Mr. Scot

I grant that everybody has durability concerns, but at the same time could you honestly say you'd be more worried about Terrell Owens taking a hit than you would Tutu Atwell? And yes, all defenses are going to try to hit the quarterback. But again, hitting Bryce Young isn't quite the same as hitting Cam Newton. Plus you have to figure the dirty ones are gonna go a little harder.

Heh I agree with the point. With that said though, there's a reason why Chris Simms spends his time talking to Mike Florio rather than quarterbacking on a football field. The durability concerns are most definitely real.

I think of "football intelligence" as kind of a skill set. A guy like Gronkowski comes off dumb as a brick but he knew his football well enough. Processing speed is a pretty big deal too. I know people that could probably solve just about any problem given enough time. If something has to be solved within like three minutes or so though, they're probably gonna fail.

You wouldn't call Fitzpatrick a success? I know he's not exactly a Hall of Famer but I wouldn't say he's a bust either.

He later went on to quarterback the Carolina Panthers after he had his name legally changed to Jake Delhomme

No, I can't. But that's just me. I suck at video games

Great players frequently make poor coaches. A lot of times it's because what made them great isn't something they can necessarily transfer to others.

That's a question I find myself asking a lot.

I've been a Stroud proponent, which is funny because when it comes to quarterbacks, I'm normally a guy who cares less about measurables and more about intangibles. Young is absolutely everything that I would want a quarterback to be. He's smart, he processes well, he's an accurate passer, all the most important stuff. But yes, I worry about his durability. Especially so because you know other teams are going to try to hit him as hard as possible. And I think you can get pretty close to Young's intangibles with Stroud while not having the durability concerns. Ultimately though, I think Young will be the guy so I just have to commit to cringing and covering my eyes when he takes a hit

Mike Kaye retweeted this...

Can't speak for snow, but I would say while Young is probably the pick, you never know until you hear the name read. (that's why the draft always makes me nervous)

Absolutely. Every team tries to hit the quarterback, but there are certain teams for whom I would say doing physical damage to them is...encouraged. (the Saints are definitely not the only dirty team) And yes, you have to take that kind of thing into account when you're looking at Young.

Yeah, he does. This is one of those things that reminds me why I'm not a huge fan of analytics.

Hadn't seen that from him before, but admittedly over the last few years I've only typically read stories from McGinn that pertained to the Panthers.

Pretty sure The Observer came under new ownership In the last few years. Columnists aside, I'd say the reporting I've seen from Mike Kaye and the unfortunately departing Ellis Williams has been absolutely stellar.

Quite true. It's like in court when they say "the jury will disregard" something. You still heard it, and you're not going to just forget it.

Gotcha. So Breer got it wrong. That's unusual for him but it would have been secondhand information. Hey, that's me (or so it's been suggested)

That's been the knock on Ohio State quarterbacks in general. I know they say "don't scout the helmet" but I've mentioned before that a lot of times there's a reason or a trend of some sort that causes certain reputations. Again though, that's not always valid for every player.

Gotcha.

I don't remember if it was said that Richardson scored in the 90s. I remember hearing that he "did well". Kinda wonder if this has anything to do with recent reports that he's dropping.

McGinn's been covering the Packers since I was a kid. He's legit. I've never heard of Golong.

Had to go there, huh?

Meanwhile in Baltimore...

The one thing I would say is that Bob McGinn isn't typically someone I would expect to leak information like this. And yeah, it is a test. Not the same as live football...

Kaye said they looked like a Walmart Halloween costume of a football player.