Anthony Richardson has one of the highest ceilings we've ever seen for a QB

[Womb Raider]

This guy looks like a massive bust. What use is being able to throw it 70 yards down the field when you're this inaccurate and can't stay healthy anyway?

Nah he looks like a sophomore who lost his rookie season. Dude needs to fix his accuracy and injury issues, which were both of his biggest knocks coming into the draft. He’s big, fast, strong and can throw bombs downfield. He has MVP potential but his downsides are awful, much like Josh Allen.

 

[Based Lord Zedd]

This guy looks like a massive bust. What use is being able to throw it 70 yards down the field when you're this inaccurate and can't stay healthy anyway?

Indy drafted him as a project, and he's still the second youngest QB. The injury history is worrisome but his accuracy was always going to be a work in progress.

0 reason to draft him if you're going to declare him a bust 1.5 years in.

Pumped we get to watch him play this weekend and not Flacco.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

High risk/high reward. He’s got a massive cannon and runs a 4.4. If you fix his inaccuracy and he stays healthy he’s a MVP in waiting.

He's been inaccurate for a while. He was inaccurate in college. Now he's injury prone.

 

[premier58]

High risk/high reward. He’s got a massive cannon and runs a 4.4. If you fix his inaccuracy and he stays healthy he’s a MVP in waiting.

You make it sound so simple and easy. Fix his inaccuracy. The dude wasnt good in college. MVP in waiting? He hasnt even had a stretch of good games, yet. There have been several QBs who had rocket launcher for arms and ran 4.3-4.6's.
Michael Bishop
Andre Ware
Tavaris Jackson(RIP)
Quincy Carter
Aaron Brooks
Akili Smith
EJ Manuel
Kordell Stewart
Terrelle Pryor
Kyle Boller etc.
The NFL landscape is littered with guys who had elite arm strength and athletic ability who disappointed or flamed out

 

[RubioTheCruel]

You make it sound so simple and easy. Fix his inaccuracy. The dude wasnt good in college. MVP in waiting? He hasnt even had a stretch of good games, yet. There have been several QBs who had rocket launcher for arms and ran 4.3-4.6's.
Michael Bishop
Andre Ware
Tavaris Jackson(RIP)
Quincy Carter
Aaron Brooks
Akili Smith
EJ Manuel
Kordell Stewart
Terrelle Pryor
Kyle Boller etc.
The NFL landscape is littered with guys who had elite arm strength and athletic ability who disappointed or flamed out

That goes back to the ‘high risk/high reward’ portion of my statement. These are people that get paid multiple millions of dollars to do this work, not just talk about it online for free.There’s a reason he was drafted so high. Josh Allen looked like a complete scrub until year 3 in his career. My biggest concern is the guy can’t stay healthy.

 

[GilSho]

You make it sound so simple and easy. Fix his inaccuracy. The dude wasnt good in college. MVP in waiting? He hasnt even had a stretch of good games, yet. There have been several QBs who had rocket launcher for arms and ran 4.3-4.6's.
Michael Bishop
Andre Ware
Tavaris Jackson(RIP)
Quincy Carter
Aaron Brooks
Akili Smith
EJ Manuel
Kordell Stewart
Terrelle Pryor
Kyle Boller etc.
The NFL landscape is littered with guys who had elite arm strength and athletic ability who disappointed or flamed out

Time for people to realize someone like Josh Allen was simply an anomaly. These project guys rarely pan out.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Time for people to realize someone like Josh Allen was simply an anomaly. These project guys rarely pan out.

It took Josh Allen two whole offseasons completely revamping his throwing motion with Jordan Palmer to become the Josh Allen we see now. He was just as bad as AR15 if you go back and watch him.

AR15 needs to understand there are other big strong guys in the NFL so it’s OK to slide and figure out how to throw the short ball. Once he does that, he’s going to be a menace.

 

[premier58]

That goes back to the ‘high risk/high reward’ portion of my statement. These are people that get paid multiple millions of dollars to do this work, not just talk about it online for free.There’s a reason he was drafted so high. Josh Allen looked like a complete scrub until year 3 in his career. My biggest concern is the guy can’t stay healthy.

Them getting paid for it, means what, exactly? Their evaluations are.infallible?? I go off what I see, not what.someone else tells me. So because they are professional, Im just supposed to bow down to them and relent to their "expertise"? What you dont.understand is a projection is an.opinion.

You know these are the same guys that projected David Carr and Joey Harrington as the number 1 and number 3 picks, in the same draft? How did that work out? Projected Josh Rosen as a franchise QB. How is that going? 99 draft. Couch, Smith and McNown, stuck? Why is that? Same scouts that gassed up Ryan Leaf and Chris Redman? Those guys?

The ones who said Jake Locker was a future star? Dudes that hyped up Kellen Clemens? The ones that anointed Rick Mirer and Ron Powlus as the next Joe Montana? The ones who called Jimmy Clausen the "LeBron James.of HS football"? So I cant question their opinions and projections, despite all the failures?

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Them getting paid for it, means what, exactly? Their evaluations are.infallible?? I go off what I see, not what.someone else tells me. So because they are professional, Im just supposed to bow down to them and relent to their "expertise"? What you dont.understand is a projection is an.opinion.

You know these are the same guys that projected David Carr and Joey Harrington as the number 1 and number 3 picks, in the same draft? How did that work out? Projected Josh Rosen as a franchise QB. How is that going? 99 draft. Couch, Smith and McNown, stuck? Why is that? Same scouts that gassed up Ryan Leaf and Chris Redman? Those guys?

The ones who said Jake Locker was a future star? Dudes that hyped up Kellen Clemens? The ones that anointed Rick Mirer and Ron Powlus as the next Joe Montana? The ones who called Jimmy Clausen the "LeBron James.of HS football"? So I cant question their opinions and projections, despite all the failures?

Humans evaluating humans always has a margin of error. They get it right way more often than wrong, that’s why they get paid so much. Thought that was common sense.

 

[premier58]

Humans evaluating humans always has a margin for error. They get it right way more often than wrong, that’s why they get paid so much. Thought that was common sense.

So youre telling me that 51 percent of the NFL Draft are quality players?? Every year? Not possible, at all. Winston and Mariota were 1 and 2 in the draft. Did they come close to living up to their projections?? How about those who doubted Russell Wilson so much, that he fell to the 3rd round, while some scouts signed off on Brandon Weeden as a 1st round pick?

 

[premier58]

Humans evaluating humans always has a margin of error. They get it right way more often than wrong, that’s why they get paid so much. Thought that was common sense.

Courtney Brown was big, strong and fast and many thought he was gonna be the next Bruce Smith. Tony Mandarich was the best offensive lineman prospect, ever!! These guys had.nondescript NFL careers.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

So youre telling me that 51 percent of the NFL Draft are quality players?? Every year? Not possible, at all. Winston and Mariota were 1 and 2 in the draft. Did they come close to living up to their projections?? How about those who doubted Russell Wilson so much, that he fell to the 3rd round, while some scouts signed off on Brandon Weeden as a 1st round pick?

There’s myriad reasons why players don’t pan out as predicted - not all of them are physical ability which is all a scout can reasonably predict.

I think a huge part of it is luck based on who drafts you, the support you're given by said franchise and the ability to connect with those particular coaches, teammates and the system that is run. That stuff matters.

 

[Based Lord Zedd]

You make it sound so simple and easy. Fix his inaccuracy. The dude wasnt good in college. MVP in waiting? He hasnt even had a stretch of good games, yet. There have been several QBs who had rocket launcher for arms and ran 4.3-4.6's.
Michael Bishop
Andre Ware
Tavaris Jackson(RIP)
Quincy Carter
Aaron Brooks
Akili Smith
EJ Manuel
Kordell Stewart
Terrelle Pryor
Kyle Boller etc.
The NFL landscape is littered with guys who had elite arm strength and athletic ability who disappointed or flamed out

NFL is not littered with guys who have Anthony Richardson's measurables stop lying, that's why he got drafted that high in the first place.
LOL at comparing him to Kyle Boller. LOL at saying 4.3-4.6 for the speed range like 4.3 and 4.6 are in the same bucket.


Richardson is raw, he is a project. He may not work out. But this Kyle Boller shyt is completely asinine.

 

[premier58]

NFL is not littered with guys who have Anthony Richardson's measurables stop lying, that's why he got drafted that high in the first place.
LOL at comparing him to Kyle Boller. LOL at saying 4.3-4.6 for the speed range like 4.3 and 4.6 are in the same bucket.


Richardson is raw, he is a project. He may not work out. But this Kyle Boller shyt is completely asinine.

Where did I say anything about measurables? Never mentioned it. I said they are plenty of guys with rocket arms and athleticism. There have been They may not have been "6'4' 250, but that combination of arm strength and athletic ability is not that rare. Ok he times a 4.4, where is it on the field?? Ive watched guys like McNabb run roughshod over defenses and they didnt time as good as.Richardson did. How.is that? Ive watched Kap rush for 190 and make defenders look silly, in.his 1st year as a starter. Let me know when Richardson does anything close to that. Whats your problem with my Kyle Boller mention? He was a mobile guy with a rocket arm, who shot up the board because of his combine arm. He was throwing it 70 plus, from his knee. They fell in love with him and he got.overdrafted.

 

[premier58]

There’s myriad reasons why players don’t pan out as predicted - not all of them are physical ability which is all a scout can reasonably predict.

I think a huge part of it is luck based on who drafts you, the support you're given by said franchise and the ability to connect with those particular coaches, teammates and the system that is run. That stuff matters.

Understood. I have nothing against the young bull, he was just extremely underwhelming at UF. Aside from Josh Allen, how many project QBs, became star QBs??