DCOrange Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Feel free to flame away, but I figured some of you guys would enjoy reading this. I plan to build it out a bit more with my free time to add some of the fancy charts I threw together throughout the draft process. This webpage was originally designed to basically bring all the videos on each prospect together under one roof. I got busy at work/some of the sources I used for videos got banned from YouTube and I'm now beginning to repurpose it for basically a historical catalog of my take on the QBs. Obviously I had opinions on last year's class, but I have no proof of how I felt about them at the time, but beginning with the 2018 class, you can view my thoughts, comparisons, etc. through the following link. The home page and 2019 draft class pages are all under construction still (unchanged from how I had originally designed them, but you'll see a drop down menu under 2018 prospects that lists the QBs based on my personal rankings and each prospect's page has a scouting report (reports are smaller once you get past Luke Falk). https://draftqbs.wordpress.com/2018-draft-prospects/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Very nice write ups. Thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Nice work and thanks for sharing. I see Lamar Jackson's narrow base as a big issue. There's a reason you don't see any NFL QB with a base like that. He needs to widen it a bit an step into all his throws. Shouldn't be too hard to fix, though. I'm surprised you have Rosen rates #3 for readiness to play. He's definitely #1 in my book. He's ahead of the other guys with his mechanics, technique, and his ability to diagnose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 really well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 For the most part I agree on everything you wrote expect Lamar Jackson. He is the 5th best in this class and is a total project (he should have stayed in school). Once you change his Base (if you can) you have to change the rest of his mechanics. think Tim Tebow in terms of how bad his mechanics are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, MAJBobby said: For the most part I agree on everything you wrote expect Lamar Jackson. He is the 5th best in this class and is a total project (he should have stayed in school). Once you change his Base (if you can) you have to change the rest of his mechanics. think Tim Tebow in terms of how bad his mechanics are It's not THAT bad and his relative accuracy speaks to that. Widening his stance does not change the rest of his mechanics. We see on film that when he has a good stance and steps into the throw, he is deadly. Aside from developing a consistently good base, the major concern is the mental aspect of his game. He reportedly did bad in the team interviews and while in a pro-style system, it's not like he ran the offense. He still needs to show that he can diagnose a defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, LeGOATski said: It's not THAT bad and his relative accuracy speaks to that. Widening his stance does not change the rest of his mechanics. We see on film that when he has a good stance and steps into the throw, he is deadly. Aside from developing a consistently good base, the major concern is the mental aspect of his game. He reportedly did bad in the team interviews and while in a pro-style system, it's not like he ran the offense. He still needs to show that he can diagnose a defense. Changing his base changes timing, changes release point, changes follow thru. Yes his mental part is also an issue, I have said since he declared and will continue to say this he should have stayed in school. Focus on his passing and them come out, he will NOT get the time to work the mechanical issues to greatly improve his passing. Just my opinion based on watching him. I think he is going to rush his development and wash out as a gimmick. Staying in school one more year would have really helped his growth. Edited April 23, 2018 by MAJBobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr8billsfan Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Good work, but why don't you project who the best QB is? Also, put your drop down menu in order. Darnold is the second from the top with Allen before him. Yet, you say "Similarly to Allen..." but Allens write up is just below Darnold... See the confusion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCOrange Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, gr8billsfan said: Good work, but why don't you project who the best QB is? Also, put your drop down menu in order. Darnold is the second from the top with Allen before him. Yet, you say "Similarly to Allen..." but Allens write up is just below Darnold... See the confusion? I do mention who I think the best overall prospects are when you open up a prospect page, but the short cut is that they’re listed in order of my overall rankings, so I think the top 5 in order are Lamar, Darnold, Allen, Mayfield, and Rosen. I’d also say that ranking who the “best QB will be” is a pretty complicated exercise. For example, I think Mayfield and Rosen likely end up being better than Allen, but the potential with Allen is high enough that I’d take him ahead of them. Regarding the “similarly” thing, I wrote the Allen report first and originally just had it organized in a Word document so it made sense at that point and I guess I forgot to look for that when converting it to the web page. Edited April 24, 2018 by DCOrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Nice work @DCOrange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffaloflash Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Good Job, Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFL Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Nice job ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCOrange Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 Made some tweaks to the page this morning: Added a page under the 2018 Prospects menu that includes all of the charts that I've posted here/at Buffalo Rumblings in the past Added a page under the 2018 Prospects menu that lays out my number grading system, my grades for the 2018 prospects, and my grades for them relative to the 2017 prospects Some formatting tweaks to the player-specific pages, making my rankings more obvious Added player comps for the lower-tier prospects that I've scouted (Falk, Litton, and Woodside; the film on Luis Perez is so limited that I don't feel comfortable making comparisons for him). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCOrange Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Since he's been talked about so incredibly little, I figured this would be a good place to post this: Story about Luis Perez's amazing journey to the NFL http://www.profootballweekly.com/2018/04/25/from-bowling-star-to-qb-in-five-years-luis-perez-is-the-nfl-drafts-most-unlikely-prospect/a6p505x/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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