“He can win a championship,” Cutcliffe said as he stood just a stone’s throw away from the stage in downtown Nashville, where Roger Goodell announced that Jones was the Giants’ sixth overall pick. “He’s that level of NFL quarterback. I just know he’ll be a championship quarterback in that league.”
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As I've said I wasn't in the Jones camp but I'll take it in stride and root for his success.
(*looks at schedule*)
Hopefully this... Chic--ago?... Bears? Does that say Bears? Right, yeah, whoever they are, hopefully their defense isn't as stingy as Wake Forest's.
Sure. He didn't have to say something that strong. Remember, this is a guy who coached Peyton and Eli.
I think being able to handle NY is also a major component of his stock a la Eli and Jeter.
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Sure. He didn't have to say something that strong. Remember, this is a guy who coached Peyton and Eli.
Why wouldn't he?
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Sure. He didn't have to say something that strong. Remember, this is a guy who coached Peyton and Eli.
So, tell me, Coach, what do you think of Jones?
Meh. Comme ci, comme ca.
How strong is it Eric? You're trying to "sell" your latest - QB, vintage wine, laptop, i-phone - and you want to really plug it you say, "this whatever is my best watchamacallit yet!"
I didn't hear Cutcliffe saying Jones is as good as Peyton or Eli were do you? Heck I didn't hear Cutcliffe say Jones was in the same ballpark as a quality player like the Manning brothers...
Fact is, given what he could or might have said what he did say was nothing special.
Because Jones is simply not that good. Some things are easier for "lay people" to see than the "experts." Although in fact, mist of the "expert" pundits or draft evealuators or the scouts McGinn spoke to didn't see Jones as a first round prospect.
Because, quite likely, he shouldn't have been taken in the first round. Yeah, footwork, reading the field, studying, playing hard, tough, all that and a can of soup. Too bad the guy doesn't throw the ball well enough to be a top tier NFL starter.
if he wins 2 superbowls or more than this was a fantastic pick as peyton and eli won 2 each, so if the trend continues or impoves then we would all be for that
this team is better than what he had at duke if you listen to the podcast about him, both brooks and daniel J talked about how bad the duke OL was and how poor the surrounding players at duke were and if he got top class playmakers look out and barkley,engram,shepard and tate all fit that bill
the importance of peppers and zietler cant be overstated either they get what amounts to 5 first round picks when you add those 2 to the guys they drafted thats 3 drafts worth of nailed high 1st and second round picks right there in one offseason
moving on after eli was always going to be a tough one and DG knew better than anyone he was going to cope it no matter who he drafted
How strong is it Eric? You're trying to "sell" your latest - QB, vintage wine, laptop, i-phone - and you want to really plug it you say, "this whatever is my best watchamacallit yet!"
I didn't hear Cutcliffe saying Jones is as good as Peyton or Eli were do you? Heck I didn't hear Cutcliffe say Jones was in the same ballpark as a quality player like the Manning brothers...
Fact is, given what he could or might have said what he did say was nothing special.
Because Jones is simply not that good. Some things are easier for "lay people" to see than the "experts." Although in fact, mist of the "expert" pundits or draft evealuators or the scouts McGinn spoke to didn't see Jones as a first round prospect.
Because, quite likely, he shouldn't have been taken in the first round. Yeah, footwork, reading the field, studying, playing hard, tough, all that and a can of soup. Too bad the guy doesn't throw the ball well enough to be a top tier NFL starter.
He doesn't read the field well. They ran an offense with around 75% single read concepts. When he had to progress through reads he was noticeably slow to do so, constantly patting the ball.
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How strong is it Eric? You're trying to "sell" your latest - QB, vintage wine, laptop, i-phone - and you want to really plug it you say, "this whatever is my best watchamacallit yet!"
I didn't hear Cutcliffe saying Jones is as good as Peyton or Eli were do you? Heck I didn't hear Cutcliffe say Jones was in the same ballpark as a quality player like the Manning brothers...
Fact is, given what he could or might have said what he did say was nothing special.
Because Jones is simply not that good. Some things are easier for "lay people" to see than the "experts." Although in fact, mist of the "expert" pundits or draft evealuators or the scouts McGinn spoke to didn't see Jones as a first round prospect.
Because, quite likely, he shouldn't have been taken in the first round. Yeah, footwork, reading the field, studying, playing hard, tough, all that and a can of soup. Too bad the guy doesn't throw the ball well enough to be a top tier NFL starter.
He doesn't read the field well. They ran an offense with around 75% single read concepts. When he had to progress through reads he was noticeably slow to do so, constantly patting the ball.
That s not what Kurt Warner said about him. Said reading the field was a strength.
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How strong is it Eric? You're trying to "sell" your latest - QB, vintage wine, laptop, i-phone - and you want to really plug it you say, "this whatever is my best watchamacallit yet!"
I didn't hear Cutcliffe saying Jones is as good as Peyton or Eli were do you? Heck I didn't hear Cutcliffe say Jones was in the same ballpark as a quality player like the Manning brothers...
Fact is, given what he could or might have said what he did say was nothing special.
Because Jones is simply not that good. Some things are easier for "lay people" to see than the "experts." Although in fact, mist of the "expert" pundits or draft evealuators or the scouts McGinn spoke to didn't see Jones as a first round prospect.
Because, quite likely, he shouldn't have been taken in the first round. Yeah, footwork, reading the field, studying, playing hard, tough, all that and a can of soup. Too bad the guy doesn't throw the ball well enough to be a top tier NFL starter.
He doesn't read the field well. They ran an offense with around 75% single read concepts. When he had to progress through reads he was noticeably slow to do so, constantly patting the ball.
That s not what Kurt Warner said about him. Said reading the field was a strength.
Fit will be important for all of these quarterbacks, but it seems that Jones’ projection requires a bigger leap of faith than the others. Whereas the numbers can point to ways in which Haskins and Lock win, the statistical picture for Jones is cloudy.
Statisically, Jones would have to buck a trend that only Brady has bucked. He'll need to drastically improve offensive efficiency in the NFL. In the last ten years, no other college QB has been more efficient in the pros than they have been in college, and Jones was extremely inefficient. People can blame that on the oline, the receiving corps etc but he played in a system designed to give him simple reads and short to intermediate completions, and his statistical return was pretty dire.
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that strong?
How strong is it Eric? You're trying to "sell" your latest - QB, vintage wine, laptop, i-phone - and you want to really plug it you say, "this whatever is my best watchamacallit yet!"
I didn't hear Cutcliffe saying Jones is as good as Peyton or Eli were do you? Heck I didn't hear Cutcliffe say Jones was in the same ballpark as a quality player like the Manning brothers...
Fact is, given what he could or might have said what he did say was nothing special.
Because Jones is simply not that good. Some things are easier for "lay people" to see than the "experts." Although in fact, mist of the "expert" pundits or draft evealuators or the scouts McGinn spoke to didn't see Jones as a first round prospect.
Because, quite likely, he shouldn't have been taken in the first round. Yeah, footwork, reading the field, studying, playing hard, tough, all that and a can of soup. Too bad the guy doesn't throw the ball well enough to be a top tier NFL starter.
He doesn't read the field well. They ran an offense with around 75% single read concepts. When he had to progress through reads he was noticeably slow to do so, constantly patting the ball.
That s not what Kurt Warner said about him. Said reading the field was a strength.
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Jones was primarily asked to execute 0/1-step drops, RPOs, screens, and rollouts, concepts that generally indicate simpler, or even singular, reads. He did so on a whopping 72.6% of his dropbacks, the eighth-highest rate among 164 quarterbacks who dropped back 100+ times in 2018. To give you an idea of how that might translate to the NFL, Nick Foles had the highest rate of 43 NFL quarterbacks at 58.3%. Only two other quarterbacks did so at a rate above 50%, and the average rate among quarterbacks who dropped back at least 100 times was 33.8%.
Fit will be important for all of these quarterbacks, but it seems that Jones’ projection requires a bigger leap of faith than the others. Whereas the numbers can point to ways in which Haskins and Lock win, the statistical picture for Jones is cloudy.
Statisically, Jones would have to buck a trend that only Brady has bucked. He'll need to drastically improve offensive efficiency in the NFL. In the last ten years, no other college QB has been more efficient in the pros than they have been in college, and Jones was extremely inefficient. People can blame that on the oline, the receiving corps etc but he played in a system designed to give him simple reads and short to intermediate completions, and his statistical return was pretty dire.
Sorry I should say no QB has been more efficient over his first four years than he was in college.