A reminder that Bill O'Brien speaks to the media at 11:15 and Rick Smith at 11:30. I doubt it will will be shown live on TV but maybe houstontexans.com will have it. The Denver Broncos website has a live feed from the Combine press conferences, so go here so see them.
Wow, Bortles measured strong. Have to say that he came out the strongest. Bridgewater and Manziel disappointed on height wow, Johnny's hands are huge
Manziel is the same height as Wilson. Doesn't mean much, but at least he won't be (technically) the shortest starting NFL QB. Bortles towers over both, but with smaller hands.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Hand size for other "short" QBs at the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NFLCombine&src=hash">#NFLCombine</a>: Johnny Manziel: 9 7/8" Russell Wilson: 10 1/4" Drew Brees: 10 1/4" Mike Vick: 8 1/2"</p>— Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) <a href="https://twitter.com/dpbrugler/statuses/436890429829963776">February 21, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Of course Bortles measured strong, that's the only reason he's ever even in the conversation with the other 2.
really ... Teddy dissapointed when you yourself thought he would be 195-205 LBS? come on guy.. You go the the Teddy Bridgewater thread all the time to bash on him.. Also everyone and there mommas new that Bortles was 6'5 (We new he was a big guy) and did you know that his hands are only a quarter of an inch bigger than Bridgewater (Eventhough he is a monster)
really ... Teddy dissapointed when you yourself thought he would be 195-205 LBS? come on guy.. You go the the Teddy Bridgewater thread all the time to bash on him.. Also everyone and there mommas new that Bortles was 6'5 (We new he was a big guy) and did you know that his hands are only a quarter of an inch bigger than Bridgewater (Eventhough he is a monster)
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a class="hashtag" action="hash" title="#meetings">#meetings</a> RT @<a href="https://twitter.com/McClain_on_NFL">McClain_on_NFL</a>: Texans are scheduled to meet with Johnny Manziel on Saturday.</p>— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) <a href="https://twitter.com/taniaganguli/status/436906698595655680" data-datetime="2014-02-21T16:54:08+00:00">February 21, 2014</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Is there any question about Bridegwater's arm? Same question re: Manziel and Bortles, for that matter. If I am any one of those three I wait until I am passing to my own receivers. Avoids having a receiver mess up and make me look bad. Otherwise there is nothing to gain by throwing. At the combine I address only those areas where people might have questions... like weight, footspeed. Areas where h can exceed expectations or address any questions people have. He has addressed the weight question, and I would expect he will address any questions about footspeed. Sounds like he has been well advised on what to do.
The only real questions about Bridgewater's throwing is his deep accuracy, a bit about his throwing motion that is supposed to be fixed, and his arm strength, none of which are supposed to be all that bad which makes his decision all the more gutless IMO. As to Bortles, there is some question about his accuracy and his arm strength, but I think that's about it. Since he has the confidence to show what he's got on a neutral turf, we'll get a good look at him.
