Quote:No to Bortles for me. I see him as an ok backup for a team. He just doesn't have that "it" factor.


I really wish we could somehow get Teddy. If he falls a few spots I'm hoping we could trade up and grab him... Even though I don't like the idea of trading up.


I don't think Teddy will be available to us, which brings us to Derek Carr. I love his arm and passion for the game. It's something you can definitely build on. He needs some work for sure, but for some reason I feel he is a good QB for Gus to coach. We definitely really need to evaluate this guy as much as possible.

I actually think every QB in this draft has some "needs some work". I really don't think Teddy is the slam dunk they hype machine has him at.

Every QB in this draft has good skills or physical attributes to be a good to great NFL QB one day.

But every QB has some questions in my mind.

Teddy - played in the AAC, only a junior, cold weather games doesn't play as well (so Ive heard) and recently since they hype machine has been going strong, I've watched games where he didn't really look "great" i.e. the Cincinnati game most recently.

Bortles - also the AAC, has some pocket awareness issues, but outplayed much of the same competition Teddy did, even the SEC matchup. Somehow though, this kid was less than an after thought until the last couple weeks it seems

Manziel - very young, maturity questions, lacks "typical" size

Carr - plays out of shotgun, weak conference competition, didn't show up big in the big games even though his overall stats are pretty darned good

Berger - recently injured, had all star WRs that some have claimed covered up for his actual mediocre-ness

McCarron - "game manager" (not my tag)

Murray - another recent ACL injury, played well when the stars surrounded him, but when leaned on the team didn't do much.

Boyd - Not the biggest QB, didn't play up to some of the better competition, lots of screens and short passes in the system (system QB?), locks on to 1st target

 

Not all of these are my criticisms though I do share a few with these guys. To me, its about value in this draft, since there are so many QBs that will surely be left in the 2nd, we could get a guy in the 2nd (maybe 3rd) that ends up better than one of the first rounders that have been shot up by the hype machine.

 

I trust our GM will get the job done.

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