I am always amazed and disappointed when people say that practice passing is not predictive of game day passing. Here is why. Practice passing IS correlated well to good game passing management. If you do better than your peers in practice, then it is fair to say those with less practice passing management do not have some extra game chromosome or ability that lets them pass by the better practice QB. I would bet that what happens is coaches have preferred players and give them more attention and advice, and grant them status in front of the quarterback's peers. The anointment process then takes precedence over ability. It works well for the anointed player because of the extra coaching attention and player acclimation. And, when the better practice QB goes into the game, they have not practiced the routines with the 1st team players and have less rapport with them. The 1st team trusts the anointment process and views the backup as less than capable even though they have seen the ability. This produces a secondary affect which I will label as disassociation. The 1st team becomes conflicted in how to respond to the new player. They need to quickly come to terms with the disassociation and realize by association the capabilities of the best practice qb.
Coaches, even very good coaches assign irrational values to players way too often. Often, it is cloaked in terms like "chemistry", that affable ability to execute a play. Well, if a player demonstrates execution in practice and it is highly correlated to success in games, then what goes wrong with chemistry when these guys suffer on the field? The difference is in the assigned pecking order and the faith by the players in allowing that player to succeed. Will blocking be just as crisp. Will routes be run just as precisely. Will there be that intimate coordination between the passer and the receiver?
If Perra is a better pure passer, then give the kid a chance. At the very least, play selection will change how the defense calls their game limits their ability predict the next play.
I don't know if Perra is better or not. I just think it stinks when idiots project the idea that performance won't equate to performance, because that is about the lowest form of crass judgment that can be encountered. In the sports world, that crass judgment is so socially ingrained it is a culturally accepted norm.
If Perra or anybody else has the total package of being a better practice QB, he needs to be in the game without question.
we'll send money.