Twilight Zone that a team would pick the guy who "every scout, GM and coach says" is better over the guy they all say he's better than? I think you were watching a different TZ.
Yeah, yeah. And you can find a ton of those same guys who think Maye has the higher ceiling, I’d wager.
Have to admit even though I generally feel like I become a better person as I age my lizard brain kicked in with a first take of that the word penthouse was capitalized.Great interview. If we somehow end up drafting him, I'll be excited even though he's not my first choice. And great googley moogley, she's got quite a nice penthouse spread there, grand piano and all that. Meanwhile he's in a Lowes in Detroit
8:00. And I'll be in a new place (we're closing tomorrow) with no wifi. Will be learning the local bar scene on night 1!
The only way AP should get fired is if he let's collective hysteria over the Ghost of RG3 push him into drafting scared.
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I have no idea why anyone would compare JD's dramatic improvement to Burrows . JD was a fulltime starter for 4 yrs before he broke out while Burrows was basically in his second season startingFor those who are interested in insights from people with actual credentials, this guy is the Dir. of Football Ops and Player Personnel for the East-West Shrine Bowl and founder of a scouting service. (Yeah, I know, "Shrine Bowl? He's not even good enough to get the Senior Bowl!")
Jayden Daniels pro day: Inside LSU QB's historic improvement and why teams are confident he'll hit his ceiling
The Heisman Trophy winner is only continuing to get better
Excerpts:
"But even the most bullish evaluators on Daniels didn't predict that he would make the seismic leap toward reaching his previously untapped potential in just one offseason.
Over the past 20 years, only one other quarterback has seen similar substantial development year over year: fellow LSU alum Joe Burrow.
Burrow and Daniels are the only two quarterbacks in the last 20 years (minimum 400 drop backs) that increased their adjusted completion percentage by 4% or more AND their yards per attempt by 3.0 or more. And beyond just those two metrics, Daniels also improved in his accuracy downfield, ball placement across the field, decision-making in the red zone and decision-making as a runner."
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"Daniels' ability to improve is almost as exciting to NFL evaluators as his improvement has been, in part because of how he's improved. Often times, NFL evaluators and those in the quarterback training space talk about the areas where quarterbacks can and cannot get better.
Footwork, timing, mechanics and pre-snap play diagnosis are the key areas many quarterbacks, with great coaching and time, can make substantial strides. Anticipation and overall accuracy can improve as well in conjunction with the aforementioned factors, plus repetitions and game action.
But deep-ball placement, post-snap timing and decision-making, and improvisation are all traits that rarely develop for quarterbacks at any level. And if they do, it's over a substantial period of time unlocking the confidence within a quarterback. But for Daniels, he actualized that potential in one offseason in route to winning the Heisman Trophy."
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"The biggest strides on film came from two key areas: a rhythmic, balanced full body throwing motion and release from a variety of platforms, and a confidence as a downfield passer he didn't have in years past. Confidence as a passer leads to trust in fundamentals and natural talent, and Daniels was oozing with confidence as a pocket and downfield passer for all of 2023.
Maybe more impressive, and potentially more important for his NFL transition, was his ability as a play progressor from the pocket. We often talk and hear about college quarterbacks making "NFL throws" like the coveted backside dig route.
The plays in the clips above all are on Daniels' second or third progression, requiring the wherewithal to stay balanced and calm as pressure comes into the A-gap, and the footwork and mechanics to adjust his body to finish the throw with ample velocity.
The LSU offense drastically dropped the amount of play action they used, likely in part because they trusted Daniels to work through progressions with his eyes on the defense post-snap. And Daniels' vision, anticipation and timing growth as a pocket passer proved them right, as he finished the season as one of the best mid-field throwers, especially on dig, in and post routes, in all of college football."
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"NFL teams aren't drafting Caleb Williams or Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye for what they are now, but for what they can and hopefully will become.
And for Daniels, while a Burrow comparison may be optimistic, NFL teams know that, whatever their projected upside is for him to reach, he's given them every reason to feel confident he'll hit that ceiling and then some."
That was callback to the whole "drafting JD would be a fireable offense!!!" schtick from a couple weeks ago -- and it was exactly what you posited above. Guess you missed that peach of a screed... (Much to your good luck!)That's essentially just saying, "He deserves to be fired if he doesn't draft the guy I like."
Cuz no one will ever know WHY he picked one guy over another and "the Ghost of RG3" means the fear you're referencing is over Daniels.
I think he should prolly get more leeway than just drafting who you want him to.
Read the article, look into his background and tell me what screams "lack of objectivity."That's essentially just saying, "He deserves to be fired if he doesn't draft the guy I like."
Cuz no one will ever know WHY he picked one guy over another and "the Ghost of RG3" means the fear you're referencing is over Daniels.
I think he should prolly get more leeway than just drafting who you want him to.
Yeah, and those excerpts are loaded with things you could say about a bunch of the other options. It's just another JD lovefest. I'll be perfectly fine if he's the pick, but the lack of objectivity has been staggering, even from "the experts."
He’s on a roll….the Germans are bombing Pearl!
Concussion, ankle injuries, elbow. We just saw a bigger, better Jayden Daniels get knocked out for the season last year in Anthony Richardson and people are pumped to draft a guy that plays a similar game?
It is the same for me favoring JD but if they pass and pick DM will hopeful as a fan as it when the pick is in time to hope for the best.
Funny watched a vid yesterday ex-player when it comes to the weird expectations when they see the Adonis physique and they get injured easily and the opposite appearance that don't suffer serious injuries.
RGIII is definitely still a thing for me and I paint a very similar picture of he and JD in my head. Maybe that’s unfair or maybe I’m incorrect but it’s a mental thing that’s preventing me from being excited about him. And yeah, the comments from his agent and reports coming out about JD’s preferred teams within days of each other make it seem to me like JDs camp is telling Washington brass they don’t want to be in Washington without coming out and saying it.
I feel ya, as someone who has been favoring DM during most of this process. However, as JD has become more and more inevitable, I’ve learned to be cool with it, as I totally get why people around the league are so high on him.
That is a great take to really compare RGIII versus JD in their draft years.
You forgot they'll spend 10-20 minutes wasting time before a pick is actually made
