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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
That was my biggest argument in the Mahomes/Watson debate.
The folks that liked Watson did some of the same stupid "He's a winner" shit and my response was always - "yeah, but if it WORKs, what do you have?"
And when you really started looking at Watson you saw a guy who's accuracy was fine. Who's arm was actually a tick below average for an NFL quarterback. Who wasn't terribly mobile. Who's decisionmaking couldn't really be gauged because he had a really simple offense and premier players around him.
Whereas with Mahomes you could see tools that just screamed off the screen. If it worked, you knew you had an All Pro talent (in my wildest dreams I didn't see "Best QB to ever do it" and I loved the kid).
With Young, even if it worked, you weren't getting much out of it. Average for a short period of time was all you were getting. I will ignore (and did in this thread) every single Brees comp ever made. He's an exception that proves the rule. So at Young's size, there was literally no floor either.
Like I said, I can handle guys with no floor (Leaf, Russell, and like you said - Mahomes) if the ceiling is so high that it justifies it. And hell, I can understand (even if I disagree) the argument for taking a guy like Watson who's high floor would seem to offset the low ceiling.
But Young had a low ceiling and no floor. It was just dumb from the moment it was first rumored.
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Agreed. And Ill also eat the L on Watson being good being the **** it chuck it to DHop dude.
Mahomes was viewed as a giant risk, but somehow Bryce Young was a good idea?
I thought maybe his accuracy and mobility would drag him through to mediocrity, but obviously his accuracy went from good to ****tarded when he tossed his fundementals out the window and he thinks he's more mobile than he is and it gets his ass in trouble.
He was absolutely a horrible decision and it's playing out as poorly as possible.