Agreed...I think he is 3+ rounds and drafted as a back up...keep in mind though, Mahomes was drafted as a backup to Alex Smith his first year...and he has turned out to be the best QB in history by the stats in his time in the NFL...he is also bigger and throws a football faster than any QB in Combine history...I sure hope Bennett does make it in the NFL...like that kid in SF from Iowa State...could be a Cinderella Story...
It puts a great big chip on his shoulder.
The biggest difference from a projection standpoint is Young was great under pressure, and Bennet wasn't near as good, statistically. Brady and Rodgers didn’t set the combine on fire, but they have consistently performed waaaay better under pressure than most of there counterparts in the NFL. Go watch Bo Nix, Hendon Hooker, Will Levi’s, Max Dugan, etc….. in the games against Georgia and then go watch CJ Stroud and Bryce Young when they played them. The difference in how they last two performed when under pressure verses the others is night and day. Young threw two picks in the NC, I get it, but he still put up 350+ and looked a lot better than the others, sans Stroud. Bennett numbers when under pressure aren’t great, so the thought is he won’t be as “good” in the NFL where he doesn’t have all day to throw the ball. Time will obviously tell, but a lot depends on who drafts them. I think Bennet’s success all depends on the system he ends up in, and going later rounds may be better from that standpoint. San Fran did a great job with Purdy getting the balls out of his hands and he is smart enough to run that system well. If Bennet falls into a similar situation, I think he has a chance to hang around in the pros a while. I think Bryce Young ends up going earlier to a terrible team, and ends up getting hurt a lot like Tua, being as small as he is. I hope he does well, but those early pick guys usually take a beating the first couple of years.
Just a guess but they performed better because they are better and their teams are like Georgia's team, many professionals on those teams.
And bump it 3 years from now... 6 years from now... 9 years from now... And we'll still be talking about QB's that OWN Auburn..
I don’t think you can say Stroud and Young are the top two qbs because they were on good teams. If you look at their ratings on throws under pressure, both were very good compared to say Levis and even Bennett against all their competition. Those are two different dudes. Like I said earlier though, I think it really depends on the coach and system they go to. Russell Wilson thrived in the offense that Seattle ran where they rolled him out all the time, but struggled a ton when asked to stand in the pocket in Denver. Young and Bennett aren’t going to sit in the pocket and pick you apart like Brady or Manning, and if they ask them to, they won’t do well. Don’t mean you can’t win some games with either of them, you just can’t asked them to stand back there and throw a short cross over 6’6” linemen when they will only have 2.5 seconds to get the ball out on average.
I'm not saying that about them because they are on good teams, no doubt they are really good qb's regardless of team but having professional players protecting them and receiving from them certainly helps.
We'll see. I'm rooting for him but the stats are against him. There is no sure thing in the NFL, and even those that rank highly at the outset sometimes flame out in a spectacular fashion.
Drew was a little small, but that's were any similarity ends. He had a lightning fast release, great velocity and the natural instinct to throw receivers open. Plus being one of the great scramblers of all time."Drew Bledsoe". Can't dance, can't throw, too short, no arm strength, wins football games.
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Bledsoe was 6'5" are you guys talking about Brees?
I was referring to Brees. I think I failed reading comprehension
I'm pulling for him, and we'll see soon enough...it's not an exact science picking these guys...Bosworth and Mandarich come to mind...and Tebow...
