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To: DSPetry who wrote (2269)	8/11/1999 11:52:00 AM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 45644

If I had been impressed with Couch simply for completing a certain number of passes or for moving the offense down the field, than the caliber of D would matter. However, I was watching from the perspective of a scout. 1. Speed at which he progresses from primary receiver to secondary and so on. A+ 2. Ability to "feel" a pass rusher and sidestep him without losing downfield concentration. A+ 3. Ability to hang in and make an accurate throw off his back foot when he is about to get hit. A+ In fact, he made an unbelievable play on one of these. When he saw the pass rusher bearing down on him, at the last minute he actually looked to yet another receiver and completed it to him. Troy made a bad throw on one of these that I would have benched him for, were I the head coach. On third down, Emmit Smith made a beautiful blitz pickup to give Troy ALL DAY to set up and throw a little comeback route to Irvin (?), who was open for the first down. Troy got frazzled by the nonexistant pass rush, and threw the ball on one hop. It was classic Jeff George. 4. Footspeed. B He is underrated as a scrambler. He undoubtedly looked faster here because he was playing against scrubs. 5. Strength. A+ He is the strongest QB I have ever seen, other than perhaps Dan McGwire (Mark's brother). He punishes tacklers, something I haven't ever seen a QB do. #4 and #5 are not very important traits for a QB. Tom