Quote:There was a lot of talk before and around draft time the Manziel had the strongest arm in the draft or at least the strongest arm of the top prospects.  Personally, I have never seen him use that strength in game situations, so I'm a bit skeptical myself.

Of the rookie QBs I've watched this preseason, Bortles is the one who seems to be most willing to go down the field and not just dink and dunk it.  He's shown that he's able to throw outside of the pocket on the move, he can throw the deeper sideline passes with decent accuracy, and he's not afraid to throw into small windows.  It's been more than a decade since we've had a QB who has the play making ability he does. 

 

In listening to the analysis from Jaworski, Smith, and Bayless, I think they were all very fair with their analysis.  Bayless can't quite set his man crush for Manziel aside, but he's dealt with that in the past with Tebow as well.  He still almost begrudgingly had to put Bortles at the top of his list, but made sure to qualify it stating that he wasn't going against the 1s most of the time he was out there.  What he didn't bother mentioning was that when he did go against the first team defense at Detroit, he's shown he's capable of moving the offense.  There's still plenty of growth to be had.  As Jaworski pointed out, the preseason is a whole different game from the regular season where the intensity level amps up significantly. 

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