DeShaun Watson playing the way he's played is a real hit to the class. I mentioned this before but I really do perceive, rightly or wrongly, that Watson's feet have gotten a lot lazier this year. I know the Dolphins scouts aren't impressed with him. And I've talked to people that have spent a lot of time with multiple of these QBs and they say that Watson's personality isn't necessarily all that impressive.
I was never gaga about Kizer in the first place so his inconsistent play and accuracy is not surprising. Give him another year in the oven. He still might be really, really good!
I like Mitch Trubisky but I'm not climbing over other teams to get him. His physical skills are not necessarily impressive. You're buying him on technical merit. The problem with buying a spread quarterback on technical merit is the technical aspect (the strength of his case) is built almost entirely on stuff that doesn't translate particularly well. Add in there his one year of experience, that makes me pretty nervous. I mean, just like how I felt that in the end there wasn't a ton of difference between a Jared Goff and a Brandon Doughty, there isn't a ton of difference between a Mitch Trubisky and a Luke Falk. So why would I pay through the nose for one over the other? It's basically going to come down to little better than a coin flip which of the two is better.
I've said it before, the guy that stands out to me as someone I'd pay for is Patrick Mahomes. That's because in addition to a "check all the boxes" type (personality, character, size, athletic measurables, arm strength, accuracy, background), you can watch the guy play football and be aw-struck by his pure talent to play the game and hurt a defense. It's not a slam dunk. A slam dunk would be if he were also a technical genius in an offense that translates well to the NFL. You can't always get everything you want that way. But at least he's got two out of three nailed down, and when you circle back to the most important aspect which is probably pure inherent accuracy, he really has that at an elite level. People don't realize he's been playing with an AC joint sprain in his throwing shoulder, which has taken away from his accuracy. And he's still this accurate. Before the injury he was accurate at a ludicrous level.
Dunno about Watsons feet, it seems a lot of people are looking for specific technical reasons why he doesn't look like the same player. My theory is that he had a magical season last year but this is the real Watson. Looking back, there was probably no way he was going to keep landing those passes with such incredibly small windows consistently, that was a fluke.
As for Kizer, I still like Kizer quite a bit, but his mechanics really get sloppy at times. I lioe trubisky too, but I agree I don't need to chase him, someone will for sure though. And I don't see anything he does as special, nor does he have special natural talent.
The air raid draft is where this draft gets fun. Falk, mayfield, Webb, Mahomes. I watched some tape on them last night, man I feel bad for the scout who has to separate these guys from one another and predict their NFL futures. I ended up liking Falk more than I expected I would., ironically he can of reminds me of tannehill. Watching these guys there def is that feeling of, not being able to separate them from one another.
But all of them do have aspects to their game that really stand out at times, i said this in another thread, I'd be fine drafting one with a late rnd pick, no matter who it is.
I agree that Mahomes stands out as far as pure potential, he can do things with broken plays that are flat out amazong, but he does alot of wild things on the football field where you just wonder WTF he was possibly thinking. He's def a player I will go back and forth on up until draft day.
When it clicks it looks amazing, when it doesn't it looks like he's playing a completely different sport. At this point I'd compare him to Logan Thomas who was drafted in the 4th rnd which I think is where Mahomes should go, but I think he ends up in the 3rd if the interview process goes well.
