(10-24-2017, 02:29 PM)JackCity Wrote:

(10-24-2017, 12:20 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I forgot about RG3 tearing his MCL, but don't you think all the running he did, might've contributed to the injury?

I could argue that those QB's might've had the talent to be NFL QB's, but Petrino's system didn't prepare them for the NFL and put them at a huge disadvantage. There's two sides to every coin. Ryan Mallett was drafted purely on his arm talent, but the guy was a head case. I could draw a lot of comparisons to him and Ryan Leaf, except Mallett wasn't quite as bad. 

Carson Wentz is just a special player. As I said in another post, when he entered the draft, I had the highest grade on him that I'd given a QB since Andrew Luck. He just has that "it" factor. Although he is having an outstanding year, I will still reserve judgement on him, at least until after his first contract is completed, but so far, he appears to be a stud. Heath Schuler and Peyton Manning are two completely different prospects from Jackson. They have totally different skill sets and were asked to do totally different things than Jackson is doing. Both were pure drop back passers, who only ran when they were flushed from the pocket, so I don't get the comparison to Jackson. It's not so "mind bottling." Just let you mind out of that bottle. 

College coaches don't put their systems in place in order to develop QBs for the NFL. They do it in order to run the offense they want.  

As far as passing schemes go, the one Petrino runs at Louisville is closer to what you see in the NFL than the one Rudolph runs at Oklahoma state. Jackson plays in a more complex scheme, has to do more pre snap and post and runs it very well despite much worse supporting cast. Yet you praise Rudolphs football IQ over Jackson's? In what area does Rudolphs football IQ exceed Jackson's?

Rudolph makes the right reads and going through his progressions. He is patient and waits for things to develop, rather than taking off and running immediately. When no one is open, he throws the ball away instead of taking unwanted sacks and he knows which windows he can throw into and which ones are too risky to try. To me, that's what a QB is supposed to do and that's where I see a major difference between him and Jackson. That's just my opinion based upon what I've seen this year.

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