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KJ is tough.  Makes plays. Good leader. But I have never thought he was particularly accurate. Any QB playing for Leach will have a high percentage.  I bet 2/3rds of the throws cover 10 yards in the air or less.  Lots of long handoffs. KJ was 43-59.  313 yards.  313 on 59 throws is lousy.

While I would agree that KJ doesn't have "remarkable" accuracy, he usually gets the ball where he wants it to be. His is pretty good about putting the ball in a good position for the receiver to catch it, although he does sometimes throw the ball into the ground trying to make the receiver be the only one who can catch it. My main point was that KJs interceptions aren't balls he threw to the defensive back, or balls that got away from him and were picked. His interceptions are right where he wanted the ball to be. Problem is, there is a defender there. These are mental mistakes, not physical ones. It is not forcing the ball into a tight window because you are a gunslinger and the DB makes a great play. It is a ball with no window that is going to get picked for sure by an "average" DB effort.

The 313 on 59 throws is just fine if KJ doesn't throw three interceptions to go with it. That would have won the game. Arkansas was playing an Akina defense. Make the other team take the short gains and bet they will screw up. Challenge them to make 15 play drives and see if they can do it. Mississippi State lacked a running game that was going to churn out first downs, especially after Kylin Hill went out hurt. Normally Leach has somebody at RB who can hurt you, and right now he doesn't. The Air Raid doesn't run a lot, but if the defense is dropping 8 and playing soft zone you want to take the yards they are giving you on the ground as well as the short passing game. Sometimes you just break one. Most of all, the team just wasn't willing/able to take what the defense gave them and leave it at that. They tried to do too much, as Leach said.

Mississippi State doesn't appear to be able to stretch the field to create holes in the zone. The receivers run their pattern to a spot and then basically just stand there. KJ tried to throw to those guys that have DBs all around them. It just isn't going to work. They are going to see soft zone until they show the ability to defeat it.

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KJ is tough.  Makes plays. Good leader. But I have never thought he was particularly accurate. Any QB playing for Leach will have a high percentage.  I bet 2/3rds of the throws cover 10 yards in the air or less.  Lots of long handoffs. KJ was 43-59.  313 yards.  313 on 59 throws is lousy.

While I would agree that KJ doesn't have "remarkable" accuracy, he usually gets the ball where he wants it to be. His is pretty good about putting the ball in a good position for the receiver to catch it, although he does sometimes throw the ball into the ground trying to make the receiver be the only one who can catch it. My main point was that KJs interceptions aren't balls he threw to the defensive back, or balls that got away from him and were picked. His interceptions are right where he wanted the ball to be. Problem is, there is a defender there. These are mental mistakes, not physical ones. It is not forcing the ball into a tight window because you are a gunslinger and the DB makes a great play. It is a ball with no window that is going to get picked for sure by an "average" DB effort.

The 313 on 59 throws is just fine if KJ doesn't throw three interceptions to go with it. That would have won the game. Arkansas was playing an Akina defense. Make the other team take the short gains and bet they will screw up. Challenge them to make 15 play drives and see if they can do it. Mississippi State lacked a running game that was going to churn out first downs, especially after Kylin Hill went out hurt. Normally Leach has somebody at RB who can hurt you, and right now he doesn't. The Air Raid doesn't run a lot, but if the defense is dropping 8 and playing soft zone you want to take the yards they are giving you on the ground as well as the short passing game. Sometimes you just break one. Most of all, the team just wasn't willing/able to take what the defense gave them and leave it at that. They tried to do too much, as Leach said.

Mississippi State doesn't appear to be able to stretch the field to create holes in the zone. The receivers run their pattern to a spot and then basically just stand there. KJ tried to throw to those guys that have DBs all around them. It just isn't going to work. They are going to see soft zone until they show the ability to defeat it.