Official Draft Travone Boykin Thread

[KC native]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I wrote "spread" instead of "college."

I was trying to say that he looks like a spread product. He struggled with reads and accuracy before TCU went to the spread.

Even making "reads" in a spread offense is very different from making them in an NFL offense. Sorry, but dual-threat spread guys are just not reliable things to hitch NFL hopes to.

He is not a better prospect than RGIII at this point. Griffin was bigger, has a stronger arm, and was more dynamic as a run threat at QB.

You know you could just admit you haven't watched Boykin at all.

Boykin is the same size as RG3 and has comparable arm strength and lolz at more dynamic run threat.

Go watch some highlights.

He struggled with a run-first, poorly designed offensive scheme. TCU's offensive coordinator at the time was a worse play caller than Andy Reid.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by KC native

You know you could just admit you haven't watched Boykin at all.

Boykin is the same size as RG3 and has comparable arm strength and lolz at more dynamic run threat.

Go watch some highlights.

He struggled with a run-first, poorly designed offensive scheme. TCU's offensive coordinator at the time was a worse play caller than Andy Reid.

I've watched him play plenty.

Robert Griffin III is a legitimate 6-2. I'll be shocked if Boykin actually measures that at pro day. He looks like a 6-footer to me.

He's a great college spread QB, but even in that highlight tape, the reads are limited (like most spread guys, it's just a few reads of very simple route trees), and he's throwing to a lot of guys who are WIDE open. In addition, he doesn't show off a consistently tight spiral.

The arm strength is not that of Robert Grifffin III. It's good enough for the NFL, but it isn't great.

He struggled in a system much closer to what he would need to be an effective NFL starter. That's a big warning sign.