Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
I think he is terrible. I remember watching this guy play and he couldn't hit a SHORT pass to save his life. The guy has no touch on his passes and pretty poor accuracy.
He does have a strong arm and is athletic. But don't count on accuracy, touch, or ability to read defenses or make his progressions.
Definitely a project QB and hopefully with some great coaching he develops. But just from what I saw of him in college, I thought this was an awful pick.
I watched him play several times over the last two years and could not disagree more. I thought he showed very good touch and excellent poise in the games I watched. He had a 65% completion percentage his senior year . . . I don't think accuracy will be a problem at all once he's comfortable in the system.
Time will tell. But I'm just stating my opinion of him from what I've seen. I usually watch 2-3 Nevada games a year, and each time I've seen him he looks like a great CFB QB that won't translate into the NFL. Shotgun (pistol) offense and it didn't look like he know how to read his progressions. He hung onto the ball for way too long, relying too much on his legs to buy him time. He locked onto WR's also.
On his plus side, very athletic and I don't doubt his arm strength. But for me, I want my QB to have a quick release, accurate, and ability to make quick reads and read the D rather then force the ball. Athleticism and arm strength just don't excite me as much.
He has all of that, Watch the sports science video, Quick release, maybe weird but the ball leaves his hand fast and their big not small like alex. Accuracte hell yes, second best pct coming of a college this draft! Makes those forced throws! i love it, rodgers does it all day. it's the nfl i like the balls he has to try it, cause in the nfl the windows will be smaller.