(10-28-2019, 06:36 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(10-28-2019, 06:25 AM)hb1148 Wrote: With Minshew, I think it's a demonstration of how much of a crap shoot the draft is. Everyone drafted has some level of potential, that's why they get drafted in the first place. But talent evaluators sometimes get lost in the measureables and forget the actual results of what a player did in college or downplay the results because of the conference a guy plays in. Anyway, I'm glad we've got two pretty good QBs on the roster.

The problem is, no college QB has ever had to decipher an NFL defense.  An NFL QB has to see things and process information in a split second.  But there's no way to evaluate a college QB's ability to do that.  Hence the heavy emphasis on measurables, because the mental part is like you say, a crap shoot.

You can see it in his play.  His "processing" is slightly slow but way ahead of the curve for a rookie QB.  He is a tad late with his throws at times because of the processing but you can tell that he does see the field.  QB drafting is a crap shoot for sure and that is definitely why there are piles and heaps of failed draft picks at the position.

Sometimes you have to get lucky as a franchise and this could be our lottery ticket.  QBs on rookie contracts setup a really nice window for building a team.  And then if that QB works hard, you crack in to the top half of the league and have the ability to survive some missteps.  I'm excited and barring a complete melt down, I'm not looking at the win column this year because we are seeing good tidings.

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