QB Class Starting to Look Like S&@*

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

It doesn't look like we expected it to look a year ago, but I think Gabbert's going to be a star. I like him more than anybody that's been out since Matt Ryan.

I'm not sure how since he wasn't exactly a great college QB. I would feel more comfortable with a guy that did it in college and has the tools like Bradford did his entire career and Ryan did his senior year.

I just didn't see a great QB when I watched the MU games, but I really didn't see a great QB when I watched Freeman at KSU either and he worked out pretty well so far. Freeman has been a better pro then college QB so maybe Gabbert will surprise me and do the same.

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

I'm not sure how since he wasn't exactly a great college QB. I would feel more comfortable with a guy that did it in college and has the tools like Bradford did his entire career and Ryan did his senior year.

I just didn't see a great QB when I watched the MU games, but I really didn't see a great QB when I watched Freeman at KSU either and he worked out pretty well so far. Freeman has been a better pro then college QB so maybe Gabbert will surprise me and do the same.

I think, like with Freeman, it was more of a reflection of the school than the player. Put him in the right situation, with some good coaching and quality players, and I think he has all the attributes to thrive.

This is an outside opinion, of course. I'm not a big 12 guy, and I don't follow Missouri any more or less than I follow anybody else in the NCAA. I've seen him play probably a dozen times over the last couple of years, and what I saw was a guy with prototypical size who has a rocket launcher attached to his shoulder. He'll play hurt, he's played in high profile games, and he's won games at a school that traditionally doesn't with what I consider to be high second tier talent, although to his credit I think Pinkel has turned them into a winning program. In any case, I can see why Harbaugh wanted him at Stanford.

On the flip side, he does play out of a spread, but these days who doesn't? That's just a risk you have to take (same risk Bradford had - plus Bradford missed virtually an entire year to injury...).

All that said, I do not think he's a top-5 or even top-10 calibre pick. But I do think he's a first round calibre QB. Others will argue this (much like they did with Sanchez), but I'm not somebody who likes the idea of a project early. And Gabbert is, in my mind, a project. But the upside on him is through the roof.

As far as Newton goes, he's the latest product of the hype machine. I don't care how athletically gifted he is (and there's no debate about that...), the fact is he's a junior with one year starting experience on an utterly loaded team. I wouldn't touch him with a twenty foot pole. He has disaster written all over him.

Mallet has top pick talent with a UDFA brain. For years I waited for him to grow into what I thought he could be when I first saw him at Michigan, and he never did. He'll look like Joe Montana with Dan Marino's arm grafted to his shoulder and then all of a sudden just do something that leaves you scratching your head.


In the end, I don't think any of these guys are really worth discussion as far as the Chiefs goes. I think this franchise is way, way more likely to go for a game manager the likes of Greg McElroy. I'm not saying I like that, or that it's what I want, just that that's the kind of player I think they'll go for.

[Okie_Apparition]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

I'm not sure how since he wasn't exactly a great college QB. I would feel more comfortable with a guy that did it in college and has the tools like Bradford did his entire career and Ryan did his senior year.

I just didn't see a great QB when I watched the MU games, but I really didn't see a great QB when I watched Freeman at KSU either and he worked out pretty well so far. Freeman has been a better pro then college QB so maybe Gabbert will surprise me and do the same.

Kstater said he thought Freeman would only play 5 or less season. Just long enough to get enough money to follow his dream of training for the iditarod. It's not that he was all that much into the race. Or working with the dogs. He was just looking forward to being on the pole 24/7.