Official Browns QB Prospect Discussion!

Sheepdog

Just watched a 15 minute highlight reel of Marcus Mariota.

He definitely has big play ability. However a lot of his passes were to wide open players which is either a result of playing a poor opponent or Oregon being that much faster than their opponent. In the video he displayed excellent field awareness, multiple times he would run and draw the defender off of the receiver but at the last second, before crossing the Line of Scrimmage, he would then pass to that receiver. He has the arm strength to throw downfield as well as accuracy to throw to any spot.

I have yet to watch video on Tahj Boyd, Fales, Carr or Hundley so my tentative rankings from what I have seen is;

1- Bridgewater

2- Mariota

3- McCarron

4- Manziel

Canton Mike

I watched some stuff on Hundley & saw a LOT of dink & dunk throws.

Mariota is one I REALLY like...While his receivers may be wide open, he hits 'em in stride, he's mobile with good size & smart. What's NOT to like?

Another I like in the little I've seen is Hogan of Stanford.

All 3 of the above are redshirt Sophomores & may not declare after this year.

All this QB talk seems premature, but does give us something else to watch for on Saturdays.

Mike

thenew23

Derek Carr looked great last night. Looks to have the potential to be a good NFL QB. Keep an eye on him.

Taco918

Aaron Murray out of UGA is a senior this year as well.

Sheepdog

@taco918 said:
Aaron Murray out of UGA is a senior this year as well.

I forgot about Murray. From the few games that I have seen of him, it seems like he has a big arm like Stafford.

The Cysko Kid

We could probably get Kenny guiton in the fourth round. I'm only half joking.

miktoxic

i farted and almost touched cloth.

ooooohhhhhhh!

Soju

Give me Johnny Football Manzeil.

Hunt Daddy

I'm intrigued by Mariota. I'm just wondering if he'll translate to the NFL being from that Oregon offense. And that's not even considering the level of talent around him that could be skewing his numbers. But I won't lie. I'd like to see what he can do in the NFL.

Comeonman

@the-cysko-kid said:
We could probably get Kenny guiton in the fourth round. I'm only half joking.

if he falls late I would have no problem with it whatsoever

Unsympathetic

manziel is Tebow 2.0, and mccarron is Ken Dorsey.

JAFBF

@comeonman said:
if he falls late I would have no problem with it whatsoever

Did you look at the link Shep posted?

Kenny Guiton is currently rank #418.

This may well change after today's game, but there you have it.

thenew23

Watching games this weekend, I like:

1. Bridgewater

2. Carr

3. Mariotta

4. Fales

5. Kevin Hogan - Stanford

6. Murray

7. Boyd

8. McCarron

9. Manziel

10. Mettenberger

Stephen Morris (Mia FL) and Bryn Renner (UNC) were also pretty good...

Didn't see Hundley play.

It will be interesting to see what happens with these guys as the season goes on, and they continue develop and/or regress...

miktoxic

this coming sunday i like hoyer.

if he blows then we know next year we will draft the #1 QB coming out of southern nebraska state.

i think his name is fudgeamegudge.

great #s against great talent.

SunDawg

Bridgewater is really ranked #1? Wow.

I've watched him only one time, against Kentucky, but I have to say he looks like a future dink and dunker in the NFL. Saw him miss many downfield throws in that game to receivers who had beaten their guy. He seemed very inaccurate to me beyond 15 yards which makes me doubt his effectiveness at the next level.

Unfortunately, Lombardi is a football magazine kinda analyst so Bridgewater probably is our next QB.

Has anybody on the board seen a lot of Bridgewater? Any opinions other than the talking heads?

Tour2ma

So far McCarron is atop my list, but yet to see Hundley or Fales...

@shep said:

David Fales is absolutely going off on Minnesota right now, on the road. Derek Carr had a monster night last night.

Bridgewater - Boyd - Mariota - Hundley - Fales - Carr - McCarron

EDIT: Good place to start...

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2014/QB

CBS takes it's list from here... http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/probe.php?genpos=QB&draftyear=2014&sortby=tsxpos&order=ASC

Visually less appealing, but more informative.

@the-cysko-kid said:
We could probably get Kenny guiton in the fourth round. I'm only half joking.

Guyton has impressed me as well. Great poise and has made some ridiculously acurate passes. That said the Bucks still haven't played anyone.

@thenew23 said:
Derek Carr looked great last night. Looks to have the potential to be a good NFL QB. Keep an eye on him.

Big numbers to be sure, but I did not see great. Decent size and nice poise, but I saw a questionable arm and some very wobbly throws.

Tour2ma

@sundawg said:
I've watched him only one time, against Louisville...

psst... Bridgewater plays for Louisville...

Canton Mike

@sundawg said:

Bridgewater is really ranked #1? Wow.

I've watched him only one time, against Kentucky, but I have to say he looks like a future dink and dunker in the NFL. Saw him miss many downfield throws in that game to receivers who had beaten their guy. He seemed very inaccurate to me beyond 15 yards which makes me doubt his effectiveness at the next level.

Unfortunately, Lombardi is a football magazine kinda analyst so Bridgewater probably is our next QB.

Has anybody on the board seen a lot of Bridgewater? Any opinions other than the talking heads?

I haven't seen much of him either, but I'm not sold. I saw pretty much what you did.

So far, I like Mariota & Hogan.

Mike

SunDawg

@tour2ma said:

psst... Bridgewater plays for Louisville...

Yep, got my teams mixed up thanks!

Tour2ma

@sundawg said:
Yep, got my teams mixed up thanks!

No problems... except that you are the first poster to ever make a mistake on this Forum... Oh well...

Also saw the KY game... 2nd time I've seen him and both games gave me the same "Nice, but..." impression. And I cannot get past the feeling he will break in half the first time an NFL DE blindsides him. Just looks like a stick figure to me.