Very few of JGs deeper balls led his receiver, from my perspective. Most required the receiver to pull up, and then win a jump ball 50-50 battle. Did this happen with every deep ball? No. But it happened often enough that I recall being pleasantly surprised when Mauer hit Callaway in the UGA game with his first pass. It was a TD? Sure. But what I loved almost more than that was that IT HIT HIM IN FREAKIN' STRIDE. There was no pull up, reposition, stand like you're waiting on a fair catch, then jump and fight for the ball as was the case with many, many JG passes.
You can throw analytics around all day long. But at the end of the day, JG is simply not a top tier QB that is going to get us to 10 wins. he has a ceiling of 8 wins, I believe, and about 24-27 points a game. That's who he is.
As I have said ad naseum, JG seems like a good kid, and I am proud he represents Tennessee well from a heart and character standpoint. But, in the end, he just doesn't have the innate ability needed for an SEC QB. I don't care how many stats get tossed around.