I can’t see it. McVay likes to throw the ball downfield and not just dunk and dunk like Shanahan does. Plus he’s big on character. There were several reports that Shaddeur turned off a lot of teams with his non chalant attitude. That doesn’t sound like a McVay type.
With the exception of a few big moments, he was average a lot of his career. But that is what separates the good ones from the bad. In his biggest moment Darnold crumbled.
I deleted the post but basically cause of what you said. He was a top 15 QB for half his career who turned it on on the biggest stage. I'd put him above average.
The list of QB's who have had multiple mediocre years but also great years is literally endless.
I could add 50 more QB's to this list.
What is the difference in the bad and great years? Supporting cast/Coach/System.
ALL of these QB's have proven they can throw accurate, read a defense and execute the system at a high level when the surrounding pieces are there. Any of these QB's could have had a Darnold year with the Vikings.
To assume these QB's suddenly remember how to throw a football and read a defense and then have years when they forget again is beyond absurd.
Blake Bortles
Alex Smith
Mark Brunell
Jake Delhomme
Sam Darnold
Baker Mayfield
Rich Gannon
Jim Plunkett
Eli Manning
Ron Jaworski
Doug Williams
Jeff Garcia
Trent Green
Goff
Patrick Mahomes:
2018 50 TD 12 Int 113 QB rating
2024 26 TD 11 int 93.5 QB rating
Clearly Mahomes forgot how to read a defense and throw a football.
The Chiefs defense was the catalyst in my book.
There must surely be a point - hopefully soon - where teams realise that spending so much of their budget on one player is unsustainable.
The most succinct way I've heard it put is an elite QB raises the floor of your team every year.
McShay is now reporting why you shouldnt pay attention to him or any other until the draft actually happens...
Well, we shall see how good his sources are. He claims these are the consensus thoughts he is hearing from his sources on various teams.
And all it takes is 1 team
I think teams know Dart is not a good play for an early first round QB because he needs that redshirt. If you're gonna reach for a QB up top it means you need a starter now. That's not Dart. It's also not Milroe. At least not from my easy chair. My hope is all these rumors elevating both those dudes up top have been BS, and that they both are available at 26 so if McVay likes one of them he can take them.
Yes, we can be so directionally right about things like QBs but even then, all it takes is one team or one owner to make a decision in the draft whether at QB or any position.
I know a lot is made of the getting back into the 1st for a QB so you can have the 5th year option but this class may not be good enough for the opportunity cost of the kind of capital you'd need to give up for that. Lot's of hubbub of teams wanting to maneuver in the 2nd for these QBs, seems to make more sense to me.
Oh man how funny would that be to track his movements. European soccer does that a lot in the summer offseason.
