Originally posted by fan49:
Originally posted by harryj:
Originally posted by fan49:
watson at 2 is a huge reach talent wise! HUGE!
watson is not the cleanest prospect (no one in this draft is at qb) but he does have the talent to be a top 5 prospect for sure
i do think he needs to sit for 1 year and we should sit him for a year no matter how bad situation gets next year - let him get a bit bigger learn a pro style offense and work on the classroom (reading coverage better) he is smart so i dont doubt he can do it but i dont like the idea of throwing him to the wolves
talent wise i think he is a top overall pick no doubt
he has to learn to runa more pro style offense and his biggest issue is locking on receivers and not reading coverage consistantly
watson is no top 5 talent in this draft!!!!!!!
Is he better than Garrett? Foster? Fournette? Peppers? Allen? Williams? hell no! I could easily go on...
11 months ago, Watson was the no-brainer #1 pick for the 2017 draft. Unquestionably. People still lived Garrett, but Watson's dominance at the most vital position in sports was freshly on display, as he nearly led a vastly over-matched Clemson roster to an astonishing upset over an Alabama juggernaut, finding holes in a defense where no one else could all season.
Fast forward to now, and he has progressed as a passer by doing more of his damage from inside the pocket and presenting a much less consistent threat to run the ball. His interceptions are concerning, but a significant portion of those are off of tipped balls. While he has definitely made some bad decisions that resulted in turnovers, his numbers are far better than those of Jameis Winston in his final season, and Winston went #1 overall. At this point, Watson has been picked apart by draft experts because he has been the #1 prospect for the whole year. That spot always gets overly scrutinized, and his slight downturn in statistical production has only exacerbated the spotlight effect. He's still te same guy with a astonishing set of physical talents. He's still the same guy who turns his game up to the next level with the game on the line, and he's still the same guy who plays his best football in big games.
No QB in this draft is ready to start day one without development, and that's just not the NCAA to NFL jump anymore. He could learn enough in camp to get there (like Dak and Wentz), but it's silly to expect him to be there now. He's also an early grad, so he can report to his team directly after the draft.
By talent, He's absolutely a top 5 pick (arm, accuracy, clutch, competitive on 3rd down, work ethic). Because he's a QB, the only reason he wouldn't go #1, IMO, is because a QB-needy team prefers Trubisky or because a team falls in love with Myles Garrett's total package of Talent, skill, ethic, attitude, and they ascribe to the "win with a dominant defense" model.
