Breaking Down The Florida State Quarterback Battle

Aug 3, 2012; Colorado Springs, CO, USA; Khatuna Lorig (USA) (left) and Kristin Braun (USA) (right) gather their arrows from the target during round robin matches for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at the Grace Center for Athletics and Community Service. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Accuracy

Accuracy is a dastardly devil. However, it is very vital to the success of a quarterback. Just ask someone like Chad Pennington — who could only throw the ball 8 yards (just kidding) — who had a long NFL career for his sole ability to hit his targets on the regular.

This is where it gets tricky. According to all reports, Coker has looked all kinds of accurate during Florida State practices. In his only type of real game situation (spring game), however, he struggled mightily to hit his receivers. Coker would float some passes over his targets, had a few one-bounce passes in the dirt and would often try to force his passes to his receiver. This is a huge detraction to his abilities if he is more of the player he was in the spring game than he is at practices. Thankfully, unlike arm-strength, accuracy is something that can be worked on.

Winston wasn’t supposed to be as accurate as he has looked. Whenever a player is labeled as a ‘dual-threat’ QB, it is usually a polite way for a recruiting service to say the guy can’t hit his targets, but is athletic. Really, being labeled a dual-threat is bordering on being stereotyped. The fact of the matter is Winston has been accurate for the better part of the spring game, practices and scrimmages. If he were to keep this up, well, he would end up being one heck of an overall quarterback.