(10-31-2019, 03:03 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(10-31-2019, 02:56 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: Yea... all of that is completely taken away by his ability to read defenses and progress through his reads.

The tape stops one read and gimmicky QBs... not QBs like Gardner who can do everything.

I think you're a little quick with your analysis. 

He typically is diligent about making reads and surveying the field, but that doesn't mean he can't be schemed against. 

Sean Payton and Dennis Allen clearly identified his tendency to get outside the tackle box and extend plays that move the chains. They countered that beautifully with press coverage and a contain style of pressure with their front seven.
It took away quick reads and wouldn't let him escape to buy time for developing plays or improvisation. 

More such tendencies will be revealed when his 2019 tape is picked apart and the better coordinators who have quality defenses will have better plans to counter them.  He's not above being schemed against just because he can identify coverages and go through a progression.  He also goes through that progression a bit too slowly at times. 

Again, I love the kid and think he'll do well, but he's not a shoo-in to run roughshod over the league's better defenses.

I honestly think this kid has the kind of intelligence that if he played the Saints today and they tried the same gameplan he would kill them. 42 Wonderlic is pretty impressive coupled with his knowledge and love of the game.

Although I recently did a Wonderlic while very drunk and still got a 32/50 which was good for 92nd percentile. lol

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