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most gripe he held the ball to long (on one bad sack). To me, given the lack of real playing time that is explainable and something that can be learned from. You can't improve what you don't get real reps doing. With gametime Angeli would be far superior to anyting we've played at QB since Book. See stats below.

His ball placement through 5 quarters we seen him play has been very accurate.
His arm isn't amazing and isn't terrible.
He's tall in the pocket.
He can escape the pocket though may be a tad slow deciding to go. This could also mean he doesn't bail quickly which is a good thing too. We need more data here.
He knows how to throw downfield and does not appear afraid to do so.
He seems very calm and collected. The stage has not appeared too big for him in limited minutes to date.
He can run, but isn't a runner.
He allows us to run a complete offense, taking away the ability for a defense to make ND's offense one-dimensional.
Most importantly, he's proven to move the chains. Something both Leonard and Hartman could not do.

+ Angeli has played real minutes in about four ND games: TN ST '23, PITT '23, Ore St '23, and PUR '24, His QBR avg is 94.2 and he has 8 TDs with 0 INTs in 46 pass attempts for 554 yards (12yd avg). Overall, 9TDs 1 pick
https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/gamelog/_/id/4685694/type/college/year/2023

+ Leonard on the other hand has played in three ND games: His QBR avg is 63.1 and he has has 0 TDs with 2 INTs in 78 pass attempts for 433 yards (5.5yd avg). Overall, 0TDs 2 picks.
Career QBR 59.57 (removing FR yr 69.43) - This is exactly the type of play we've watched. The same for Hartman. It's seems to be a reliable indicator more than our opinions.

+ Sam Hartman in 2023 had a QBR of 75.5 and 24TDs and 8 picks.
Career QBR 69.50, again about the level of play we saw.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/gamelog/_/id/4361994/type/college