Mechanics and Footwork
Carson Wentz played baseball in high school and his throwing motion is elongated at times with a wind-up. This does not happen on every play, but staying compact will help him get rid of the ball quicker to his target after he decides to throw it. This will help reduce potential interceptions as well, since defenders will have less time to react to it.
When Wentz is pressured, he tends to hurry his throwing motion and doesn’t always reset his feet relying on his arm to make throws. This was a way too common of an occurrence for the QB.
The following play is a glaring example of this theme where he’ll plant step into this throw and wait for his receiver to break open. This reduces his velocity and also affects his medium and deep ball accuracy. Solid coaching can help him get rid of this problem, though.
Anticipation
Throwing with anticipation, as opposed to throwing to open receivers, is an extremely important trait for a quarterback to have. Wentz typically does a good job of throwing to receiver on hitch and comeback routes before the he breaks towards his landmark. Each of these plays shows Wentz’s trust in his receiver to break on the ball.
Wentz struggles at times on out- and in-breaking routes, where he waits for a receiver to completely break open before releasing it. He clearly understands the importance of throwing the ball before the receiver breaks on the timing pattens above, but he needs to get the ball out sooner on the other patterns or else a corner will read his intentions and cause a turnover like below.
