The simple truth is that he's a high level runner who can kill you with his legs and when he's on his game (which we haven't seen a lot of yet) he has the arm to hurt you if you try to come up to take away the run.
This is at its roots what a dual threat QB is...anything beyond that is just levels of how good they are.
It's been a rocky run for Leonard so far, I'm not denying or dismissing that. However, if you look at his play in the early part of the Louisville game before he got smashed by that DL on what should have been a penalty, he was playing high level football with his feet and his arm.
That period shows you what he's capable of when he's on...imo it's on the coaches to get that out of him more consistently, or get Angeli some pt and let Leonard watch for a while until he gets his head right.
Replies to: "See what you're talking about is how good he is at it.."
- Leonard is not a dual threat QB. Can we agree - ColeyO - 9:24pm 10/4/24
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- He is a dual threat by definition but not a “threat” in the passing game. [NT] - IrishFan82 - 3:07pm 10/5/24
- Perspective Post [NT] - mtthawk1 - 1:31pm 10/5/24
- I doubt many would agree with you on this...now if you want discuss how good he actually is - Chrisb - 11:08am 10/5/24
- Which is fine, since my opinion of a dual threat QB can differ from theirs. IMO, running on scramble - ColeyO - 11:55am 10/5/24
- See what you're talking about is how good he is at it.. - Chrisb - 1:28pm 10/5/24
- Very reasonable and expressed assessment. I think he was coming on in the Louisville game but - THEISMANCARR - 5:22pm 10/5/24
- See what you're talking about is how good he is at it.. - Chrisb - 1:28pm 10/5/24
- Which is fine, since my opinion of a dual threat QB can differ from theirs. IMO, running on scramble - ColeyO - 11:55am 10/5/24
- Riley is a tough matchup, I m glad we have him on our team [NT] - DonMiller - 11:01am 10/5/24
- RL seems to have improved his short passing and while hitting the longer ones...and he's still an - TyroneIrish - 12:33am 10/5/24
- Agreed. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 5:23pm 10/5/24
- I agree def seeing improvements, still wish we'd develop the kids we recruited... [NT] - Jerseymick - 9:03am 10/5/24
- 17-23, one missed layup, zero turnover worthy plays, all without consistent blocking. [NT] - FinnMcCool - 12:02am 10/5/24
- No. He was very much so in Louisville game when OL blocked. He's improving noticeably.... - BaronVonZemo - 11:32pm 10/4/24
- weird time to talk about that after he had his best passing game of the season - kgirish - 10:46pm 10/4/24
- MF would disagree. He's going to force the issue if it's the last thing he does. [NT] - ELP - 10:12pm 10/4/24