(03-29-2018, 06:39 PM)Caldrac Wrote: I am not concerned with this. If he's on the board on draft night I would still be thrilled if we selected him. I watched him enough to where I feel he's a game changer at the next level and his accuracy can be fixed. Go back and look at the FSU game from this past season. He was throwing dimes everywhere and his receivers did everything they could to drop the football. Which they did. They weren't bad throws at all. I recall two being dropped in the end zone actually. And they were on the money.

The accuracy concerns is fair. I get it. If you look at the top five prospects that most circles seem to like the most right now they've been fairly accurate throughout their collegiate careers. With the exception of Allen. If Lamar Jackson had the career accuracy and stage that Deshuan Watson had coming out of Clemson he would probably be the slam dunk pick to CLE next month. But he's not. And we all know that. But he does have speed and ability that you can't coach. But his mechanics, accuracy, reading ability and so forth can all be coached and fixed in time.

Darnold - 64.9%
Rosen - 60.9%
Allen - 56.2%
Mayfield - 68.5%
Rudolph - 63.2%

For me. Personally. He's a HUGE insurance policy with a A TON of upside. And he's potentially a steal at the bottom of RD1. Rare athletes like that don't come by very often. He's very much like Michael Vick. He's just right handed. That's the only difference. He's actually a good fit in our offense too. It's a run heavy based offense that's fixing to be putting an emphasis on getting the tight ends more involved with a few deep shots to the receivers sprinkled into the playbook. This is a good fit for him. And if he's just asked to be the back up to Blake for 2018 and then going into 2019 it's either his job or he's still a quality back up with trade potential down the road.

We could use him as a rookie in certain situations and packages too. Just a thought. With all that said. You have to weigh out the needs and wants. Would I personally pass up on a starter like Hernandez at G? Probably not. I would want an instant starter with day one impact. If we take Jackson you're setting the stage for a lot of drama during training camp. And is he really worth the chance? That's not up to me to decide.

The RPO was made for Lamar. He would thrive. Look how well Blake runs out of the RPO... imagine Lamar. His best throw is also the slant... heavily used in the RPO. He would be DYNAMIC in this offense, which is really hard to find considering it's a run first O. I'd take him, sit him for a year, work on footwork/base/sliding, and not look back.

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