Leonard’s poise and steadiness will definitely appeal, as will his ability to quickly process the field and deliver. It’s reminiscent of early Ben Roethlisberger, though Leonard isn’t that thickly built. Leonard doesn’t accelerate quickly, but he did show balance and strength through contact, most notably on a long scamper up the right sideline that he created by running through an arm tackle. He’s 6-foot-4 and has a long stride when he runs. Leonard showed his athleticism and escapability a few times, too. Clemson’s defensive speed might’ve had something to do with that, too. Leonard isn’t missing, but rather making his receivers work a little more than they have to at times. Pinpoint ball placement and timing with open receivers is where I’m looking here. Not all incompletions are the same, with some being passes that are leveraging against coverage, or the play just isn’t there. By my count, he missed two completions due to inaccuracy. A couple of shorter throws wound up being a little behind optimal placement. It’s akin to watching Joe Burrow at LSU or Kenny Pickett at Pittsburgh with the trust in the system and the receivers.īall placement was good-not-great from Leonard. No double-clutching, no hesitation see the throw, make the throw. One thing that stood out: the ball comes out fast. Leonard did that very well against Clemson. Citing a trove of studies, Malcolm Gladwell contends in Blink that our first impressions are fairly accurate and stand the test of time. It demands Leonard to quickly progress through his options, both pre-snap and post-snap. First impressions can be highly accurate.
8 in the preseason QB draft rankings, led the way with an effective, poised performance that will only help his draft stock.ĭuke runs a shotgun spread style of offense with a lot of bunched receiver concepts, layering multiple route options that are designed to create quick, obvious throwing lanes. If you don’t leverage first impressions correctly, your customers might.
This is thanks to something called the primacy effect, which means that when someone experiences something before other things in a sequence, they remember that first thing more. The Blue Devils waxed conference rival and college superpower Clemson, 28-7. The reason why first impressions are so important is that they last well beyond that moment.
It was a Monday night to remember for the Duke football program.
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