Taylor Martinez demonstrates the perfect pass

Submitted by Blazefire on

Guys, the B1G is gonna be in serious trouble against Nebraska this year. I don't know if we can take them. Taylor Martinez's throwing motion is nearing perfection!

Just look at that beauty!

CRISPed in the DIAG

May 31st, 2012 at 9:28 AM ^

Like Braxton Miller, TMart's WR's have to be ridiculously wide-open for him to complete a pass.  Unfortunetely, that actually happened a couple times against our DB's last year.

LSAClassOf2000

May 31st, 2012 at 10:18 AM ^

I like how they coach QBs at Nebraska, from the look of it - back well-arched, checking for air traffic patterns, making sure that the Goodyear blimp can't knock down your pass...

Would he be one of the borderline students at the Joe Bauserman Institute?

ChicagoB1GRed

May 31st, 2012 at 11:55 AM ^

After two seasons, the numbers put up by Martinez put him ahead of Eric Crouch, the school's all-time leader in rushing and total offense.

Just by matching his peformances to date, Martinez would leave Nebraska as the record holder for most passing yards, most passing touchdowns, most yards rushing by a quarterback, most total yards, and most total touchdowns.

Not too shabby.

WolvinLA2

May 31st, 2012 at 8:43 PM ^

But that's a really misleading statistic, because it really only applies to dual-threat QBs (and Martinez was WAY behind Denard in that category).  In terms of "total yards" Denard is by far the best UM QB ever - but that's because he's the only one who really ran on a regular basis, at least in a very long time.  According to that statistic, a QB who passes for 260 yards a game and loses 10 yards in sacks (which is a pretty awesome season) is the same as a dual threat QB who throws for 190 and rushes for 60.  Both end up at 250 per game, but the former is harder to do (and shows a lot more about the player's passing ability).  The reason guys like Denard and TM get so many yards is that they account for more touches.  Chad Henne and Tom Brady aren't ahead of Martinez because they had Mike Hart and Anthony Thomas getting all those rushing yards instead.

Anyway, the point of the post was that he's a poor passer, or really a bad thrower, which he is.  He averaged 160 yards per game passing last year, which was better than the year before.  He's a decent football player, but he's not a good QB.

Swazi

May 31st, 2012 at 12:21 PM ^

Funny, but just letting everyone know that's trying to put down some kid, that Denard threw just like this plenty of times last year.

Tubes

May 31st, 2012 at 2:13 PM ^

So much great spinoff potential from the thread title:

 

"Brian Linthicum and Max Bullough demonstrate the perfect bar etiquette"

 

"Tate Forcier demonstrates the perfect studying technique"

 

"Greg Robinson demonstrates the perfect tackle"