(12-06-2020, 11:09 AM)Upper Wrote:

(12-06-2020, 06:55 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: but I do remember, at the Combine, Deshaun Watson's arm strength was reported to be surprisingly weak.

And one last thing- if you look at a list of all the top QBs in the league, almost all of them were picked outside the top 5.  So we don't HAVE to pick one at #2, we just have to pick the right one.  I hope our new GM is both smart and lucky.

That was probably the biggest pre draft blunder I've made, I definitely let it impact me. We've since learned not to count the radar gun because strong arm QBs are there to show off their touch for scouts, and weak armed QBs are throwing it as hard as they can to impress the radar. Both numbers are skewed from how they really throw in the game.

For the second part, it is true but it's the toolsy QBs that fell because of rawness (Mahomes/Allen) or system questions (Rodgers) or size (Wilson) or whatever else. The ones like Jones or Trask that are basically fully formed prospects with significant drawbacks are not the later taken QBs that develop into top QBs.

Fell?  Mahomes and Allen were both taken in the top 10.  And fully formed prospects?  This is Jones and Trasks 1st full year as a starter, I would say far from fully formed prospects.  The only reason they are falling is because of their athleticism.  If the Manning Brothers, Rivers etc. were to come out this year the would be saying they are 2nd round picks.  If this draft was 10 or 15 years ago they would go in the top 5

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