Alex Smith had the 6th most rushing yards for QBs in the regular season. I don't think anyone would say he has elite athleticism. It's easy to get caught up in speed and how they rushed in college but that doesn't always translate well to the NFL. I also imagine that Alex Smith took a lot less hits on those rushing yards then other rushers such as Pryor, Russel, Kaep, etc. It's more about when you run than how fast you run.
Saw Johnny at a restuarant in College Station (Chimy's) last Thursday I believe. He was pretty low key with a small group of friends. No one was asking for pictures or autographs. He was wearing a snap back and a Favre Falcons jersey. Knew it was him by his big nose and cheesy smile. Then knew it had to be him when he was going behind the bar and pouring his Four Loko into a frozen mug lol. Looked like he was having a good time. These two girls asked for a picture but he told them to wait for him to finish his beer. Woulda helped if they were >6/10 I suppose. Anyway, seems like a decent dude. #coolstorybro
Alex Smith was considered a duel threat coming out of college (and at the time _ I thought San Francisco was stupid for drafting him). I responded to someone saying Bridgewater has a fast 40 time. But that doesn't make him a duel threat because he wasn't one in college. Not saying he can't be though.
Factoid regarding Alex Smith -- a knock on him during the combine was his hand measurement -- he has really small hands for a QB. As I recall they measured out around 8 3/4 inches which is really small. The concern obviously was his ability to grip the ball -- it doesn't seem to matter so he must have an iron grip. For comparison Andrew Luck's hands measure 10" which is about average for an NFL QB. /End factoid.
I think I read that Manziel measures at 9.5, but I could be wrong -- I don't know about the other two. Side note: if you want to measure your hand combine style get a ruler and measure the distance from the tip of your thumb to the tip of your pinky. B-Ball players have really big hands -- Jimmy Graham's are a little under 11' -- Jordan's hand's are probable 15+. Kobe has some interesting comments on Jordan and what he (Kobe) did to strengthen his forearms so he could grip the ball better. Kobe said he hands really weren't that large for a guy his size.
Dam 15'" thats huge... LOL.. I hear Teddy Bridgewater has big hands, Bortles i would imagine has big hands since his a big guy..
Final Mock Draft of: 2013 Spoiler 1. KC - Eric Fisher 2. JAC - Luke Joeckel 3. OAK - Sharrif Floyd 4. PHI - Lane Johnson 5. DET - Ziggy Ansah 6. CLE - Dee Milliner 7. ARI - Dion Jordan 8. BUF - Jonathan Cooper 9. NYJ - Barkevious Mingo 10. TEN - Sheldon Richardson 11. SD - D.J. Fluker 12. MIA - Chance Warmack 13. NYJ - Tavon Austin 14. CAR - Star Lotulelei 15. NO - Jarvis Jones 16. STL - Kenny Vaccaro 17. PIT - Tyler Eifert 18. DAL - Sylvester Williams 19. NYG - D.J. Hayden 20. CHI - Manti Te'o 21. CIN - Eddie Lacy 22. STL - Cordarrelle Patterson 23. MIN - Robert Woods 24. IND - Xavier Rhodes 25. MIN - Alec Ogletree 26. GB - Datone Jones 27. HOU - DeAndre Hopkins 28. DEN - Tank Carradine 29. NE - Desmond Trufant 30. ATL - Robert Alford 31. SF - Eric Reid 32. BAL - Kevin Minter 2012 Spoiler 1. IND - Andrew Luck 2. WAS - Bob Griffin III 3. MIN - Morris Claiborne 4. CLE - Trent Richardson 5. TB - Matt Kalil 6. STL - Justin Blackmon 7. PHI - Fletcher Cox 8. MIA - Ryan Tannehill 9. CAR - Luke Kuechly 10. BUF - Michael Floyd 11. KC - David DeCastro 12. SEA -Chandler Jones 13. ARI - Melvin Ingram 14. DAL - Mark Barron 15. JAC - Stephon Gilmore 16. NYJ - Quinton Coples 17. CIN - Cordy Glenn 18. SD - Riley Reiff 19. CHI - Whitney Mercilus 20. TEN - Dre Kirkpatrick 21. CIN - Stephen Hill 22. CLE - Brandon Weeden 23. DET - Doug Martin 24. PIT - Dontari Poe 25. DEN - Michael Brockers 26. HOU - Coby Fleener 27. NE - Courtney Upshaw 28. GB - Shea McClellin 29. BAL - Dont'a Hightower 30. SF - Kevin Zeitler 31. NE - Harrison Smith 32. NYG - Bobby Massie 2011 Spoiler 1. CAR - Cam Newton 2. DEN - Von Miller 3. BUF - Marcell Dareus 4. CIN - A.J. Green 5. ARI - Patrick Peterson 6. CLE - Julio Jones 7. SF - Blaine Gabbert 8. TEN - Nick Fairley 9. DAL - Cameron Jordan 10. WAS - Robert Quinn 11. HOU - Aldon Smith 12. MIN - Jake Locker 13. DET - Tyron Smith 14. STL - Corey Liuget 15. MIA - Mike Pouncey 16. JAC - Ryan Kerrigan 17. NE - Muhammad Wilkerson 18. SD - J.J. Watt 19. NYG - Anthony Castonzo 20. TB - Prince Amukamara 21. KC - Gabe Carimi 22. IND - Nate Solder 23. PHI - Jimmy Smith 24. NO - Da'Quan Bowers 25. SEA - Andy Dalton 26. BAL - Akeem Ayers 27. ATL - Adrian Clayborn 28. NE - Mark Ingram 29. CHI - Derek Sherrod 30. NYJ - Phil Taylor 31. PIT - Aaron Williams 32. GB - Danny Watkins 2010 Spoiler 1. STL - Sam Bradford 2. DET - Ndamukong Suh 3. TB - Gerald McCoy 4. WAS - Trent Williams 5. KC - Eric Berry 6. SEA - Russell Okung 7. CLE - Derrick Morgan 8. OAK - Jimmy Clausen 9. BUF - Anthony Davis 10. JAC - C.J. Spiller 11. DEN - Rolando McClain 12. MIA - Sergio Kindle 13. SF - Bryan Bulaga 14. SEA - Earl Thomas 15. NYG - Sean Weatherspoon 16. TEN - Jason Pierre-Paul 17. SF - Joe Haden 18. PIT - Maurkice Pouncey 19. ATL - Brandon Graham 20. HOU - Ryan Mathews 21. CIN - Dez Bryant 22. NE - Jermaine Gresham 23. GB - Mike Iupati 24. PHI - Kyle Wilson 25. BAL - Demaryius Thomas 26. ARI - Dan Williams 27. DAL - Rodger Saffold 28. SD - Kareem Jackson 29. NYJ - Linval Joseph 30. MIN - Tim Tebow 31. IND - Jerry Hughes 32. NO - Jared Odrick 2009 Spoiler 1. DET -Matthew Stafford 2. STL - Jason Smith 3. KC - Tyson Jackson 4. SEA - Mark Sanchez 5. CLE - Aaron Curry 6. CIN - Andre Smith 7. OAK - Eugene Monroe 8. JAC - Michael Crabtree 9. GB - B.J. Raji 10. SF - Jeremy Maclin 11. BUF - Brian Orakpo 12. DEN - Robert Ayers 13. WAS - Brian Cushing 14. NO - Malcolm Jenkins 15. HOU - Aaron Maybin 16. SD - Michael Oher 17. NYJ - Percy Harvin 18. DEN - Chris "Beanie" Wells 19. TB - Josh Freeman 20. DET - Rey Maualuga 21. PHI - Knowshon Moreno 22. MIN - Kenny Britt 23. NE - Donald Brown 24. ATL - Vontae Davis 25. MIA - Darrius Heyward-Bey 26. BAL - Brandon Pettigrew 27. IND - Peria Jerry 28. BUF - Phil Loadholt 29. NYG - Clay Matthews 30. TEN - Darius Butler 31. ARI - Everette Brown 32. PIT - Max Unger
That's just a guess, but I compared my hands to his in that giant book he put out in the 90's and they were literally twice as big as mine (my hands measure right at 10" for comparison).
I've heard that 9 1/2" is the average NFL QB hand size. Teams prefer their QB to at least have that much. I'm 6'1". I never considered myself to have small hands and mine measure 9". Drew Brees' hands are 10 1/4". Same for Russell Wilson. Those are fairly big by league standards, larger than most taller QBs. Michael Vick probably has the smallest among notable QBs at 8 1/2". David Carr's were 9 3/4".
J.R. You are the Man.. thanks... From viewing his first mock draft and his last Mock Drafts- he actually misses quite a bit.. which is understandable, but hes not off by much... So i like are chances of getting Manziel or Teddy )
I know it sounds crazy, but what about trading back a few spots and drafting Sammy Watkins? The Clemson connection and he's a legit #1 WR. I know we have AJ and Hopkins, but Watkins is a can't miss prospect, and O'Brien knows how to use 3WR sets. AJ won't be AJ in two years. Why not grab the sure thing and let our new offensive-minded coach go to work. Not as crazy as it sounds.
The problem is that it takes 2 to tango. We have no indication early on that a team will be willing to pay what it takes to move up to number 1.
Louis Nix and Sammy Watkins are the sure fire picks in this draft and I would love to have either one... Sammy seems like one of those type of receivers that can help make a QB great. But i believe he had a drug arrest before and you know how McNair is.
If the rough draft of a guessing game can generate this much conversation, mock drafts must be a gold mine.
Jason La Canfora: I think Manziel is going first overall. I'd be surprised if he doesn't. There's too many teams that really like him, too many teams willing to trade up to get him. I don't know that he's a fit for Houston. Their owner is enamored with him. I'm not sure that's the way BO'B wants to start his coaching career, especially when there's some QB prospects who he may be able to get his hands on a little bit down the line. Talk about Cleveland and Oakland, there are teams that really like Manziel. ..... McClain responding to JLC report: How would he have a clue what Bob McNair is thinking? Nothing in there that's new. Right now, the Texans don't have a clue. There are four months left in the scouting process. BO'B will not be forced to take a QB he doesn't want. Why not Manziel? Bortles was coached by GO'L, one of his mentors. I have a long Q&A with BO'B. I ask him about each QB. He played against Bortles. Bortles beat him. Bortles is big. He praised Bortles & Manziel. He said, honestly, he did not see Bridgewater. They may take Manziel. I don't see Bob McNair taking a QB that TMZ follows (but it was brought up that his RB just took the TMZ headlines). Most important thing for Manziel, when he looks GMs/Coaches in the eye, he has to convince them he'll eat, sleep, breathe football. BO'B talked about that to Peter King. Manziel better be a nun between now and the draft. I want him here. Great to cover. His stock will keep going up. I'd love to have him but right now, if I was betting right now, no.
