Originally posted by gold49digger:
Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Originally posted by gold49digger:
Oh yeah he was and is a hell of a player. If he had good arm strength I think he would be the best qb going into next years draft. I think he is super efficient and accurate with a smart football iq. You can always improve your arm strength through fixing up your mechanics and building up your muscle. But he has the rest of the tools.
Tom Candiotti couldn't throw a 90 mph fastball to save his life. There's a limit to everything. Some guys will just never have great or even good throwing velocity. Blame it on the genetics. Browning could stay in school for a couple years, bulk up, work on his mechanics and he still might not have an NFL caliber arm. Its just a reality of life. Right now I know he doesn't have an NFL caliber arm, will that change in a couple of years? Only time will tell but I doubt it.
Oh I dont think it will dramatically improve but he could make it work. Of course he won't have Kaps arm or maybe even Smith's arm but I think he can make it work it a good coach.
I was on the sideline for a Huskies practice, and he was getting eaten alive by his defense. Most NCAA defenders don't study tape like NFL players will, so I think it's a pretty good indicator to watch how college players do against their own defenses. Their familiarity approximates NFL film study. He was unable to sustain a scoring drive, and the UW coaches structure practice to have at least 3 separate team sessions throughout practice. The first drive was an "offense wins" period where DBs weren't allowed to elevate for 50/50 balls and the DL couldn't tag off for a sack, and he still got picked by a safety who had all day to run down one of Browning's rainbows. He actually got intercepted twice, and one of them got negated by a BS penalty they called to keep the drive rolling. The longest drive was propped up by three penalties and a BS ruling that a non-catch was actually a catch. It was grossly one-sided.
Shanahan wants a guy who was born to throw. Even if this guy builds his arm up to a Pennington type of serviceable arm, he won't ever be that guy who was born to throw. When throwing is your job, it shouldn't be that hard to do it well.