Vandenburg Notes: Iowa State

After watching this game I am very much reminded of what Ricky Stanzi looked like early in his Junior year. Stanzi would show flashes of brilliance and then inexplicably become inaccurate and erratic. JVB seems to be in that pattern right now as well. The good news is JVB seems to be less prone to turnovers than Stanzi was. Through two games he hasn't really thrown up any desperation heaves and has pulled the ball down and scrambled when things got tight in the pocket. Stanzi's tendency was to take a sack or make a risky throw early in his career and JVB doesn't appear to have that issue.

JVB had some issues with being consistently accurate in this one. It was sporadic and when he missed he usually he missed high which is fairly typical when you're thinking too much and pressing. Didn't see any real mechanical issues and JVB is remarkably consistent with his drops and with his release. More experience and he should be able to show improvement with his accuracy.

Another issue he shares with the Junior vintage of Stanzi is his tendency to stare down his primary target. This was something that Stanzi struggled with mightily and he didn't have the arm strength to cover for it. JVB seems to have the arm strength to help cover this up most of the time but you'd like to see him move defenders with his eyes more. More pumps and ball fakes would help as well.

The Good&Bad:
+1 Great over the top throw to KD on the fade. Just lays it out there and lets his guy go get it. D1 Play 3
-1 Just flat misses a wide open TE on the stick route. Iowa runs this play a ton. Hard to believe that he missed this throw. D1 Play 4
+1 Looked like an audible here as he fires the out to KMM for the score. Good decisive footwork here as he fires an accurate rocket to KMM for the score. Well done here. D1 Play 12
+1 Great accuracy and velocity on this throw as he drops the ball in for a big completion to CJF. D2 Play 1
+1 Nice job pulling the ball down and scrambling here as a DT was coming hot and he picked up solid yardage on the play D5 Play 2
-1 Missed high on a wide open target on comeback route. Also could have gone to McNutt on the cross if he wanted him. D6 Play 1
-1 High off target throw here as he tries to hit the TE in the flat. D7 Play 2
-0 Really needed to pump this ball to the short man and theen loft it to the back of the end zone to Herman. Got a little impatient here and just went to his first option too quickly. Herman had cleared LB’s and no one was behind them. D7 Play 4
+1 Good mechs&great timing waiting for KD to clear on the middle cross. Throws an accurate bullet that allows KD to pick up YAC. D8 Play 2
-1 Off target throw on what should have been an easy first down to KD D9 Play 3
+1 Good timing as he throws the WR open here on the curl off PA. Led him away from the defenders and delivered a bullet. D10 Play 1
-1 Poor ball here on the fade. He throws the ball flat and to the outside. All he has to do is put this ball any where near McNutt and it’s a completion with a 5’7 guy trying to cover him man on man. D10 Play 2
-1 Right read and wrong throw. Very poor pass here as he tries to drop it over the LB’s and in front of the Deep 1/3 defender. Looked very awkward trying to use touch here as this ball fluttered incomplete and it should have been an big play. D10 Play 4
+1 Nice anticipation here as he leads KD further inside and away from the defender. Put some juice on this one and it was a clutch throw. D13 Play 3

Overall: +1

Numbers:

_	Left	Middle	Right	Sub-total
Short	5/6 56y 1TD	4/6 41y	2/7 16y	11/19 93y 1TD
Medium	1/1 23y 1TD	1/1 21	1/3 14y	3/5 58y 1TD
Deep	1/3 32y	0/0 0y	1/1 24y	2/4 56y
Sub-total	7/10 91y 2TD	5/7 62y	4/11 54y

Overall: 16/28(57.1%) 207y 2TD 0INT