FootballDad
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That's a problem that most of the current "future of the position" QB's have. Look at Deshaun Watson, sure he's one of the better ones. He's a good accurate thrower, is okay at his read progressions, but has very limited pocket awareness so it's sack city. Lamar Jackson is a joke. One injury (will happen any week now) and he's RG3 the second. Dak has decent pocket awareness, but is very average. He will go only as far as his offensive teammates will take him. Russell Wilson is one of the best in this regard, but it's not like there are Russell Wilsons pouring into the league, only Haskins, Tyrod Taylors, and Kyler Murrays.I haven't seen Haskins play but my guess is the line was probably blocking good at some point and he did nothing with it. Many black quarterbacks struggle like this. That's why I laugh when people call Cam a "mobile" qb. Yea he can run but he lacks pocket presence, takes too long to go through his reads and isn't good at shifting around the pocket to avoid pressure.
PHillisFan's favorite QB Patrick Mahomes has good awareness, and he'd better since he's not much of a runner and his O-line with Cam Erving and Martinas Rankin guarding his blind side is inept. Is all white QB's awareness great? No, but on average they are much better.