<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Right now on ESPN, Todd McShay says Blake Bortles is now his top QB in the draft over watching him live over Teddy. Jaws agrees.</p>— Josh Norris (@JoshNorris) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshNorris/statuses/446377059095699457">March 19, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
These guys have each thrown over 1000 passes in real game environments, and these knuckleheads make up their mind purely on a few dozen balls thrown in a bubble with shorts on. Re-goddam-diculous.
And their opinions change at the drop of a hat. Expect them to change 20 more times before the draft. I really don't get the point of all these mock drafts. I suppose it's all conjecture for entertainment purposes, but some people take them way too seriously...
When you see players in sterile environments, it's easier to focus on things like their mechanics or their throwing motion or their arm strength or whatever. In game footage can often bias you one way or the other, for example the very popular Teddy TD gif That's actually complete garbage, but the guy caught it and it counted for a TD in a close game which might sway your opinion of it. If he threw that kind of BS pass in a pro day environment, everyone would laugh at him, even if it happened to end up in the right place.
Merril Hoge reiterated that he thinks Mack is 100x better as a football player than Clowney, and he would take Mack 1st overall.
How is it not garbage? It happens to end well, but that side armed across the body BS throw is awful. It's a terrible play that happens to work out. If you like that kind of BS why not draft the kind of BS plays, Manziel?
I think b/c wasn't it that play were they said TB was almost Manzielesque? And we know how Bobby hates JFF. In all fairness, I think he is reffering to evaluating a QB in a normal setting. Play doesn't give mechanics, etc. Only show's the great things you can do when play breaks down, like a Favre play.
I watched the Mack/Ohio State game. He's a better linebacker, but there was never any think he did where I said, "Wow!" I think there is a little bit of "backup QB syndrome" going on with him, where everybody over-projects all sorts of ability on the guy they haven't seen play that much. I'd bet he is very solid and has a really long career, and maybe one or two pro bowls, but never anywhere near the best in the league or anything. I think in a 3-4 I'd prefer Barr.
I think he said Mack is "miles ahead" and "hundreds miles ahead" something along those lines. Basically, he thinks Mack is flat out a better player and he didn't think it was close.
Yup, now watch the Baylor game, Mack has potential to be a very good overall NFL OLB, but I'm not sure how anyone would think he was significantly better than Clowney unless they simply value being a "total package" kind of player over being super dominant in several aspects of the game.
I guess we'll just agree to disagree then. It was a BS play and terrible decision to throw that just happened to work out. Nothing of what he did in that play was a good idea and none of it would work at the NFL level. If he pulls that BS in the NFL, it's either a 7 or 8 yard sack, an incomplete pass, or an interception unless the WR happened to be completely unguarded.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I'm told 3/4's through Blake Bortles workout Houston Texans coach Bill O'Brien let it be known "I've seen all I need to see"..</p>— Tony Pauline (@TonyPauline) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyPauline/statuses/446391717617729536">March 19, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
