All Cardale could do that JT couldn't was throw the ball a really long way.
Again, I think that was the perfect storm that propelled Ohio State on their championship run in 2014 - all of a sudden you had a team with a QB with a cannon of an arm just launching balls down the field, which softened the defense and allowed our very talented RB run wild. Teams had no film on Cardale, had no idea really what to expect, and by that point it was too late.