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Originally Posted by Saccopoo
Where/how are you determining that "I don't think he has the work ethic in the film room to learn how to read defenses to make him better."?
I'm assuming that your opinions are simply self-deduced ones, correct?
#1: Here is a quote from his offensive coordinator at Auburn:
#2. Here's a quote from the South Carolina defensive coordinator:
And if you look at Newton's statistics, he became a substantially better passer as the season wore on. Percentage went up, interceptions became non-existent, yardages increased, etc.
It's funny...the same guys that were bagging on Bradford, Tebow and Freeman as quarterbacks that were going to bomb in the NFL are the same ones now bagging on Newton.
And it's the same stuff all over again: "Spread system quarterback." "Runs a lot." "Can't read a defense."
Oh noes! A guy has mobility! A guy from a spread never reads defenses, even though he went up against some of the best defenses and defensive players in the country in the SEC! They'll never make it in the NFL!
It kills me that some people are borderline ecstatic to draft guys like Aldon Smith or Justin Houston in the first round as a strong side OLB for a 3-4 when they've never played that position, but yet they are "athletes" and that's okay. However, when a guy who has actually played a position such as QB and has been very successful at it, they won't be able to play in the pros because their college that they played at wasn't one of the four remaining colleges who run a "pro style set" offense.
Or at least the highly touted guys. Guys who most people don't know about or don't have an idea about when they played college ball are okay with. Or if they played at Missouri. Blaine Gabbert played in a total spread system, is raw in terms of his physical makeup (the guy is soft), has a reputation for a less than stellar work ethic and had nowhere close to the success that Newton enjoyed on the field, but, goddamn, that kid would be worth trading up for, emiright?
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Yeah, because coaches usually speak poorly about heisman type candidates. Opponent coaches always speak very highly of their opponent.
All I'm saying is to succeed at the next level, he has a lot of work to do and he's going to have to bust his ass to learn a pro offense. He'll either put his time into it, or he won't. I'm very skeptical. I think he's going to find some initial success using his legs and assume he doesn't have to put in the kind of time Peyton and Brady do in the film room. Especially after he gets that first paycheck.