Quote:That would certainly explain Gabbert's tendency to look lost in the pocket. 

 

Of course, the same issues he had with learning the playbook were there for Garrard.  He was another QB who needed the playbook reduced to make it manageable. 

QB is the most important position to have. But it sometimes does not solve everything. Que the Manning/Brady/Rogers comparisons and how they can do it on their own, but the fact is, you gotta get really lucky to land those type of prospects. Most teams don't have that and sometimes you may have to actually build a complete roster to fine tune the product. 

 

I think this makes Gene Smith look 10 times worse now because i remember on draft day how teams who needed a QB kept passing on him. Spread offense QB, not great stats in college, great workout player, cant get it done on game day. Blaine Gabbert was not going to be a good NFL QB because he simply did not have it. He struggled in the pocket and getting the plays down. Combines and wonderlic scores are great, but that does not automatically make you a great pro. Trading up and taking a prospect who most thought needed a year to learn, and then making him start day 1 on a really really bad Jaguars team did not bode well for his confidence. And now we are hearing he struggled with the playbook? Yikes....what a disaster. 

 

I think it makes total sense on why he was so bad. Add to the fact the jaguars were completely horrible in every aspect of the game under his tenure here, him constantly under pressure and yea...i could see his internal clock getting worse because of that. But yea, maybe the spread offense transition was a struggle for him. Just because you graduated college does not mean you can to brain surgery, broad example but just because Gabbert scored well on the Wonderlic does not mean he will pick up an NFL offense. 

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