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Originally Posted by Thom Yorke
I think it's a pretty weak class for QBs. Gabbert is the only guy I'd take top 10, and I still don't think all that much of him. I see Newton as more of a late first, and Locker and Mallet as 2nd rounders. I'm sure they'll all go higher though, as QB is the most valuable position.
As for why I don't like Newton, it's because we've seen the athlete-first QB fail so often before in the NFL. Granted he does having better tools for throwing than Young and WAY better than Tebow, but I still don't like taking a guy like that as they always find it tough to adjust to the NFL.
I'm wondering if we'll see something similar happen to Luck that happened to Locker. I doubt it though. I think he's the real deal.
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There's no QBs this year on the level of Matt Ryan or Flacco or Sam Bradford like the past few years. The QBs who did come out this year are lucky because it means more money for them even though they will have unrealistic expectations. Before Ryan and Flacco it had been a long time since a rookie QB came in and performed that well (exception Big Ben). Like guys like Peyton weren't good their first years and I think fans are gonna have unrealistic expectations of rookie QBs for awhile.
Forgot to mention Mallet. I'm not big on him either, he doesn't strike me as mature at all. I think he's still a kid and has some growing up to do. And yeah a lot of athletic QBs don't transition well but I'm not gonna group them all together. In college there's a ton of athletic QBs but Cam won the Heisman and was a stud all year. I just think he's a winner and a hard worker. Even Vince Young has had a pretty good career all things considered. He's immature and dumb as bricks and might have mental issues but he got wins when he was in there. An athletic QB isn't gonna put up the passing stats of pocket passers, which is something nobody ever understood when Vick was in Atlanta and got so much hate from the analysts despite being a 1 man team. I think Cam will make it in the NFL, and I think Tebow is gonna be good too. I was the biggest Tebow hater but now I'm kinda rooting for him for some reason. I don't think he'll ever be a great passer but I think that if Denver can get their ground game back Tebow is good enough to make the basic throws and make plays out of the pocket. It just takes coaching that's willing to be unconventional with things to make the athletic QB succeed in my opinion.