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As a QB prospect he's the outstanding one in this Draft - his highlights tape is by far the best, and it's only 13 games or so. He has poor / lazy footwork, but that's fixable - I posted in the Pro Day thread about how it's mainly his short accuracy that drags his completion percentage down (well that and his awful receivers - @Varking how the hell does #1 Pearsall see the field at Florida?!). The key for him will be his personality - I've no idea what it's like. He says he wants to be the best in interviews with the media, but you'd need to do a much deeper dive to convince me. I think the only way he busts is if he tries to coast on his talent and is happy with that initial pay cheque. I think he's already made a wise decision leaving Florida after 1 year - he wasn't getting good coaching there and was surrounded by awful receiving talent. If he commits to improving his mechanics then he's going to be a terrifying prospect for (I sadly assume) AFC South teams twice every year for the next decade... but admittedly we said that about Newton, so who knows.

He's literally a pocket QB. Are people genuinely seeing his 40 yard time and thinking "well he's clearly a run first QB"? 'Cos that's not what he shows on tape.

To be fair he references that in his twitter bio.

He's a Gators fan, he'll have seen more of Richardson than any of us. Kentucky (a good defence btw) was Richardson's 3rd ever career start (I think he started a game as a Redshirt Freshman). Even then he's pulling out throws like this: *this video is difficult to watch - there's 3 legit terrible drops immediately after that incredible throw The deal that people seem to be missing about Richardson is that it's not what he currently is that people are drafting, it's what he's got a chance of becoming. That isn't 'pie in the sky' potential either based purely on his measurables, you can visibly see him improve throughout the 2022 season and his pocket presence / processing is one of the more impressive things about him. If he doesn't progress a lick from where he is now he's still a second round pick and an NFL starter - a big armed QB with a nice deep ball that you'd lean on heavily in the running game (until he inevitably broke). As I've repeatedly said, I think it's all a moot point 'cos we're most likely taking Stroud, but Richardson is the only QB I get excited about in this Draft.

You can see they respect him on that 'behind the scenes' Pro Day video Ohio St released. A quiet leader, but one nethertheless.

That metric weirdly doesn't seem to translate to arm strength - but either way the Panthers have already said they won't be doing drills with the prospects when they visit Charlotte.

Which is what his tape shows.

I think all of the FA signings on offence have just been about assembling a competent team. The OLine is good (injuries withstanding) and you have sprinklings of talent at the skill positions, but Hurst, Sanders, Thielen and Chalk provide some veteran competency in their respective position group rooms. Andy Dalton absolutely can start Day 1 - he's nowhere near what he once was, but he can hold down the fort until you get your #1 overall pick ready. All this talk about the team being in "win-now" mode makes me think some of you are setting yourselves up for disappointment next season. We're installing a brand new offence and defence with a brand new coaching staff and (presumably) a rookie QB. We're not going to come out of the gates like gangbusters.

The whole point of Anthony Richardson isn't that you design an offence around him running - the running is the sprinkle on top. He's an actual pocket QB that happens to run a 4.4. He'd be able to run the same offence as Dalton, with a whole package of Read-option plays just for him. Newton had an entire additional year of starting QB experience over Richardson - and he was a QB that you should have done the above with - he was a running QB that happened to be able to throw.

I'd never advise my client to hide. Go to the Combine and do every drill asked. Get it all on record then tell them to watch the tape.

Oh awesome, I look forward to also picking at #9 this year.

Imagine giving up 2 first round picks, 2 second round picks and your WR1 for Goff.

Counterpoint: they're Florida Gators fans.

Check out who started the Anthony Richardson Pro Day thread. I'll accept your apology in advance.

Unfortunately Reich and Fitterer didn't look too engaged at Richardson's pro day, so he's probably right.

I think that's exactly why they signed Dalton - he's a proven bridge QB at this point in his career.

Cos he was surrounded by terrible players and coaches.

You don't trade away 2 first round picks, 2 second round picks and your WR1 to make a 'safe' pick.

He's behind on accuracy, but they don't 'smoke' him - if he tweaks his footwork (especially on those short throws) I don't see why he can't match them. I actually think he's the best at standing tall in the pocket and has an innate feel for pressure. Short (0-9 yards): Stroud - (catchable / on-target) 93% / 87% Young - (catchable / on-target) 89.1% / 81.3% Richardson - (catchable / on-target) 86.7% / 70% Medium (10-19 yards): Stroud - (catchable / on-target) 80.8% / 70.5% Young - (catchable / on-target) 87.9% / 77.3% Richardson - (catchable / on-target) 83.3% / 68.2% Long (20+ yards): Stroud - (catchable / on-target) 73.8% / 52.4% Young - (catchable / on-target) 75% / 53.6% Richardson - (catchable / on-target) 70.7%/58.5% Source:

You think he only has a good deep ball and running ability? Interesting...

You don't think he's good at processing defences? Interesting.

I think it'll be Stroud.

Well firstly, you have to look at recruiting classes - Ohio St, Alabama and Georgia are absolutely stacked - everyone else is playing for 4th place: We're talking about a QB going #1 overall - everyone has brought up Newton today. He dragged an Auburn team with (I think) 1 other first round pick on the roster to a National Championship. Georgia just won back-to-back National Championships with a 25 year old walk on who's likely to get drafted on Day 3. So yes I think it's worth discussing 'what have Stroud and Young won'? If they're worthy of the #1 overall pick, surely they've elevated their ridiculously stacked teams, right? More so than said 25 year old walk on? With regards to your final point, I think there's a legitimate chance that Richardson completely eclipses Young and Stroud in the league.

Because evidently Daboll is a pretty decent coach and limited Jones' mistakes.

I'd argue Allen was throwing with a partially torn UCL nerve in his elbow this year.