Quarterback Profile: Film Breakdown of USC's Matt Barkley
by UkRedskin on Nov 17, 2011 8:31 AM EST
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Well, it's becoming more and more obvious that the Redskins are going to be drafting pretty high and that we desperately need a franchise QB with that pick. One of the top rated QB prospects coming out this year is Matt Barkley. Couple people on twitter were asking for Barkley and Jones breakdowns, hence this post. If you do have any suggestions for me, hit me up on Twitter @UkRedskin1, I'm always looking for stuff to breakdown. This post sort of follows on from my Robert Griffin III post, so go check that out if you haven't already.
Matt Barkley (21) measures at 6'2", 220 pounds and runs a 4.74 40 yard dash (according to CBS Sports draft website). Production wise Barkley has completed 247 passes of 370 attempts (66.8% completion rate) for 2782 yards (7.52 yards per attempt), 29 TD's and 6 INT's with a QB rating of 152.5. Barkley has only been sacked 6 times behind a USC Oline containing potential top five pick, LT Matt Kalil. Barkley is said to possess great intangibles and is fully recognised as the outright leader of his team on and off the field. Wikipedia shows us a few examples of the kind of person Barkley is.
Barkley had a 3.77 GPA in high school and frequently speaks to young students about the importance of staying on top of school work ... During his Christmas holiday in 2008, Barkley went with a group of friends and family to help run an orphanage in South Africa.
Sounds like a pretty nice guy to me, now lets look at some film.
Mechanics
Matt Barkley has a very nice high release point. He steps into his throw, transferring his weight and opening his hips getting him a good zip on the ball. Looking at their footwork, there no real problems. Barkley, coming from a pro-style offense, is more accustom to dropping back from under center. He's been coached how to do 3, 5 and 7 step drops with and without hitches. His mechanics and footwork are ready for the NFL level.
Accuracy
Barkley's completion percentage of nearly 67% should be a good indicator that he's an accurate QB. Having watched a fair amount of him this season and through research for this post, his accuracy is actually better than that. There have been several drops (I remember a good 3 or 4 in the Stanford game) which would raise his percentage to even higher. But here's some film evidence.
This is an NFL style throw. It's an out route to the far sideline. Notice Barkley is on the right hash marks, and this throw is going to the receiver on the left sideline.
He puts is right on the spot for the receiver, who is able to run onto the catch, take it in easily and then get up field for an easy first down. I can't stress how difficult this throw is. To throw from one hash to the other sideline and put it exactly where the receiver would want the ball is an amazingly accurate throw. Here's another throw that shows smart ball placement.
It's a quick slat route, Barkley puts the ball where only the receiver can get to it. The DB can get his arms around either side to make a lay on the ball, but if he goes over the top it's pass interference and a penalty.
Arm Strength
Arm strength is one of the biggest questions asked about Barkley. He doesn't have an elite arm, but neither does Andrew Luck. His deep ball throw can be inconsistent, but there is enough evidence to say it shouldn't trouble him at the NFL level.
Barkley makes this throw from the Colorado 40.
He hit's his receiver in stride at the 1 yard line, his momentum takes him in for a TD. That is a big 40 yard throw. But just to prove it wasn't a fluke, lets have a look at one more.
Barkley throws this ball from his own 44.
The receiver had to wait ever so slightly, the ball was a yard or two under-thrown but the receiver really needs to make the adjustment and catch the ball. Unbelievably he drops it and it falls incomplete. But more evidence to show he has enough arm strength to throw a deep ball adequately at the next level.
Mobility
This is one of the most attractive qualities in Barkley's armoury. USC runs a lot of play-action bootlegs off stretch run plays, just like the Redskins do. Barkley has as much mobility as you can ask for from a QB and has no trouble throwing accurately on the run. Here's one in the red-zone.
He rolls out to his right, with a TE from the back-side coming across the defense on the play fake.
Barkley see's his first two targets are covered before seeing the TE at the back of the end-zone.
Barkley throws off-balance against his own momentum.
But hits the receiver right in the numbers, easy catch and an easy TD. But what about rolling to his left, that is significantly harder for a QB to do as he has to readjust his body to get any power behind the throw.
It's another play-action bootleg. He rolls left, looking down-field for a target.
He spots a receiver open near the sideline and manoeuvres his body so he can get himself in a position to make a throw.
The ball is a tiny bit high, but again the receiver lets him down. You expect the receiver to bring in that pass and get the first down.
So those are two designed bootlegs that get Barkley rolling to one side and throwing on the run. But what about when his protection breaks down and he has to roll out of the pocket to keep the play alive? He can do that too.
The Colorado DE gets the better of the USC RT, forcing Barkley first to step up in the pocket and then forcing him to scramble out right.
Barkley keeps his eyes down-field after escaping the collapsed pocket. He see's a receiver and goes to throw but thinks better of it.
He instead keeps scrambling, all the while keeping eyes down-field despite having running room.
His receivers at this point are 'free-styling' if you will. Barkley spots one that has gotten behind the defense. He again makes the throw on the run, keeping a nice high release point despite the awkwardness of the throw.
The ball is a yard behind the receiver, but this time the receiver manages to make the adjustment and make the catch. This is a brilliant example of a QB being able to extend a play and making a huge gain from it. All the best QB's in the league are able to extend a play in one way or another, be it through being hard to tackle (Ben Roethlisberger) or being elusive (Michael Vick) or a combination of the two (Cam Newton). Barkley has the ability to extend a play and that gives him star potential.
Checking Progressions
Luckily, during the Colorado tape I watched, they showed a clip that had a camera zoomed in on Barkley and showed his eyes reading through his progressions.
First read.
Second read.
Third read.
Finally gets to his fourth read and finds an open receiver. For those who wondered, he completed the pass.
Touch
Top NFL QB's can all take a little off a throw and just guide it in over the top of a defender. Yet again, this is another trait Barkley possesses. Here's one really nice touch throw.
From the 20 yard line, in the red zone. The WR is on a go route and Barkley just needs to help it over the defender.
As it turns out, the DB gets beaten by the WR so it's a comfortable catch in the end. But the placement is just right and would have given a lot of DB's trouble.
The last picture I want to show you demonstrates Barkley's toughness and commitment to the game. He's already thrown the pass to his left, but the receiver is coming back across the field. Barkley is the first man to get in front and become the lead blocker.
He makes a big block that allows the ball-carrier to get the first down. How many QB's do you see doing that? That shows huge commitment to the game and to helping his team get the win.
So after making you read and look at all that, here's a quick bullet point summary on Matt Barkley's abilities:
- Accurate
- Mobile
- Makes good decisions (has a low amount of INT's)
- Plays in a pro-style offense. Gives him the mechanics and footwork to be ready to start in the NFL from day 1
- Poise under pressure, keeps calm and is constantly looking down-field looking for an open receiver
- He can read defense's, make adjustments and take advantage of mismatches. (Hard to show on film so I didn't).
But these are just my notes on Barkley. So again, I pestered Mocking the Draft's Dan Kadar (follow him on twitter @MockingTheDraft if you aren't already and are interested at all in the draft) for his opinion's on Barkley.
Barkley has shown to be a more accurate player with much better poise in the pocket. What I really like about Barkley is that he throws his receivers open.
Barkley's strength is that he's pro ready right now. Barkley, especially with the Redskins, is the kind of player who could be plugged in immediately.
The weaknesses on Barkley are his arm strength (which is good, not great), he's had some injury issues and he has an ego that some teams may wonder about.
So there you go, there's my Matt Barkley breakdown. For those who are wondering, I would currently rank him second amongst college QB's (second only to Luck, obviously). Thanks again to Dan Kadar for his input in this and all my other college breakdown posts.
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Good work as always
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his mechanics are better than most NFL QB's I've seen
plus he has balls to attempt passes.
Just say NO! to Rex Grossman.
I don't like Barkley.
I can’t quantify that; there’s nothing in his game that screams “bust” or “don’t draft him” … I just get the feeling, for some reason, that he’s pretty much the exact same quarterback as Rex Grossman. I compared him to Sanchez before, but I think that was just USC-association. Here’s what was said about Sexy Rexy coming into the 2003 draft:
When on his game, one of the premier QBs in this draft and a passer who shows exceptional downfield accuracy and a big league arm. Played well for the most part in 2002, though he did force passes more than usual. Does not pass the eyeball test but this could be a case where looks are deceiving. May need a little time to get adjusted at the next level but a quick thinking signal caller with both the mental and physical skills to be productive at the next level.
Rex Grossman is a very intelligent QB, having played well in a Steve Spurrier offense. Unlike the Spurrier NFL flops before him, Rex Grossman was able to succeed in an offense other than Stever Spurrier’s as well. Rex Grossman has adequate arm strength and good down-field accuracy
Grossman is strong-armed, smart, accurate and puts a good touch on the ball while also making great decisions in the pocket. The biggest concerns with Grossman is that he is short and has a side-arm release. This isn’t a good combination going up against tall defensive lineman that love to knock balls down. However, he has the ability to move around in the pocket and get away from pass rushers. He also has good leadership ability. He has a very solid arm and has all the other tools need to be a great quarterback, but his lack of height may hurt him in the NFL.
Basically, I think we’ve seen this movie before. I don’t trust that Barkley will improve to an above-average NFL QB level quickly, if at all. I see him as Grossman 2.0, and really, if we already have 1.0 on the squad, shouldn’t we be going for something better?
So everything you just posted for Sexy's scouting report is pretty much the opposite of Barkley
And Spurrier QBs have always sucked in the NFL.
Wat bigger upside the Rex. Rex peaked his sophmore year.
Cut Brandon "Stabby" Banks. That is all.
by 64ShagginWagon on Nov 16, 2011 9:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I know the feeling.
Felt the same about Blaine Gabbert last year and felt the same about Barkley at the start of this season (having seen very very little of him). But having seen 5/6 of Barkley’s game this year, there’s not a lot I can fault him on. He has just about eveything you can ask for in a Franchise QB. Sure, he could be a few inches taller, have a slightly stronger arm and be a bit quicker. But everything else is there.
I certainly wouldn’t compare him to Rex. He’s a lot more mobile than Rex, has a much better release point, much more consistent and he keeps his poise and extends plays when the pocket breaks down rather than just throwing into a window that isn’t open and getting intercepted.
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Don't think about Rex now.
Think about Rex in the fall of 2002.
I hardly knew anything about football back then.
Some may say I’ve not learned much since lol. But I really didn’t know anything about the game other than the basics and didn’t follow the NFL or college football at all in 2002. So I don’t know what Rex was like then, and I can’t really comment on him coming out.
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Hmm
Reading the 2002 report…slow, bad release point exacerbated by lack of height, played did not play in a pro-style offense.
Those are things that are key for someone like Barkley to be an improvement over Rex.
by The Agent C 83 on Nov 18, 2011 12:18 AM EST up reply actions
my worry is i don't feel he's as accurate as his numbers suggests
a lot of his completions seem to be off target, and while they still end up catches in college the windows get much tighter in the NFL.
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by Steve Shoup on Nov 16, 2011 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
He appears plenty accurate to me.
His numbers should be higher but his receivers do have a lot of drops.
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he also has alot better o-line then rex does right now
wheres the break down on jones at?
ps,you said make a LAY on the ball beavis and butthead laughs :P
by munson21502 on Nov 18, 2011 12:35 AM EST up reply actions
Id love to see what the experts said about Schuler
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And music is her name
Rocket arm, mobile, smart.
But also a risk-taker. Which, in college, means throw the ball as hard as you can between three DBs and one linebacker and somehow hit your receiver right in the numbers. The NFL translation of that is “AND IT’S INTERCEPTED!”
There was this one guy a few years ago...
He had arm strength to throw 70 yard passes (there’s film evidence on youtube), he had good mobility, he had a total of more than 11,000 yards in 3 years starting, and a total of 79 TDs and 34 INTs. His senior passer rating was 116. His junior passer rating was 93. Yes, sounds like a franchise QB, right?
Nope. John Beck.
--MR. AWESOME
I'm wary if Barkley, but this hours a long way y
Towards convincing me. Ok, I’m willing to accept him.
No Danny, Nooooooo - Tom Landry, 1982., and Washington Redskins fans, 1999-
by BillWard on Nov 16, 2011 9:59 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Translation for non-mobile readers included here
“I’m wary of Barkley, but this goes a long way towards convincing me. OK, I’m willing to accept him as the pick, if that’s what Shanny wants.”
Don’t you HATE the auto spellcheck BS that THINKS it knows what word you swyped but doesn’t bother to see if it’s correct by looking at the context? You end up with “hours” for “goes”, which is as intuitive as Parks getting a hot girlfriend, or Kevin getting ANY girlfriend.
No Danny, Nooooooo - Tom Landry, 1982., and Washington Redskins fans, 1999-
Looks good to me!
Nice work. Must take a lot of effort to do that? More so I expect than me just taking screen shots of stuff lol.
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Weedon
Don’t hear much about Weedon, probably because of his age (28), but living in Big 12 country have seen a lot of him on TV. He looks good and can make all the throws. What do you all think about him?
by redskins-texas-fan on Nov 16, 2011 10:07 PM EST reply actions
He's a guy
that I need to watch more tape on. I keep hearing things about him being under the radar because of his age as you mention, but is having success. How much of that is down to his supporting cast, I’m not sure. Having Justin Blackmon at WR must help him a fair amount.
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Wary of him, because of Chris Weinke
Weinke won the Heisman and took FSU to consecutive national championship game appearances, winning one. He was a total dumpster fire in the NFL though. A guy that age has already hit his physical peak, and that makes learning the increased mental game harder. I’m sure there’s a lot more psychology and physiology involved but I’m not qualified to speak on it, but more than likely Weedon has already become the best QB he can be, and while that might be damn good for college, it’s not going to cut it in the big leagues.
He's 28!
So….you have a Franchise (possibly) guy with zero upside due to his advanced age comparatively for…6-7 years? As opposed to a guy with significant upside for possibly 10-14 years. I’m going with the younger guy. I’m going with the younger guy. It would suck as a Redskins fan to be back here needing a franchise guy sooner rather that later. IMO
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too late...
if he is a late bloomer in college, how old will he be when he finally figures out the NFL?
So sorry, he is tooooooooooooooooo oooooollllllllllddddddd!
Barkley would be a great value option if you don’t get "Luck"y.
He wasn't a late bloomer, he played pro baseball for several years
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Great breakdown as usual.
One thing that interests me even more about Barkley is that he’s not playing with a premier receiver. I saw those drops in the Stanford game. Most of them were very catchable. He might do very well with a developed Hankerson and experienced Moss to throw to.
Pour out your Haterade
huh?
Barkley has the best receiver in the country in Robert Woods. Woods is only a true sophomore, but is a top 5 pick lock next season.
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by Steve Shoup on Nov 17, 2011 12:49 AM EST up reply actions
he's the best receiver in college football and by a pretty fair margin
he’s made Barkley look real good this season
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You know more than I do, so I'll go with that.
Guess I haven’t done much review of the premier wideouts this year besides Blackmon and Jeffrey. Btw, I read your blog. Good stuff!
Pour out your Haterade
You know more than I do, so I'll go with that.
Guess I haven’t done much review of the premier wideouts this year besides Blackmon and Jeffrey. Btw, I read your blog. Good stuff!
Pour out your Haterade
This might be a stupid question since I don't know too much about football...
But is Barkley better than Mark Sanchez when he was coming out of college?
by SkinsFanInHawaii on Nov 17, 2011 6:25 AM EST reply actions
He's always going to draw comparisons
to Sanchez because he’s a USC QB. I don’t really understand why people are weary of drafting USC QB’s (or any school’s QB for that matter) because of what has come before them.
That was the first NFL draft I really got into. I think Barkley is much more consistent and has a higher floor and ceiling than Sanchez. Sanchez had a big rise after the combine and meetings, because he was such a good character and teams started to fall in love with that character, moving him up their boards. Barkley doesn’t exactly have too much higher he can rise at this point. He’s already likely to be a top 3 pick depending on who gets the top 3 picks.
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people are weary about drafting usc qbs for the same reason people are weary about buying toyotas
You get a nice new toy its, awesome gas efficient and then one day you let off the gas the car accelerates madly crashes into a brick wall and explodes.
Thats the equivalent of drafting a usc qb, the problem may be fixed or it might not be.And who wants our new QB to crash the franchise into a wall and explode it….not me.
Side note – I think its best for QBs to look like cavemen Matt Barkley fits that bill.
Counting cards isn't illegal. It's frowned upon, like masturbating on an airplane.
Maybe there can be a comparison post of Sanchez and Barkley.
UK you do a great job with these and they are always may reads. Thank you for making these various posts.
Don't feed the TROLL!...You have been warned.
by the maroon bird on Nov 17, 2011 7:06 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
nice breakdown
I appreciate the work you’re doing on draft prospects. This guy looks like a good fit but it’s so difficult to tell who will make the transition to NFL QB and who will be a bust cough cough Shuler cough cough .
My thought at this point is we need to TRY and find a franchise QB because never drafting a QB means never getting a better QB. I say draft Barkley or Luck – whichever one won’t cost us too many draft picks. I’d prefer Luck but not if it means trading away 3 draft picks (2 might be OK). If we can get Barkley by trading away 1 pick or Luck by trading 2 draft picks then I’d take Barkley. With the next 2 picks I’d draft OL to keep him alive.
I think we can draft Barkley with no picks, if need be.
I’d still be willing to spring a couple picks, if necessary, for Luck if that’s who Shanny really thinks he needs, but this breakdown convinced me (finally) that we might be ok with Broccoli, er, Sir Charles, er, Colonial-era Governor Barkley of Virginia…. er, MATT Barkley.
Hey, if he’s good, we get him, and he has a good leadership presensce in the huddle and on the field, I’m the first one to call him “The Guv”.
No Danny, Nooooooo - Tom Landry, 1982., and Washington Redskins fans, 1999-
Wait...so we want a QB that can hit a WR in stride?
I almost forgot what that looks like. Mark Rypien was probably the last QB to do that.
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you’re not, in fact, surrounded by assholes." - William Gibson
We should have a poll.
Should we:
Suck for Luck?
Play Badly for Barkley?
Stink up the Joint for Jones?
Be God awful for Griffin?
Look like a Hazmat spill for Tannehill?
Or Smoke like Trent Williams for Weeden?
You forgot "Fall for Foles"
No Danny, Nooooooo - Tom Landry, 1982., and Washington Redskins fans, 1999-
The favourite one I've heard is
Play turd for Griffin the third.
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Only good thing to come out of it...
Is with the new contract situation for 1st round choices it’s not going to cost $100 million to find out he’s shit or gold.
For some reason barkley reminds of Jimmy Clausen
There paths up to this point are somewhat similar and something tells me that there fait in the nfl might be si,ilar as well. I like Russell wilson myself, I think he has the right skill set for this system. He’s mobile but not run first, can pass in the pocket and doesn’t turn the ball over that much. Haven’t heard his name mentioned very much by skins fans but i think it will come april. He is also a more polished qb than a few others in this class. He can also be had in the second round most likely due to the depth of the class, if the skins would rather spend their first pick on an ol like khalil out of sc or if a playmaker like justin blackmon falls into their laps.
Interesting that you brought up Clausen
You’d have to think Clausen would get moved from Carolina, since they drafted him and then drafted Cam the next year, and Cam looks like the franchise guy.
I know Shanny liked Clausen coming out of Notre Dame two years ago, he’s still very much a rookie-type of QB.
I wonder how cheaply the Redskins could trade for him, and if our coaches would be at all interested in Clausen as a QB solution…thoughts?
by StephanHart on Nov 17, 2011 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
I was never high on Clausen
Really didn’t like him coming out. He just had this ego and sense of entitlement. I remember in a few draft interviews (one with Jon Gruden at Gruden’s QB camp) where he would blame his WR’s for messing up when it was Clausen who made a bad decision.
The kid was an average QB that could be decent, but with a huge ego. I’d pass on him.
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You might be right....if we could get him for a 5th round pick though....could be a solid move to allow us to trade back in the 1st round and pick up some talent
by StephanHart on Nov 17, 2011 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not so sure.
I’ve never wanted Clausen on this team. But I’m against picking up a vet QB to delay drafting our own guy again.
I want us to get our guy, whoever that be, and then we can move on and focus on other positions after that. There could be as many as 4 QB’s in Luck, Barkley, Griffin and Jones in the top 15, all could fit into this offense in one way or another. We’re going to have a top 15 pick (probably top 10 or even top 5), we should get a shot at one of them. No more putting off getting the QB to build the rest of the roster. Because we’ll stick to average, 8-8 seasons without getting into the playoffs, and without being bad enough to be in a position to draft a top young QB.
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Haha thats probably standard fare at Notre Dame....they are probably 10s
by StephanHart on Nov 17, 2011 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
George Carlin quote incoming..
I never fucked a ten, but one night, I fucked five twos
Lifted from:
100 Greatest George Carlin Quotes
by willster on Nov 17, 2011 7:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I agree with your assessment of Claussen
and I’d rather get a 1 of the QBs you mentioned.
nnnnnoooooo....
He was never that great in college. He was all hype (no thanks to Mike Golic, ex-Notre Dame). The detail that seperates them more than anything is, the pro-style offense, reading defenses-progressions. Barkley is 10x’s better.
sounds good to me! but we will have a top 3 pick.
be nice to trade down a few and pick up a couple 2nd rounders. and still get a top lineman. but our luck he will be gone by our 2nd pick. i still wouldnt mind trying to do that. if we fail to draft a qb we can get a FA qb.
by munson21502 on Nov 18, 2011 12:59 AM EST up reply actions
I did one similar to this a few weeks ago.
Actually linked it in the first paragraph of this post, but here it is again for you. http://www.hogshaven.com/2011/10/27/2517456/could-robert-griffin-iii-be-the-next-redskins-quarterback
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did u do a jones break down yet?
i think u have. but ied like to re read it again. and who is the oregon qb? is he coiming out this year? he looks pretty good in the standford game
I haven't done a Jones one yet.
might sit on that one for a while. The Oregon QB, I think, is Darron Thomas. I think he’s a junior, but I’m not sure. Haven’t seen much of Oregon this year, but last year he didn’t impress me. Don’t think he’ll translate to the NFL.
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Don't sit on Jones too long.
Luck isn’t going to DC, but Jones is the next one up, and I could see Shanallen trading up to secure him.
by tuckwell on Nov 18, 2011 3:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Uk posts
Uk, yours are the most informative posts on this site.
by payload on Nov 17, 2011 4:33 PM EST via mobile reply actions
That's very kind of you to say.
Thanks. I wouldn’t necessarily agree, but the sentiment is much appreciated!
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