I've spent most of my time looking at the top rated QBs in this draft and havent spent a ton of times looking at the later round guys.  I started watching some clips of this guy and I'm wondering what the deal is.  I know we've got a lot of Teddy fanboys and Bortles homers and Manziel fans on here.  Say what you want about Teddy, the guy looks like a whispy thin WR with a pretty good but not great arm playing QB.  Manziel looks like a midget sprite.  And Bortles at least looks like an NFL QB but almost never throws a ball with some juice on it.  He always looks like he guides the ball.

 

Well Im looking at some of these Tom Savage highlights and the first thing you notice is the guy looks like an NFL QB.  The dude is big and has a cannon.  And then you start looking at some of his throws.  look at this clip of his TDs at Duke.  

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTF6rn1ywdY

 

obviously these are just highlights but in the 10 minutes ive spent looking at his games, Ive seen more bigtime throws than ive seen in the hours of Teddy, Bortles, and Manziel highlights.  Look at that 4th TD pass.  Not one of those three can make that pass with that velocity.  They just physically cant do it.  Go look at as many Savage clips as you can find.  The dude makes more big time NFL passes than any other QB Ive seen in this draft.  

 

So whats the deal with this guy?  I see he started his career at Rutgers.  Started as a true freshman.  Led them to 9 wins. set the big east record for yards and tds as a true freshman.  i see he got hurt at the beginning of his soph year and never started again.  not sure if his injury forced him out all year or if he got beat out of a job or something else.  then he transfers to arizona and misses a year.  then transfers to pitt and has to miss another year.  so basically he has gone three years without playing.  then starts one season for pittsburgh and takes them to a bowl.  has a pretty good but not great year.  He throws for over 60% comp%.  His TD/INT is good but not great.  It looks like his Oline was awful.  I wonder what he would have looked like if he had stayed at one place and had a little more consistency to his career.

 

why did he transfer so much?  is he a headcase?  from just a physical standpoint, you could argue he is better than any QB in this draft.  But is he an injury liability?  are people just scared away because he is inexperienced?  He doesnt look uber-athletic, so is he too much of a statue?  does anyone know more of his backstory?  

 

People talking about grabbing David Fales in the 3rd or Aaron Murray in the 4th.  I would take this guy in the mid-rounds over any of them in a heartbeat.  And if talking about potential return on value, I'd rather spend a 4th round pick on this guy than the 3rd overall on Manziel or Bortles. 

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