Hodge has been right in the past.
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Drake is plenty athletic. The consistency stuff? Sure. That’s the run with him. But for a big guy he can move.
Daniel Jones is a big guy that can move too
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Ouch…
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What does that have to do with the fact that one of Merrill’s foundational claims for not liking Maye is quite clearly false?
Nobody without a long history of brain injuries or simply ulterior motives can watch Drake, understand how big he is, and conclude that he is not athletic.
It’s just a wild observation IMO. I’m not planting my flag on Drake being the next star QB. The tools are certainly there but Hoge’s second point about consistency is undeniably true and concerning.
Just reminds me why i am happy we are not needing a qb anytime soon.
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It’s a dicey gambit for sure. Even the must have types still have very possible paths to failure.
Hoge has been wrong far more often than he’s been right.
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Nothing. Just a random shit post from Jman
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A lot of these guys get $$$ from NIL so the desire to succeed is not as high.
Caleb Williams got really paid at USC
By the time the draft gets here, these guys will have their games so picked apart it will be nauseating. My hope is that one of the qb’s falls to us and some team wants to overpay us for the privilege to select him and get that 5th year option.
I just think we will be making hay in day two. Differences between late first and early to mid seconds seems like a 5th year option and preference. Maybe there will be a talent break in there this year.
It always feels like there are 2-3 elite talents, a dozen or so next tier talents, and then the next break hits in the mid second round. Now maybe I have that wrong, and I know someone will let me know if I do.
I feel like I just won the lottery!
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A friend that played college ball and is a Bears fan has been telling me for weeks that he has ZERO interest in Williams and Maye. He doesn’t in Fields or Eberflus either, but if a QB isn’t there in the draft, then he’s not there.
Neither need nor desire change reality. If the reality is that they’re not NFL QB’s, no amount of needing them to be is going to change that.
Anyhow, interesting choices ahead for Chicago.
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I agree with this wholeheartedly. It’s like when everyone told us we had to draft Willis because we didn’t have a QB and wouldn’t be picking that high again. Uh, no. If there’s no QB, there’s no QB.
However, I disagree quite profoundly with the idea that Maye and especially Caleb aren’t great QB prospects. If neither was in this class and it was Daniels at the top, well then I’d have hesitation. I like him but don’t love him. But Maye and Caleb are as good as it gets imo.
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Gotcha.
I’m unqualified to comment on who they are. If I’m not mistaken, he was higher on Daniels and McCarthy than either Williams or Maye.
He’s a classic sufferer of prospect fatigue. Oh I get it if he has Daniels over Maye. I think it’s crazy but people smarter than me see it that way. But over Caleb? Come on now. He probably just doesn’t like that he paints his nails.
Interesting. Maye seems like a safe pick to me, Caleb is the one I’d be really nervous about handing the keys to the franchise to.
Daniels is the guy I like the most, been saying it all season before he got the real hype towards the end of the season.
I can see it. There’s some real bust potential with Caleb. Arm talent is special but he’s erratic and something about his personality just seems off, not that tall either. Upside is ridiculously high but he’s risky.
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I’d heard that he paints his nails, but haven’t seen a picture yet. Until I see the color or colors, I won’t judge him…
Truth.
Even Lawrence who looks like the exact replica of a perfect QB that you’d build in a lab with the football IQ to go with it has struggled to find his way in the league now nearing the end of his rookie deal. It’s a total crapshoot with QBs
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