{"id":9813,"date":"2020-03-23T00:04:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T00:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=9813"},"modified":"2020-03-25T02:42:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T02:42:00","slug":"no-one-knows-anything-about-quarterbacks-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/no-one-knows-anything-about-quarterbacks-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"No One Knows Anything About Quarterbacks Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

How\nam I evaluating quarterbacks to the point of outperforming every NFL\ntalking head on the planet? \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s\nsimple. And it\u2019s sane. And it\u2019s obvious. It all begins with\ntrusting what I actually see on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No.\n1, and this is important, arm strength means nothing to me. I don\u2019t\ncare if a guy can throw it 80 yards because those throws come so\nrarely in the NFL, it\u2019s inconsequential. I don\u2019t care how tall he\nis or how big his hands are. I don\u2019t care about what happens at the\nNFL combine at all. To misquote Kenny Powers, I care about who\u2019s\nbest at the real sport. Not\nexercising<\/a>. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan\nMarino is one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL and\nhe could barely throw the ball 50 yards if he tried. NFL flop Kyle\nBoller could toss it 70 yards from his knee. A big arm is a weapon in\na QB\u2019s arsenal, like athleticism and footspeed. It\u2019s not the\nwhole bag. If you played big time college football, you can throw it\nfar enough. Anybody with a noodle arm has switched positions long\nago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\nme, the most important skill a quarterback can show is his ability to\nread a defense. Pre snap and post snap. Can he go through his\nprogressions if the first guy is covered? Or the second guy? You want\nto know why so many \u201cathletic\u201d quarterbacks in the NFL get sacked\nso much? It\u2019s because they have no idea what they\u2019re looking at\nafter the ball is snapped and their first guy is covered. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second,\nand it\u2019s a close second, is pocket presence. Does a guy know how to\nmove in the pocket to avoid the rush, step up and keep his eyes\ndownfield? This is what sets a guy like Mahomes apart from Goff.\nMahomes can sense the rush, move around. He keeps his eyes downfield\nand keeps jersey clean. Goff doesn\u2019t move as well, can\u2019t sense\nthe rush and is a sack fumble waiting to happen. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pocket\npresence is why Tom Brady has six rings and is going to the Pro\nFootball Hall of Fame. Also, cheating. But pocket presence too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third\nis accuracy. While many might feel that\u2019s too low, if a QB can\nrecognize what he\u2019s seeing (read the defense), keep his feet moving\nand eyes downfield (pocket presence) then the ball doesn\u2019t have to\nbe pinpoint on target. It\u2019s a plus, and certainly that\u2019s what you\nwant, but it\u2019s not as important as the other two. Goff is more\naccurate than Prescott or Wentz. Last year, he wasn\u2019t nearly as\ngood as either guy. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly,\nwe\u2019re back to the eyeball test. What do I see when I look at his\nfilm? I also factor in the opponents the guy faced in college. If you\nplayed in the Sun Belt, then I\u2019m not going to feel great about the\ndefensive backs you lined up against every Saturday. If you\u2019re on\nan SEC team (like Dak Prescott was, for instance), and played against\nfuture NFL corners, safeties, linebackers and pass rushers nearly\nevery weekend, that has to matter. I\u2019m way more impressed with a\n300 yard, three TD no pick game against Alabama than a 500 yard, five\nTD game against Wyoming. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m\ngoing to do my draft evaluations in three groups, because there\u2019s\nno reason to dig too thoroughly through these QB prospects. The odds\nof more than two of them really turning into actual NFL caliber are\nslim. More than three? Astronomical. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nfact that we\u2019re still talking about Prescott, Wentz and Goff as all\nlegit NFL quarterbacks after four seasons is freakish. It just\ndoesn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\nvaunted QB class of 1983 everyone talks about? Where six QBs were\nselected in the first round? You know how many turned into franchise\nQBs? Three (Marino, Jim Kelly and John Elway) and of those three only\none won a Super Bowl. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nis what I\u2019m going with. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.\nGuys that look like potential franchise quarterbacks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.\nGuys that have potential to be something special, but are back ups at\nworst<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.\nGuys that will get some head coach and\/or GM fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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