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By WentzinRome · Posted
I remember it like yesterday, then read the reasons shortly after the selection, and they made sense. Edge played at The U, which ran the stretch, and the Colts were running it as well. Edge also had fewer miles on his legs, due to being in running back by committee for most of his career there. Lastly, Edge was the better receiver and pass blocker. I sometimes wonder if Ditka thought about making that insane offer to the Colts first? -
I don't care how he tested (especially this year, when all those pro-day tests are under serious question)... I care how he plays and how he looks on tape. Players that didn't test off-the-charts are some of the best playmakers in football - Mahomes ran 4.82 with 30 inch vertical. I'd take him over any of the best athletes in the league making plays on the move. With that said... I don't see Mac Jones in similar light even though they tested very similarly. I don't think he's stuck in mud in the pocket. But I do not think he has enough mobility to scramble when needed. He will be one of the worst scrambling starting QBs in the league IMO. I think him scrambling will be extremely rare in the league. I just don't think he has the mobility and physical talent to do it while launching the ball downfield. I like him too. But there are levels to this thing. I like him as a late first-second round QB. I think he can be a good productive QB in the right system(Shannahan system for example). I don't like him enough to give up 3 1st round picks + 3d for him, though. This is my whole contention here. He's just not THAT type of player IMO. Lance and Fields are. -
By MikeCurtis · Posted
You may end up being right, but I hope that we add some talent here As a HUGE Ohio State fan.... I WANT Lewis to step up.... He seemed to improve a bit, but, in my opinion there needs to be a talent influx on the DE I have a recurring nightmare of Patrick M........ getting 30 seconds to throw... -
Also, just because I'm starting to feel some kind of way about this, Mac Jones is getting short changed these days. He's a really good prospect, and people are treating him like he's an unathletic bum with no arm. Blake Bortles went #3 in 2014. Sam Darnold went #3, and Josh Rosen went #10 in 2018. None of them were unable to succeed due to athletic shortcomings. Mac Jones tested just as good, if not better, than all of them. (Bortles was actually pretty good as a scrambler, despite his mediocre testing.) I already used the Jared Goff comparison; he went #1 in 2016, and went to the SB in 2018. Mac Jones tested as good as Goff. He doesn't have super speed or quickness, but he's not stuck in mud. He moves well enough to stay alive in the pocket, and he has enough movement ability to scramble when needed. He doesn't have a cannon of an arm, but his arm is not deficient. He's very good from the pocket, he processes well, not a one-read thrower, very accurate, and tough. If Bortles, Darnold and Goff could go top five in the last 7 years, so can Mac Jones. Of course, he needs to be better than them to live up to that draft status, but again, their issues weren't about lacking athleticism. Just saying, again, the anti-Mac stuff is getting a little overboard. I like Fields and Lance better, but Mac Jones being desirable isn't entirely outrageous. -
By WentzinRome · Posted
I am a little confused? So you are advocating a less talented edge at 21 than more talented OT? Or am I just reading this incorrectly? Because I believe the difference in OT quality and Edge quality at 21 clearly favors the OT.
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