I don't follow college football. Does this guy have the mental aptitude for the NFL game at QB??? Obviously Mahomes did and does and continues to grow to stay ahead of DCs. I absolutely love the fact that Pat challenges Andy to challenge him all the time about growing as a QB to this day. I don't care how super athletic, cannon arm a QB has, IF he is not a student of the game and chooses to continue to NOT being a student of the game he will go by the wayside fairly quickly.

Becuase of the running/athletic ability, I honestly don't think his floor is really all that low.

I saw somebody say that his floor is basically Justin Fields last year. I think that's probably accurate.

You answered my question. However, is he willing to grow as a student? Remains to be seen.

This is why I think he goes very high. That potential is why a GM with an offensive minded HC will draft him. Stroud and Young are good, but not generational good. They might have a higher floor, but a lower ceiling.

Sounds like Josh Allen coming out. He’s the other reason (outside Mahomes) why QBs like Richardson will get drafted higher than normal.

In this draft, he's who I'd want if we didn't have Mahomes. Just take the biggest swing possible on the guy with the highest upside. The other three consensus first rounders aren't sure enough things, imho, to not just say **** it and take a risk.

Yip. Rarely are there “no doubt” QBs that come out like Burrow. As such, go for the highest ceiling guy.

55% is atrocious. What was Allen’s we all made fun of like 58%?

Most QBs who look like Josh Allen and have his first couple years never figure it out. He's a terrible comp in these situations but it's one a lot more people are willing to make right now.

I totally understand that thought process. I'm not even saying the guy will be bad (and am really pulling for him as he's a good kid). I'm just saying I think there's certainly scope for him to end up disappointing in a material way, especially if he finds himself in the wrong situation.

And while Fields doesn't have the athleticism of Richardson, he's leagues more evolved as an actual QB. If Fields and Richardson were in the same draft class, I'd definitely take Fields.

Who else is there then? High upside with with questionable processing coming out. Can’t really think of another QB he compares to right now. If he goes to a QB friendly coach/system he might have a chance. Wasn’t Allen pretty bad until Daboll came in?

I’ll laugh if it’s Baltimore.

Here's why I'm out on him and we will bump thos thread in 4 years to see how terribly wrong I am. His decision making is questionable, his accuracy struggles because his mechanics suck.

Before someone says Mahomes had some of the same knocks Patrick was pretty accurate and his decision making knocks came from being too aggressive. Just don't see how this guy learns all of this at the highest level.

I'd say most athletic QBs who have come out in the last generation are similar. Granted, none of them have the exact specifics of Richardson - he's absolutely better - but all of them had more college success than he did. It's hard to project him because the comps just aren't there.

And I think Daboll was there as OC from Allen's rookie season onward. Dorsey joined after year 1 and it was only in year 2 where Allen really took a step forward.

I’m not that high on stroud. But Ryan day has a way more nfl friendly offense for QBs than any of his modern predecessors. I mean, urban and tressel were next level bad and nfl teams didn’t even try to pretend these QBs were any good.