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[QUOTE="PAcuse, post: 5536556, member: 715"]
I’ve been thinking about the Rickie situation quite a bit today, and the more I watch, the more I think his biggest issue comes down to [B]game speed[/B]. The game just seems to move too fast for him right now.

A lot of his interceptions come from throwing late,not necessarily bad reads, just slow timing. When he’s locked in, you can see the talent (the touchdown to Ross is a perfect example). But those moments are too few and far between.

Coming from a baseball background, the best comparison I can make is that sense of the game “slowing down.” When I was batting, sometimes I could clearly see the ball’s rotation, read the pitch, and it looked like a beach ball coming in. Other times, it looked like a ping-pong ball, and I had no clue what was coming. The same thing applied behind the plate, at each higher level, the adjustment to increased speed and skill took time.

Rickie looks like he’s still waiting for that [I]slowdown moment[/I] to happen. He’s a step behind more often than not, and that’s what’s worrying me three games into the season. The decision-making and timing just haven’t caught up to the pace of play yet.

There’s definitely ability there, the arm talent flashes, but until he adjusts to the speed of the game, the offense will continue to feel out of sync.
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