The thing is, you are looking at a person, not a "player" in Madden where who can reduce the entire thing down to a handful of numbers and know everything you need to know. But Choosing your QB is a lot more like choosing coaches. You have to look at the people and the situation holistically. Sometimes the guy you want to lead the procession doesn't have the best resume. Sometimes you meet with John Harbaugh and you just know the guy who is only a Special Teams Coordinator has the right spark, rather than the guys who look better on paper. Ultimately, the easiest mistake is to get too hung up on the details of measurables. More than anywhere else, you are drafting a person, and if you are comfortable with the whole package, a blemish or two shouldn't be a deal breaker.
What are you talking about. That's a 48oz big gulp cup and it looks like a coffee cup next to his hand. Seriously look at him run with the ball. On ly lost one fumble in his whole college career. hands are not an issue.
The small hands thing only came up because he chooses to wear gloves. God, I can't wait until measurements at the Combine next week put that one to bed.
First of all, I doubt his career lasts 15 years, secondly, I'm fine with the prospect of that if we are "reckoning" with it by using Watt and Clowney to put him on/in the ground over and over again.
I disagree. If we do the right thing and pass on him, he'll probably go to the Jags which is a train wreck of a franchise. Our guys will blow right through their line and he'll probably spend quite a bit of time injured as a result.
I still laugh when Texans fans call any OTHER franchise (outside of the Browns) a train wreck franchise. Like it or not, we're still one of those.
That's one theory. The Texans had a down year, that doesn't make them a "train wreck franchise" they still have tons of talent on their roster and a good owner. The Browns, Jags, Raiders.....those are train wrecks.
Teddy's size is a problem, but Manziel, who is shorter than me, not a problem at all because "Drew Brees!" This is so childish.
I think it's pretty ridiculous that people would think something like hand size or a person's frame would be "minutia" when talking about a QB prospect. If a QB's frame is too small, they have ridiculously high odds of struggling with injuries and if their hands are too small (9' or below) they'll have chronic bouts of inaccuracy throwing the ball as a result. That's not minutia.
In being objective, say for a fan of another team or city, Houston is viewed in the same group. It's cool to disagree, but pretending this franchise has been any sort of successful because of a year and a half sample of being good is a stretch for me. I look at us like the Arizona Cardinals; an anomaly of finally getting out of the usual poor play and then BOOM. Regression to the mean. I hope this new regime can change that, obviously. It'd sure make Sunday afternoon's fun again.
Well that's a fairly pessimistic way of looking at it, but even if we indulge in pessimism, it's still not a "train wreck" like Jacksonville, Oakland, or Cleveland.
I have small hands and can still grip the ball comfortably. My issue is arm strength. I play more receiver than QB yet I can still easily snatch the ball out of the air with one hand and coral it in one grasp. Those making this a big deal are blowing something minor out of porportion because they can't find anything else to be nitpicky about. See: Spoiler
