My issues with Murray are twofold and neither have to do with his size.

1st - He has a "windup/hitch" throwing motion. We've gone through it with Leftwich & Bortles; Tebow had it too. This is not something that can be "fixed". Yes Murray's total motion is quicker but i think that this elongated throwing motion will lead to a fair amount of fumbles and batted balls that has nothing to do with his height.

2nd - He drops his eyes at the first sign of pressure. all the tape I've watched it's consistently there. When he has a clean pocket or gets to the edge he's fine and goes through his progressions and is smart with the football. But the second a rusher comes through or looks like he's beat his blocker ... Murray's eyes go right towards them and he looks to run/scramble/break the pocket. To me that's a HUGE concern. If you can't keep your eyes downfield and make a play in the face of pressure you're not going to do well. Also he comes from a conference that is known to not play stellar defense. I think in the NFL against bigger faster defenders than the Big-12 he'd struggle if forced to start out of the gate. Now this issue is correctable, but how long will it take to coach that tendency out of him?

His size gets discussed so much that we don't focus on the other warts that are there; and to me those warts are more of a detractor than his size. Overall he's hella athletic, has an arm, is accurate, and when things go right goes through progressions. There's a lot to like but there's also enough to be concerned about that it makes you question whether or not to invest a top 10 pick into him.

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