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I really liked 2016 Speight ... until Iowa. He was bad in Iowa, period, but that 4th quarter injury essentially ended his career. He never came back from that. And two weeks later versus OSU, with the Buckeyes incapable of scoring on that defense on their own, the injury bit us doubly and he gave up the game with 1 pick-6 and another INT that wasn't literally a pick-6 but for all intents and purposes was. 

I accept and understand that as just how devastating a QB injury can be. But eff. Would have been a playoff team otherwise.

I think that could have been Marcel's favorite GIF on the internet

It was a really bad underthrow by McCaffrey and to the wrong shoulder. Thomas had to stop running and adjust to the ball, which let the safety and CB catch up and put a lick on him. Thomas had both of them smoked. Like flat out smoked. He blazed right by the coverage. McCaffrey doesn't have the strongest arm and I think that might've been an example of one of his weaknesses right there. That ball is thrown out in front of Thomas that's a TD. Thomas can F-L-Y.

Here it is for context:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PyNhifI5ds
I wouldn't call anything about it a bad throw. Not perfect. And, you're right, underthrown. But Ambry still had space and hands on it. Well hands second, first it hits him in the chest - also on him. If Ambry wants to be a great offensive player, that's a catch he's going to need to make.

Bah. No. Saying that a throw, if ever underthrown, is bad is the same as saying any throw that isn't perfect is bad. 
For example, in other situations QBs often underthrow deep, wide open WRs on purpose to avoid an uncatchable overthrow. The QBs job is to deliver a catchable ball. Any catchable deep ball is good enough to not be called bad.
This wasn't a perfect throw. But it hit Ambry in the chest. The throw was "good enough." The catch was not.
I'm sure Ambry will get better at this / hope so / look forward to t.

I rewatched it. It hit him in the numbers. Even if that weren't true, since he had his eye on it the whole time, the ball hitting Ambry's shoulder and hands doesn't let him off either. The ball got to the space where he could make a play. He didn't.
We disagree. It's fine. Both players are playing for the future and could be great.

I rewatched it. It hit him in the numbers. Even if that weren't true, since he had his eye on it the whole time, the ball hitting Ambry's shoulder and hands doesn't let him off either. The ball got to the space where he could make a play. He didn't.
We disagree. It's fine. Both players are playing for the future and could be great.

I think McCaffrey is a better athlete right now than he is thrower of the football. Not sure that's something I want to see in a young QB. He's only a RS frosh so he's got plenty of time. Still really not sold yet. I don't see anything in his game that really wows me. His arm strength is definitely a little on the weak side. He's rail thin still. He needs to add more weight and he can improve that arm strength a little bit by building up his lower body and adding some mass. He'll probably have to be the guy after Shea leaves because Peters is most likely transferring after this year and I have doubts about Joe Milton ever being able to play at this level. Lot of similarities between Milton and Shane Morris.
It was a bad throw. Would've been a tough play to make for a guy that is a dedicated receiver. Thomas spends most of his snaps in practice at CB, might get a few on offense and he only gets few live reps in games at receiver. Thomas reminds me of Ginn. Ginn was a CB recruit and started out there at OSU and was moved to WR pretty much right away once Tressel and all those coaches smartly realized hey- this guy needs the ball in his hands. I swear watch that return Thomas made against ND and then watch some highlights of Ginn. They almost look identical. I say play Thomas at WR. Full-time. He has rare ability. He needs that football in his hands.

It was a bad throw. We're just going to have to agree to disagree on this. Bad and mediocre QB's underthrow deep. Why? Because they are bad or mediocre.
Good and great QB's? They hit the receiver in stride on a deep ball.
The throw hit his shoulder pad. Not his chest. It was a pretty bad throw. Not sure McCaffrey has the arm to make that throw.
Michigan USED to have QB's that hit deep balls accurately. Shea can do it. Why they don't try it more with him is beyond me. Henne had a great connection with Manningham on those sort of throws. Below are examples of good throws on a deep ball. You have to put the ball out in front of the receiver right in his bread basket in stride. Those are good deep throws.

https://youtu.be/bR2b2BI6sxg?t=5m47s

https://youtu.be/gpmczVHz4r8?t=3m52s

So the argument here is not-perfect deep throws are by nature bad? This is kind of a common thing. We see ball placement that doesn't have that perfect lead and say, the throw could've been better.
But in the end, deep balls are low-percentage shots. Those shots that lead a guy just right account for even a lower percentage of throws. There's a sort of universal assumption a guy dials them up on command, but for the most part, they're hit and miss (that's part of why more offenses have shifted to higher percentage looks). Fans everywhere assume they're something that can be consistent, and in reality, they probably can't unless you're an all-time great. 
Bringing up Henne is interesting. He had a lot of good tosses in his time. He also had a lot of tosses in his time. Yes, the 20 or so best throws out of 1,387 were pretty darn nice. I bet there were a lot of over and underthrows mixed in there. We can argue which of those is better at a later time.