Mills has a crap team around him and a crap OC in Kelly calling plays...I want to see how he does with a better team and better coaching...
I think he's improved greatly with poor talent and poor coaching. It's encouraging to say the least. I'd give him another year. His comfortability level has made impressive improvements. I'm pleasantly surprised.
While Mills' performance has exceeded expectations, he needs to continue to improve as we head into next season. Most QBs take a big step forward in Year 2. Mills has a nice touch on his ball and reads the field nicely. Good accuracy as well. An outstanding foundation to build on.
Maybe in future Lawrence is better. But right now he’s shown nothing to say he’s a better qb than Mills. I don’t care how bad of situation you’re in you shouldn’t go 8 weeks with only 1 td being the #1 pick. That’s pathetic.
Fact is he's looked better than any other QB not named Mac Jones. Yesterday will become the norm if Caserio adds a couple of OL and the run game improves. Have you noticed that since Mills began starting again his sack numbers have gone down That's because of the level of defenses he's been facing vs the early part of the year. Playing behind a bad OL with no run game as I expect to happen against playoff teams like the Titans/49ers I'm not expecting another Chargers game this year. However if the OL gets invested in this off-season then I expect Mills level of play to look more like yesterdays than the Buffalo, Rams games. I think Mills is doing a very good job reading defenses and going through his progressions. Do you agree.
Going to be a hard decision to make if Mills is a guy who hasnt broken out, but hasnt crashed and burned when 2023 rolls around. Makes me wonder how many would bypass prospects like Bryce Young, CJ Stroud or Anthony Richardson to keep developing Mills going into year 3 at that point.
That's tough because while he was touted as a "generational" talent and "can't miss" prospect, he's been historically bad. Even if you factor in his HC situation, he's thrown 1 TD since Week 9. The good thing is he's young so he could fix it but it also could be one of those cases where the mechanics and timing are so bad and he would need an insane amount of reps and muscle memory to get back to throwing like a good QB should
Never draft an Ohio St QB. Dont like Richardson Young has greatness in his future if he can stay healthy. He's so darned small though it concerns me.
I agree. After I posted that, I thought I should have edited to give Pep props, but was lazy. I meant Culley, in general.
I'm glad Mills has gotten his reps this year. As soon as Tyrod's hammy blew up this was the way. Let Mills throw it 30 times a game and see what happens. The whole knock on Mills was that he was one-year-away from being a top tier pick. So, flush this year and see what you have in 2022. It's going to be quite a gift if he turns the corner and ends up being a starting caliber QB. Most teams could only dream of such luck. Both Culley and Mills were put in impossible situations. They both deserve a chance to fight their way out of it, no matter how in over their heads they may seem at any given time.
