Oh it'll absolutely be seen as advise from his reps, they won't be confident that he has the ability to perform well, so they don't want him to risk it. He lacks the confidence to go against the reps who don't have confidence in his abilities. It's not THAT big of a deal, but it does show that they are worried that he'd look bad, which can be viewed the same as him actually performing poorly. Of course, if he kills it at his pro day then all will be well.
One of the articles that analyzed Bridgewater describes him as being built like a WR. In fact, it attributes his footwork and movement to the fact that he has WR type athleticism which when factored in with his knowledge of the game can be considered a plus.
By the time he left Houston, he was ruined as a player. He might have been a bad QB no matter what, but any potential he might have had was destroyed by an incompetent organization which is why all Teddy fans should pray that Jacksonville doesn't take their guy or he's doomed.
That must be why Bortles and Manziel had stated they weren't throwing at the combine since last week. Confidence. Again you're trying to hard.
That's exactly why they aren't throwing at the combine. This isn't a Teddy-centric point. Any QB who skips throwing at the Combine does so for the same reason.
Must be why; RGIII, Luck, Stafford, and Bradford also declined to throw at the combine while still being drafted #1 or #2 overall. Confidence. Again you're reaching.
It's called risk management. Teddy's in the running to be number one. What's higher than that? It's not about "confidence", it's business.
Oh it's all about business. When businesses aren't confident they take the conservative route. None of these top QB's want to be directly compared to the rest of the pack on a neutral field because there is too much risk that they won't look significantly better than the rest of them. In this draft class there is MUCH more risk because the QB class is deep and the top of the QB class is meh. Last year the top 2 QB's also refused to throw because they didn't want to risk their chances of going number 1 by looking worse than the other guy. In this class, the top 3 or 4 might skip out on throwing because of the same fear. If there was a for sure number one pick, he'd throw, highlighting why he was the for sure best. There isn't much separating the top 3 or 4 QB's from the next couple of QB's in the draft, so the risk is HUGE. They don't want to be this year's Geno Smith and drop from the #1 pick to completely out of the draft.
Me? A Carr apologist? Hardly - I agree he now stinks on ice but by all means let's not let facts get in your way as you continue to blame Carr for the ineptitude of the Texans' organization. The guy gets thrown to the wolves with no blocking AND flat-out stupid-ass coaching (not to mention a GM who was full of himself) but it's HIS fault that the Texans' didn't win because he was too busy getting his ass creamed. As I see it, he didn't have a chance to properly develop but then according to smart guys like yourself, that was his fault as well. It must be something with Houston football fans to heap blame on the QB because I recall Dan Pastorini getting the same rap because he couldn't block AND throw at the same time. I suppose it's easier for folks like yourself (you know: DoDo haters) to accept the official PR excuse that conveniently diverts all blame (and responsibility) from the true parties at fault.
That's just total BS. I dated a pianist who had huge hands but she couldn't hold a pineapple or open a jar of peanut butter. The football doesn't change size. You have to have a minimum size to have a good grip but if you don't but if you don't have strong hands the size doesn't matter. Mike Vick has 8'1/2 sizehands, Kap has the same size hands as TB. It's a ridiculous argument and just another distraction to deter from the fact TB is the best QB in the draft by far. TB is the most accurate passer in college and never fumbles and only threw 4 ints last year and 2 of those were of tips. Compare that to Logan Thomas who has almost 11 inch hands and threw 13 ints and lost half a dozen fumbles in 1 year. Grip strength is different than hand size.
Maybe if you weren't following along very well. Try reading what I wrote over again and see if you can follow it better. I'll give you a hint, I didn't say anyone WAS Geno Smith, I was just talking about his draft stock fell. Let me know how it works out.
Yeah, that's right, he is So far Throwing for sure: Blake Bortles Tajh Boyd A.J. McCarron Not throwing for sure: Derek Carr Johnny Manziel. And Bridgewater is undecided. Carr and Manziel definitely have things to hide about their throwing, so it makes sense that they wouldn't throw.
Well i give Bortles some credit for throwing.. Cant wait to Sunday.. I have a feeling Teddy will be throwing as well.
Cause there wasn't much risk for Luck and Griffin to throw, who still went one and two respectively. If anything it would have motivated Griffin to throw since Luck wasn't. He maybe could have leapfrogged the guy if he had thrown according to your stance. But no he took the safe route and decided that the risks were better than the rewards. Oh and this is the same class that Ryan Tannehill (7th), Brandon Weeden (22nd), Brock Osweiler (57th). Russell Wilson (75th), Nick Foles (88th), Kirk Cousins (102nd), etc. contained. If that's not a deep QB draft which would benefit from throwing at the combine to improve their draft position, while still not showing much arm talent at the event, I don't know what is.
That's what I've been saying on this board forever. The kid has amazing footwork. His footwork blows Andrew Luck out the water. You can't teach that. His footwork allows him to elude rushers unlike anyone else I've seen in college or the pros. Sure Brady and Brees have quicker releases but not quicker feet. Manziel has amazing feet as well but not the ability to set and reset.
