Nobody is paying Lamar that kind of guaranteed money, not even close. All he is doing is wrecking his trade value. Welcome to the franchise tag Lamar.
That one quote said it best. Anthony Richardson is the lottery ticket with the biggest payout. He will be arguably the best physical specimen to ever play QB in the NFL the day he steps on the field. He is Michael Vick but 4 inches taller and 30 pounds heavier. Hes Cam Newton with a stronger arm and two tenths faster in the 40. We will see if someone can mold him into a pro QB.
I hear what you're saying for sure. But those comps aren't exactly the best. Michael Vick was in another world with his speed. RIchardson no doubt has similar arm strength, but his lateral speed and quickness isn't in that Mike Vick/Lamar Jackson's class. As for the Cam comp, it's probably the most accurate in terms of physical ability, and that's what you're hoping for at a minimum. But it can't be overstated, that Cam Newton, while at Auburn won the Heisman, ran through the toughest division in College football, won the Natty, and put up a 66% completion, 30-7 TD/INT, and almost 1500 yards rushing, without a single WR or RB getting drafted. Anthony Richardson was at 54%, 17-9, 650 rushing against a far inferior schedule and division. I'm not saying Richardson doesn't have the highest ceiling in the class, I'm just saying you can't overlook his floor just because he's got a high ceiling. Calling him a faster and bigger armed Cam Newton is quite the stretch.... a hope at the future, not an eye at the present.... but that's just my opinion...
I get it That was also a Gus Malzahn offense that made a Heisman candidate out of Nick Marshall a few years later. I imagine if you give Richardson 260 rushing attempts his 650 yards on 100 attempts turns into 1500. I'm not saying Richardson will be Newton. However, his arm is better and he's faster and he's almost as big. If he can correct some inaccuracy issues on short to intermediate routes, which is a big if, he will make teams look foolish for not drafting him. Its not a progression issue with him.
Need to see if he’s faster, he looks like a mid 4.5 guy. Which is great but the 4.4 stuff doesn’t look like it will happen from film
So Hendon Hooker beat all of the top 4 QBs except Stroud? You mean to tell me that he beat "Mighty Mouse" Young? They are lucky he got hurt.
Probably because he's 3 to 4 years older than most of them. Hell, he's older than probably 30% of the starting quarterbacks in the league right now.
So his team beat the other QBs teams so that makes him a better QB? Interesting logic. Not sure about the others but Young, not playing at 100% due to shoulder injury, put his team in position to win the game but the kicker missed a very makable FG. Trying to figure out how that somehow makes Hooker better than Young. With this logic the Texans should be going after Steadson Bennett since he has defeated all these QBs including Stroud. May just be me but I believe this logic is pretty flawed.
Found this site that has a lot of quick 1+ min takes on Chicago and their pick. I watched 3 of them and the guy is talking about likelihood CHI won't trade Fields to draft BY because they still believe Justin can reach potential they have him projected for and that BY's grade was only .4 higher than Fields. Another talked about how they should draft Jalen Carter because he's a generational talent and if they trade only move down one spot. Thought its worth keeping track of in our path to the draft... https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/video/josh-schrock-qbs-rise-draft-boards-nfl-combine
Look at it this way. Did he lead his team to victory or did his team lead him? Also, I don't want any of these backups coming out this draft. I just looked and saw that about Hooker. BTW, wtf is a Steadson Bennett?
Sorry, spelled it wrong, Stetson. Logic is still the same. If that is your criteria, Bennett is who the target should be. MVP in back to back national championship games. That is why the logic makes zero sense.
