearly heaping heavy praise.
They didn’t run any screen plays against the Bengals when they were very effective against the Bucs which seemed a little odd to me, but Nico is their go to screen guy so maybe they didn’t feel great about anybody else running it. I think Hutch has showed he can find the holes in a WR screen though.