Was reading that the Lions have met with him three times now. He has a similar skill set to Goff and definitely fits the mold of QBs Holmes has drafted in the past, tall accurate rhythm passers
He’s projected to be a third to sixth round pick. I haven’t watched much of the kid. Anyone have a strong opinion?
I really hope our QB targets are not in the mold of our current starter. But if he’s a late day 3 pick, I’m good with that. Means the expectations are backup, not future starter.
Right as a backup with potential upside I’m all for it. It would be nice to get specific styles, but it’s more important to just grab the best players no matter what kind of player they are IMO.
He will be 25 this year so it’s hard to imagine he would be a long term solution. But having just watched some highlight tapes, he does throw a nice ball and has good vision
Ben Johnson addressed this, QB targets being a change of pace or different than the starter, he doesn’t care about that.
He cares about two things:
Third down completion percentage
Two minute drill.
A change of pace or different mold doesn’t matter to him.
I did have someone on Reddit try and tell me he was as athletic as Levis. Odd that he would refuse to test at the combine or his pro day if that was the case. Seems fairly statuesque to me.
He plays similar to Goff but he is not as athletic and has a weaker arm than Goff. He reads through projections and has spurts where he is very accurate. I didn’t realize he was that old. Maybe that’s why he is so advanced at reading defenses. At the combine it looked like he kinda had a dad bod compared to the other QBs