Warren Sharp: NFL draft warning re QB evaluation process.

[PIZ]

 

Not sure if this has been posted.

 

Edited April 24, 2018 by PIZ

[Seanbillsfan2206]

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. We need to take a shot to be in it

[LeGOATski]

Lesson: get an accurate QB.

[Hapless Bills Fan]

9 minutes ago, Seanbillsfan2206 said:

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. We need to take a shot to be in it

 

I think the OP's point might have been, "don't draft an accuracy-challenged QB in the 1st round and hang your NFL hat on him"

[26CornerBlitz]

Billick mentioned this on NFL Network a couple of months ago as a specific caveat for Josh Allen.

[BuffaloBillyG]

The most interesting thing to me there is it took a pro staff a couple of years to figure out that Boller was bad. 

[LeGOATski]

Just now, 26CornerBlitz said:

Billick mentioned this on NFL Network a couple of months ago as a specific caveat for Josh Allen.

Doesn't apply to Allen, dude. He simply didn't have enough quality receivers...

 

...and those stationary target nets are crap.

[Seanbillsfan2206]

2 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

I think the OP's point might have been, "don't draft an accuracy-challenged QB in the 1st round and hang your NFL hat on him"

I agree. But Baltimore needed a QB and Boller was the 3rd best QB available. They took a shot and it didn’t work 

[SouthNYfan]

1 minute ago, Seanbillsfan2206 said:

I agree. But Baltimore needed a QB and Boller was the 3rd best QB available. They took a shot and it didn’t work 

 

Better than no shot at all!!

[LeGOATski]

Just now, No Place To Hyde said:

The most interesting thing to me there is it took a pro staff a couple of years to figure out that Boller was bad. 

IMO, it's not that they didn't notice those flaws on film. It's that they thought they could fix them. Obviously, you have to pick and choose what you think you can get away with. You all have to be confident in your ability to develop players to some extent. IIRC, the only guy who was viewed as a sure-fire pick that year was Palmer.

[BuffaloBillyG]

2 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

IMO, it's not that they didn't notice those flaws on film. It's that they thought they could fix them. Obviously, you have to pick and choose what you think you can get away with. You all have to be confident in your ability to develop players to some extent. IIRC, the only guy who was viewed as a sure-fire pick that year was Palmer.

It believe Leftwich was as well...just expected in the later part of the round. 

[Augie]

14 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

Lesson: get an accurate QB.

 

But what if they can’t throw the ball 85 yards on one knee, blind folded and into the wind with a cockatoo on his other shoulder? 

[26CornerBlitz]

1 minute ago, Augie said:

 

But what if they can’t throw the ball 85 yards on one knee, blind folded and into the wind with a cockatoo on his other shoulder? 

 

Only if it's named Fred. 

[Augie]

1 minute ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

Only if it's named Fred. 

 

Or Frieda, don’t be cockatoo sexist! 

[26CornerBlitz]

Just now, Augie said:

 

Or Frieda, don’t be cockatoo sexist! 

 

Is that the name of that tune?  

[Augie]

3 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

Is that the name of that tune?  

 

Name that cockatune? 

[buffaloboyinATL]

7 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

Only if it's named Fred. 

Not everyday we get a Baretta reference around here.

[26CornerBlitz]

1 minute ago, Augie said:

 

Name that cockatune? 

 

[Augie]

YIKES! I thought they burned that old film!  For the record, I burned that shirt after the bird......never mind. 

[Mat68]

First 2 years starting 46% 49%.  Mid 50% and sub 50% is another dimension of inaccurate.