Has Bray got enough football smarts to succeed?

[Negateer]

Simms sucked, really bad. He made Rick Clausen look like Casey Clausen.

[vol66]

Originally Posted by LurtzVol109

Pre-Injury, Sophomore Tyler Bray was 116/176, for a percentage of 65.9%, gaining 1,579 yards, at 13.6 yards per completion.

Having personally watched Tyler Bray play for play, both on tape and in person, the kid has great football instincts, with an as expected football IQ level for his age as far as running an offense. Bray, however, does have the space to grow in that aspect, and is what the staff has been working on. Physically, Bray is by far the most gifted pocket passer I have studied since that guy with an "M" starting his name. In fact, I would say Bray has the stronger arm with just as much accuracy, and Manning has a great arm. At 6'6", Bray can release the ball far past the reaches of most lineman, and his throw from start to finish is very Brees-esque in sheer speed on his short throws. Technique-wise, Bray's throwing motion has many similarities to Manning, Rodgers, and Brees, but it is distinctly his own. The two weaknesses I have noticed, but I believe has also been a point of focus by both Bray and the staff to fix, is that Bray has tended to be both lax in his footwork, and lax in his pull back on the deep ball, sometimes tending to pull a bit long in the back of his throw.

As long as Bray continues to dedicate himself to learning the game, as has been said, and dedicating himself to ridding these two habits that he has developed, Bray has the potential to be something special at the QB position.

So far in his career, Tyler has played 10 SEC games spanning his freshmen and sophomore season. In THOSE games his completion percentage is 52.39%. If you throw out his first 3 games where he split time with Simms AND you throw out Kentucky(39.5%) and Vandy(48.5%) Bray sits at 54.64%.

I don't disagree with anything you say about him having the tools to be a better than average QB, he certainly does. But, as we all know, plenty of QB's over the years have the tools but lack desire to be great. Can he? Yes. It's up to him. There is no Cutcliffe to save him, that's worth mentioning I think.

[Tarkus]

Originally Posted by YorkVol

So why wasn't he the starter when Bray was healthy?

Didn't say he was a better quarterback. I said that Dooley said he was better at that aspect of the game.

[Orange Blazer]

Originally Posted by YorkVol

So why wasn't he the starter when Bray was healthy?

He couldn't throw the ball. He preferred to hold it until a DL planted him on his back.

[ice]

he has a good arm and wants to win but, I wonder deep down how he will be at reading a defense once the ball is snapped.
This ability seems to separate average quarter backs from good ones.
Tyler has not had a healthy team around him and has not had a fair chance to prove himself.

[JohnnyBall]

Bray has a great Td. int rate which men's he knows where to put the football under pressure...end of your bad thread is close