Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by 5_Golden_Rings:
Then those GMs are dumb, because the team scored ten more points a game with him than they did with Jimmy. Sometimes scouts are just wrong. It happens frequently. Every single year everyone misses on at least one QB. Because what makes a great QB outside of arm talent so far has not been quantized very well (these new cognitive tests maybe changing that).
Dude it's 7 games. You're talking about giving up 1st rd picks for that. GMs aren't gonna magically change all their scouting on how they evaluated a guy over that…I think Brock is for sure better than where he went. Do I think he's a multiple 1st rd QB worth trading for? No. Not yet.
The 49ers are not trading Brock for anything less than two first round picks. What the 49ers are willing to accept is what the market value is. They are NOT accepting two second round picks for Purdy, and everyone knows it, therefore the article is stupid.
As for how Brock was scouted, first of all, as I said before, scouts make mistakes. Most notably, in college it is very hard to be certain about a QB with the exception of his
physical tools. The other stuff is harder to see because the college game is so spread out.
Second, Brock may have simply gotten better. Remember, after his first year starting in college, there was buzz that he might be im the discussion for the first round when he became eligible. Then he regressed somewhat—especially after his second year. A lot of that was bad decision making. Trying to do too much. Things coaching can actually fix.
He fell off the raidar due to that stagnation. And while he at times showed everything he's done so far in the NFL, none of that changes the fact that he is not particularly physically gifted. And, as I pointed out, he didn't show much improvement after the early part of his college career, so scouts wrote him off.
Hence, the scouts were simply wrong. To this very day they undervalue the wrong things, like how quickly a QB makes a decision and throws while under durress, and dramatically overvalue things that don't matter much, like how pretty the QB is standing strong in a clean pocket and throwing a nicely timed deep pass, with a nice overhanded throw with picturesque mechanics. They get mesmerized by a guy with two feet on the ground looking like a "How to throw" tutorial and neglect the fact that in the real NFL speed of processing and being able to accurately fire off-plattorm from the hip—and more importantly, knowing WHEN to do so—is
significantly more important.
The guy with weird mechanics who can VARY his release point and speed, who can tighten up and remain accurate when he needs to, is a lot better than the guy with a beautiful throwing motion who can throw dimes but takes a sack instead of being like water and making the right play in compressed chaos.