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You don't see him nervously bailing on the pocket over and over, and missing easy throws because he might be tackled? It's the first game of the season, but what does that mean about his mentality if when the lights in college come on he has the yips. How does that translate to the NFL where everyone is bigger, stronger, faster, and your lineman are usually not?

Yeah, Stroud is driving me insane. In this game he just refuses to climb the pocket. Sure, the defensive line is getting pressure, but you have to stand tall and work with what you got. In this instance he bails on the pocket so often that it reminds me of watching Kenny Pickett's tape from last year.

I go back and forth, but when I watch a game like this I start imagining that some front offices might have him rated as the third quarterback.

The Rookie Scouting Portfolio (RSP)Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room: QB Anthony Richardson (Florida) the Underrated Pocket Manager and Field General (mattwaldmanrsp.com) This is a couple of random tidbits on Richardson I saw on Twitter today. It may give you guys a bit of insight on why the front office may be taking a closer look at him. The article with the video breakdown is basically everything I've been seeing myself and have stated here before.

That is so far from the truth. Richardson stands tall in the pocket going through his reads. He isn't a one read and go quarterback at all.

I thought I heard "when you're in Charlotte".

Not that either are my favorite, but Stroud has a tendency to stick with his first read until they come open, and most of the time they do.

The problem with just looking at the stats is it's a small sample size of his first year starting. Take for example this game in which his receivers had 6 drops, including a touchdown. If these balls were caught his average would have jumped to 55.6%. I know every quarterback deals with drops, but every drop hurt Richardson's stats more as he only had a year to work with, with relatively few passing attempts.

I also think that scouts have his floor rated much higher than the average Joe that's watching games. The reason being is his physical running, which wasn't really utilized much last season, is something that could keep the chains moving his first couple of seasons before refining as a passer. A lot of quarterbacks in their first year starting have poor passing statistics. I'm wondering how much Richardson would improve in his second year, in college or the NFL. If he can come up to a 60% completion percentage, with his running ability, he might get off to a faster start than some think.

Thielen would be a great addition if just for what he can show the kids in the receiver's room.

Yeah, I can tell you don't watch the games because you refer specifically to college statistics instead of evaluating what's happening in each player's games. I don't really care either way. You can go back to evaluating quarterbacks you find the hottest for all I care.

You're not very convincing. I don't feel like you're the type to take the time to watch the games.

I'm sorry, I can't take you seriously. I've watched every game I can find of each of the top four. Stroud, Levis, and Richardson I've often watched games 2-4 times.

Not really. He misses receivers a lot of the time because of footwork. He has elite movement in the pocket, scans the field well, and generally makes good decisions. This along with his elite size, speed, and ability to create with his legs is going to be enticing to front offices. I would bet on some level a lot of the scouts have Young's size, and Stroud's adversity under pressure as worse knocks than footwork leading to inaccuracy. If Richardson played another year he would have definitely improved his accuracy enough to be considered possibly the consensus number one overall.

I have a feeling they do really like Richardson. His tape is really interesting if you take time to watch it.

Wait, wouldn't this mean we're going to take Richardson?

Jets fans would come for him.

It shows when you watch his games. If he had problems with processing or reading a defense I don't think they would have kept him as the starter. Their offense was generally a pro-style, where he would stand tall, keeping his eyes up field, going through his progressions. His lower body mechanics just were so inconsistent he had poor overall accuracy that would fluctuate.

It should be apparent from the fact the Panthers traded so much draft capital for him and just let him walk when they currently have a barren quarterback room. They obviously didn't want him here even in a mentor role.

Jesus, 49ers down bad.

If the Panthers are serious about moving back it is for Richardson. I do not believe for a second it's a 1a/1b situation when they have an entire scouting department to make definitive rankings for draft day.

You're talking to a person that predicted he would be traded to the Bears, months ago. If you want to post D.J. Moore's stats in relation to other receivers, go ahead. It's not going to change the fact that it's going to difficult to replace him. Tee Higgins would not be cheap and most likely not directly replace his production.

With what? The 2024 first round pick?

Why would I care about comparing Shenault to Moore? This is about Moore's profile as a receiver, and he most certainly is profiled a highly elusive YAC receiver. If you want to deny it, go ahead and look blind. Every highlight, every draft profile. In his rookie year we used him quite often as a running back in gadget plays.

Only on the Huddle can you get poo on for saying that D.J. Moore was a YAC receiver. It's literally in every description of him ever. Every draft profile, in every highlight. We actually used him a lot in his first year in quite a lot of gadget plays as a running back. Ridiculous.