26CornerBlitz Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) 2014's Quarterback Conundrum With respect to quarterbacks in the draft, you’ll always hear pundits make observations such as, “this QB has a great deep ball” or “he always folds when he’s under pressure in the pocket.” But how do you know those are true and not bias from a small sample of observed snaps? The simple answer is that you don’t. What I’ve aimed to do this year (and in years past) is to quantify those observations in an effort complement film study and analysis of draft prospects. Instead of guessing about the potency of Manziel’s deep ball, you can pull up the legitimate statistic. To do that, I’ve hand charted every one of Teddy Bridgewater, Derek Carr, Johnny Manziel, and Blake Bortles’ attempts this year on everything from pass distance to throws against the blitz. The data here can’t render an opinion for you, but it can provide an effective complement to your knowledge on a prospect. Edited January 10, 2014 by 26CornerBlitz
Johnny Hammersticks Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Good article. Seems like Bridgewater is clearly the most complete QB by these metrics. Bortles and Manziel seem to have similar attributes as a passer, but I gave the slight nod to Bortles due to his preferable size. I'm still not sold on Carr as an NFL starter from what I have seen form him in game action, but I ranked him last amongst these 4 QB's. 1. Bridgewater 2. Bortles 2a. Manziel 3. Carr
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