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RD 5, Pick 171: Nathan Peterman (QB) - Pitt


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he went 22/37 with 5 TD's and 308 yards in that game so I guess all of his misses were the over dozen terrible balls you mentioned. I can live with that against the National Champions.

He made some great throws and plays. It was his best game ever! He also made a dozen terrible throws and several horrible plays. Some of his incompletions were great throws and some of his completions were bad throws. He made a lot of bad throws and a lot of nifty ones. Watching it, I would never say this screams NFL QB though. At all. Watch it. It's every pass play, including ones he ran on, some of which were very nice.

 

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He made some great throws and plays. It was his best game ever! He also made a dozen terrible throws and several horrible plays. Some of his incompletions were great throws and some of his completions were bad throws. He made a lot of bad throws and a lot of nifty ones. Watching it, I would never say this screams NFL QB though. At all. Watch it. It's every pass play, including ones he ran on, some of which were very nice.

 

Is it just me or is Peterman playing with zero pass protection in this game?

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He made some great throws and plays. It was his best game ever! He also made a dozen terrible throws and several horrible plays. Some of his incompletions were great throws and some of his completions were bad throws. He made a lot of bad throws and a lot of nifty ones. Watching it, I would never say this screams NFL QB though. At all. Watch it. It's every pass play, including ones he ran on, some of which were very nice.

 

 

Well Brady had some games like that too...besides I read on here he is the next Brady

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He made some great throws and plays. It was his best game ever! He also made a dozen terrible throws and several horrible plays. Some of his incompletions were great throws and some of his completions were bad throws. He made a lot of bad throws and a lot of nifty ones. Watching it, I would never say this screams NFL QB though. At all. Watch it. It's every pass play, including ones he ran on, some of which were very nice.

 

 

His arm mostly looks fine in that video. His footwork is EXCEPTIONAL. He is patient, decisive, accurate, and tough (he took a few big hits in order to complete passes). His ball placement mostly perfect. Based on that game alone (which is a bad idea), he's the perfect type of QB to run Dennison's stretch offense, because he's mobile (enough) and excels at play-action.

 

This dude is going to surprise some folks, I'm telling you.

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He made some great throws and plays. It was his best game ever! He also made a dozen terrible throws and several horrible plays. Some of his incompletions were great throws and some of his completions were bad throws. He made a lot of bad throws and a lot of nifty ones. Watching it, I would never say this screams NFL QB though. At all. Watch it. It's every pass play, including ones he ran on, some of which were very nice.

 

I came away from that video more impressed. I didn't see the dozen terrible throws that you saw. I counted maybe 5 bad throws and his worst one was definitely a deep ball that he threw a duck on. But I also saw Clemson consistently hitting him with pressure and he never backed down. Peterman knows how to step up in the pocket and he throws to covered receivers multiple times. Real NFL receivers will fight for the ball on some of those. I came away from the video wondering why Mahomes can get away with absolutely horrible throws and decisions, while this kid fell to the 5th round. He doesn't shy away from pressure and he's very accurate. Smart too, isn't going to take a lot of unnecessary sacks in the NFL.

 

Thanks for posting the video.

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Yeah he was under attack the entire game. Welcome to the Bills.

Couple throws looked like he had some zip on the ball , but its hard to use good mechanics throwing off your back foot or on the run 90% of the time.

 

kids a gamer, looks like he sees the field well under pressure, I like him/chances :thumbsup:

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I came away from that video more impressed. I didn't see the dozen terrible throws that you saw. I counted maybe 5 bad throws and his worst one was definitely a deep ball that he threw a duck on. But I also saw Clemson consistently hitting him with pressure and he never backed down. Peterman knows how to step up in the pocket and he throws to covered receivers multiple times. Real NFL receivers will fight for the ball on some of those. I came away from the video wondering why Mahomes can get away with absolutely horrible throws and decisions, while this kid fell to the 5th round. He doesn't shy away from pressure and he's very accurate. Smart too, isn't going to take a lot of unnecessary sacks in the NFL.

 

Thanks for posting the video.

His worst one, by far, was a weakly thrown WR screen that should have been a pick six but was just broken up as an incompletion. He threw some jump balls that were very bad passes. Gunned a few from four yards away. Missed open recievers 15 yards downfield and one or two longer ones. And again, he made some great throws. It was his best game.

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His worst one, by far, was a weakly thrown WR screen that should have been a pick six but was just broken up as an incompletion. He threw some jump balls that were very bad passes. Gunned a few from four yards away. Missed open recievers 15 yards downfield and one or two longer ones. And again, he made some great throws. It was his best game.

 

That screen was a telegraphed play - Clemson was all over their plays and their WRs most of the time, probably because Clemson is a much better program with better athletes and coaches.

I came away from that video more impressed. I didn't see the dozen terrible throws that you saw. I counted maybe 5 bad throws and his worst one was definitely a deep ball that he threw a duck on. But I also saw Clemson consistently hitting him with pressure and he never backed down. Peterman knows how to step up in the pocket and he throws to covered receivers multiple times. Real NFL receivers will fight for the ball on some of those. I came away from the video wondering why Mahomes can get away with absolutely horrible throws and decisions, while this kid fell to the 5th round. He doesn't shy away from pressure and he's very accurate. Smart too, isn't going to take a lot of unnecessary sacks in the NFL.

 

Thanks for posting the video.

 

Agree 100%. He will throw to covered receivers. The more I see, the more I like.

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His worst one, by far, was a weakly thrown WR screen that should have been a pick six but was just broken up as an incompletion. He threw some jump balls that were very bad passes. Gunned a few from four yards away. Missed open recievers 15 yards downfield and one or two longer ones. And again, he made some great throws. It was his best game.

Your opinion is more than fair, at this point we'll have to wait and see what happens. He's far from a perfect prospect but I think he has the tools to take his game to the next level. I think worst case scenario you have a Ryan Fitzpatrick type and that's a good find in the 5th round.

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That screen was a telegraphed play - Clemson was all over their plays and their WRs most of the time, probably because Clemson is a much better program with better athletes and coaches.

He wound up and threw it very slow though. It was bad. He also threw what could have been a backwards screen that was blocked by a DL that looked bad. I actually think he is really good, don't get me wrong, I just worry he has a rag arm. If he doesn't, he could be a Kirk Cousins, and that kind of player will last ten years in this league. That game, however, did not scream NFL player to me. I understand that some will say, under tremendous pressure, against a top team, he eeked out a huge upset, which is surely true.

 

He threw five TDs I think. None were wow throws. But one was a great lob in the endzone. Another was a very nice dart from ten yards between a few guys. Both excellent throws. One was a shuffle pass although he did it nicely (several times he worked the shuffle great and it's a play I hate). One was an easy throw to someone that was not covered at all. Can't recall the fifth.

Your opinion is more than fair, at this point we'll have to wait and see what happens. He's far from a perfect prospect but I think he has the tools to take his game to the next level. I think worst case scenario you have a Ryan Fitzpatrick type and that's a good find in the 5th round.

That's a very good fifth rounder.

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The only way to get a top QB next year is to finish near last in the league. The Jets, 49ers, Jags, Browns are not trading out of that spot.

The way they didn't trade out for Wentz?The way they didn't trade out for Watson?

 

San Fran literally moved down a spot in the draft and didn't take Trubisky.

 

Which I find all the more amusing, the teams everyone pegged to be legit contenders for a QB all seem to be waiting for next year's class and yet they are all wrong.

 

Plus, picks talk, never know who is going to draft that high and never know what the price will be if they have to infact move up.

 

Furthermore, this class, if all holds up is pretty dang deep at the QB position.

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After looking at his snaps from a number of games I'm impressed with him. Like almost all rookie QBs I see him as a developmental player who is not ready to start on most teams, including the Bills. He might be effective relatively quickly in say the Cowboys O assuming that he can deal with the speed and step up in competition. I think if he was pressured to start too early it could get pretty ugly pretty fast what with the turnovers. In order to succeed he needs to continue to do the things that he already does well but against better competition and he needs to do them with greater consistency than he did in college. That is a pretty tall order, given that his execution can already be spotty at the college level . IMO he is athletic enuf to play the position in the NFL. When his mechanics are good and he sets up properly he looks to me to have enuf arm, not a gun but probably enuf to make the throws. His mechanics are often disrupted by pressure, and some of that is on his O line. His receivers also drop some well placed balls. Don't know how those units were ranked.

As with almost all rooks the question is whether he is trending up or has pretty much already reached his ceiling. I don't think you can know the answer to that question until things play out. To me his ceiling is starter, and his floor is low end backup. I'm hoping he can develop of course. He is an interesting prospect.

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