Originally posted by Wodwo:Originally posted by RedAu:Originally posted by binary2nd:
The difference between Kap and other athletic QBs like Tebow, Newton, Vick, even Mcnabb, is that Kap scored a 37 on the wonderlic, dude actually has quite a brain.
From FFMetrics.
"Brady, Manning, Brees, Rivers, Roethlisberger, Rodgers, and Kurt Warner -- a few of them are quick enough to escape a pocket...but most of them are "slow as molasses". Steve Young is the only hope anyone in the "mobile QB camp" would have to point towards as a highly mobile/big rushing stats in college QB who then translated to the NFL as an elite passing (HOF) QB. Steve Young's college performance was a million miles ahead of Colin Kaepernick's passing performance metrics -- in Young's senior season he had a 71.3% Completion Percentage, with 33 Passing TDs in 11 games. On a per game basis Kaepernick isn't in the same stratosphere as Steve Young...and most college QBs are not. Steve Young is a once-in-a-lifetime combination of speed and accuracy; Colin Kaepernick "is no Steve Young"."
Full article.
And small hands *shudders*, I never wanted a statistical model/historic trend to be more wrong in my life. I really hope he pans out, we need it.
Forgive the cliche, but college "metrics" tend to mean nothing after a prospect enters the NFL.
For example, Clay Mathews wasn't exactly an elite pass rusher in college... now he is.
Hmm... how about taking a look at Alex Smith's college passing "metrics "? He doesn't appear to be quite as proficient a passer in the NFL. Not to mention that he seems to have left the "mobile QB camp" after putting up some big rushing numbers in college.
How about we wait and see what happens? Trying to predict the outcome with statistics is silly. No silliness allowed in Niner Talk.
Wodo -
Good to have you back. I miss your witty (and sometimes long) post....
