Herbert - to me - is most similar to Wentz. I think there will always be frustrating aspects of his game, and his ceiling isn't what his physical tools suggest. Still, those tools are enough to work with.
Love has a higher ceiling - is a more natural passer. The Mahomes comparisons make a lot of sense. If Love didn't lose his playcaller and pretty much his entire offense between 2018 and 2019, the narrative would be different. My biggest concern with Love is that even though his 2019 struggles are largely not his fault, success is important for the development of a young QB. Bad situations can create uncertainty and bad habits.
Also, Love probably won't have a situation nearly as good as Mahomes's. People forget that Alex Smith was the most efficient deep passer in the NFL the year before Mahomes took over. He also completed 67% of his passes and had a 5/1 TD/INT ratio, while averaging 8.0 yards per attempt. KC's offense took a major step forward with Mahomes the following year, because he's much more talented than Smith, but you couldn't have given him a better situation. We don't know what he would have looked like in Cleveland or Buffalo - especially if he was asked to start as a rookie.
If Tua doesn't check out medically, or if he's gone by the time Miami drafts, I would roll the dice on Love or Herbert, but I wouldn't start either in 2020, and I'd be ready to draft a QB in 2021 if I didn't like their development in practice.
I don't feel especially confident about either, but QB is the one position where it's much worse to be too conservative than too aggressive. I said it in another thread, but when looking at Top 40 players who are not QB's, I view them as guilty until proven innocent. That is, I want clean evaluations, and I don't care if I let someone get by me, because I'm being too picky. With QB, it's the opposite. Of course, you want the best, cleanest player you can get, but I'd much rather draft multiple misses than sit on my hands.
Love has a higher ceiling - is a more natural passer. The Mahomes comparisons make a lot of sense. If Love didn't lose his playcaller and pretty much his entire offense between 2018 and 2019, the narrative would be different. My biggest concern with Love is that even though his 2019 struggles are largely not his fault, success is important for the development of a young QB. Bad situations can create uncertainty and bad habits.
Also, Love probably won't have a situation nearly as good as Mahomes's. People forget that Alex Smith was the most efficient deep passer in the NFL the year before Mahomes took over. He also completed 67% of his passes and had a 5/1 TD/INT ratio, while averaging 8.0 yards per attempt. KC's offense took a major step forward with Mahomes the following year, because he's much more talented than Smith, but you couldn't have given him a better situation. We don't know what he would have looked like in Cleveland or Buffalo - especially if he was asked to start as a rookie.
If Tua doesn't check out medically, or if he's gone by the time Miami drafts, I would roll the dice on Love or Herbert, but I wouldn't start either in 2020, and I'd be ready to draft a QB in 2021 if I didn't like their development in practice.
I don't feel especially confident about either, but QB is the one position where it's much worse to be too conservative than too aggressive. I said it in another thread, but when looking at Top 40 players who are not QB's, I view them as guilty until proven innocent. That is, I want clean evaluations, and I don't care if I let someone get by me, because I'm being too picky. With QB, it's the opposite. Of course, you want the best, cleanest player you can get, but I'd much rather draft multiple misses than sit on my hands.
