Locked On Patriots - Daily Podcast On The New England Patriots - Locked On Patriots January 22, 2019 - Tape Tuesday

Episode Date: January 22, 2019

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Hey there everybody, welcome on into a Tape Tuesday edition of the Lockdown Patriots podcast for today, January 22nd, 2019. A little bit different of a discussion. You might have been tuning in expecting to see, look man, we're going to break down that AFC championship game. And there's time to do that. Probably do that a little bit later. But since I'm headed down to Mobile for the Senior Bowl, I thought it would be a good time to look to the future.

Just a little bit, just for one show here. And obviously the rest of the week, look, I'm going to be down there. That's what I'm going to be talking about. That's what I'm going to be getting my hands into. And so what we're going to do today, we're going to talk about the quarterbacks that are going to be talking about that's what i'm going to be getting my hands into and so what we're going to do today we're going to talk about the quarterbacks that are going to be down in mobile i just filed and it's up over at bigblueview.com you can check it out over there uh lengthy lengthy lengthy preview piece looking at the eight slash nine quarterbacks it's a little weird i included clayton thorson into the discussion today apparently he's been off the senior bowl roster now i haven't seen any sort of official confirmation that he's not going to be in there so i kept him in have him in my rankings and stuff

like that but i'm going to talk about some quarterbacks here for a bit hope you enjoy it but first before we do that reminder to follow me on twitter at mark schoolfield check out the work at places like inside the pylon.com pro football weekly the score matt waldman's rookie scouting portfolio big blue view part of the sb nation family of websites as i've said if there's like InsideThePylon.com, Pro Football Weekly, The Score, Matt Waldman's Rookie Scouting Portfolio, Big Blue View, part of the SB Nation family of websites. As I've said, if there's a place talking about football, chances are I'm doing some talking there for them. Let's start with the North squad, and this is probably the group that will have the biggest set of eyeballs on them when we get down into Mobile. You've got two quarterbacks in Drew Loc daniel jones that are probably going to be in that first round mix we've seen those guys mocked in the first rounds lock as high as perhaps 10 you've

seen daniel jones go to places like new england mel kuyper had him going to the new england patriots in a recent mock draft in the first round and so there will be a lot of attention paid to this group i'll go in alphabetical order for each quarterback what i'll say is kind of things i like what they do at their best, some things I'm going to be watching for whether down in Mobile or when I dive back into their tape post-Senior Bowl, and then some thoughts on a scheme fit. We'll start with Ryan Finley from North Carolina State.

Very clean passer mechanically, crisp release, good throw in motion. I like the way he identifies leverage advantages and alignment advantages in the secondary pre-snap and exploits them during the play. He can move and freeze safeties with his eyes accurate to the short area of the field. He can make some anticipation throws, although mostly to the boundary and outside of the numbers. He had some impressive throws, particularly against Arizona State in a bowl game in 2017. Some of those throws were made from crowded pockets or with trash at his feet. He shows good

processing speed at times a touchdown pass against Syracuse this year came on a Mills concept that's a good example of what he can do in the processing speed realm he sees the free safety sort of squat down on the dig route throws the safe the post route over the safety set for a touchdown does a good job of identifying late safety rotation before the snap that Syracuse game if you want to look at him that's a game to study from 2018 syracuse spun their safeties a ton so he did a real good job against them and what they showed him one of the things he loves to do something i hope to ask him about down at mobile they would use a three receiver concept post from the outside receiver wheel route or out and up from the middle receiver, and then an out concept. And he loves to make that throw to the out route on timing and rhythm. And for you Patriots fans

listening to this, you hear timing, you hear rhythm, you think that's a guy that can fit into our system. Things I'll be looking for is accuracy. He can be spotty at times, particularly the deeper he goes down the field. There are times when he gets panicky in the pocket and needs to improve on pocket presence, play speeds an issue. There are times when he needs panicky in the pocket and needs to improve on pocket presence. Play speed's an issue. There are times when he needs to get the ball out of his hands faster. Made some curious decisions and or no-throw decisions, particularly in 2018. A good example of that, he had a four verticals concept against Clemson. Had a cover two, Tampa two look. Had that seam right in the middle of the field.

Doesn't hit it quickly. Throws it late. Doesn't place it properly. And he gets intercepted. But I think when it comes to a scheme fit with him, you're looking at what New England does, a blend of West Coast, Aaron Perkins types of concepts and styles based on timing and rhythm. Now we can talk about Daniel Jones from Duke,

quarterback that's getting some first-round buzz. At his best, he's a West Coast quarterback. I think if you're a West Coast passing system, he's a perfect fit for that. Shows good velocity on throws to the short and intermediate areas of the field. Good process and speed. Best on those West Coast concepts. Even does show that in the face of pressure. Duke used him as a runner at times on design rollouts and quarterback draws. He can click and climb in the pocket. He can use hard counts and his cadence to disrupt a defensive front. Sometimes he's a little bit too good at that.

He's drawn his own linemen off sides at times. Best example of his sort of proficiency in the quick game, a third and five stick concept against Virginia this year. Late middle linebacker drops and rotates in an unexpected manner, but he reads it perfectly and makes the right decision with the ball on a very quick time frame. He's great in these West Coast concepts. Another throw he made against Virginia that I loved, they're running Ohio, sort of a go flat concept, go on the outside flat route from the slot receiver. Defense shows him to cover two

and they trap it. He's expecting that corner outside to carry the vertical. Instead, he traps that out route that he wants to throw to the slot receiver. Split second adjustment throws the vertical route into that turkey hole for a touchdown. Great read, great throw. He's very good in that sort of quick game, West Coast type stuff. What I want to see, though, a couple of things. If you like clinical footwork in the pocket and on drops, he might leave you underwhelmed. His drops lack structure with his feet. He underthrows some vertical routes in the deep passing game. His pocket presence can be lacking at times. There are times when he moves, slides, or rolls into pressure and creates some problems for himself. He did develop over the past season or so a bit of a hitch or loop to his throw in motion,

which does upset the timing on some route concepts. His accuracy on anticipation throws to all levels and area of the field can be lacking. Also, boundary blitzes, that weak side corner blitz, it can get him at times. He saw that look multiple, multiple, multiple times against Georgia Tech in 2018 with a mixed set of results. But like I said, if you run a West Coast offense, look, he's probably your guy. He's got great placement on shorter routes. His placement on those hitches, those smoke routes, those slant routes usually leads to yardage after the catch. He could be the ideal West Coast quarterback.

The other guy on this squad that's going to see a ton of buzz, Drew Locke, University of Missouri. A contrast to Jones, he's the vertical guy. Easy arm, talent, and velocity is the kind of arm that will get NFL scouts and fans excited. Shows good process and speed on RPO plays. Does a good job of manipulating the linebacker on those designs. Throws some boundary routes with good anticipation, hitches, comeback routes, quick slants, quick outs, things like that.

Does a good job at making reads post-snap, particularly on those middle field open versus closed reads where you've got to see if there's a safety in the middle of the field or not. Does a good job on those. But again, very good vertical thrower. Had some good reads and blitzes and throws against Florida. That was one of his better games this year. I loved studying that game. He can move free safeties in the vertical passing game with his eyes.

A throw he had against Florida on a Yankee concept is a very good example. I want to see him in more variety of an offense. Early in his career, I studied games for him back to 2016. He was basically a Baylor quarterback. My ultimate question with him is, is he Bryce Petty 2.0 or is he something more? He was running a ton of smoke routes, hitch routes, boundary routes, comeback routes, not a ton in the middle of the field. They get Derek Dooley in, you think it's going to be more of a pro-style offense. And while yes, he's done some more stuff in the middle of the field, there are still a lot of one read plays and isolation

routes to this system. One of the routes he ran are still a lot of one-read plays and isolation routes to this system. One of the routes he ran the most was sort of a two-receiver route. You get a catch route to one side and a vertical route to the other. You just pick your easiest throw. Isolation routes, they work in the college game. They don't always work in the NFL game. Sometimes his mechanics can be questionable. He does throw from a wide base.

His release point is inconsistent and he will make some back foot or fade away type throws when he doesn't need to. Scheme fit though, look, if you're running a vertical offense, he's your guy. I think he could get dropped into a vertical offense and have some success quickly. Next guy, last guy on the North squad, Trace McSorley from Penn State. And look, I've told this story before. I'll tell it again. I will tell it until he gets, here's his name called on draft day, whenever that is. Tom Allen, Indiana's head coach, told me, look, this was at Big Ten Media Days a couple of summers ago. He's like, yeah, I've got Saquon Barkley. I've got Mike Giusecchi. But guess what? Number nine

is the guy you got to stop. He's the guy that makes that offense go. And that has always stuck with me. He's a competitor. He is leaving Penn State as a legend. He's an RPO-type guy. He shows good process and speed on those designs. His footwork is best on those designs. He can move underneath defenders with his eyes, usually on RPOs. He moves well in the pocket. He keeps his eyes downfield. He can show you some good stuff. They run a ton of smash to one side and levels to the other, that Penn State offense. He can throw that corner with pretty good velocity. He run a ton of smash to one side and levels to the other, that Penn State offense. He can throw that corner with pretty good velocity. He made some NFL throws, which did impress me. The thing with him, with McSorley, is the mental part is there. It was always a question

of more execution. A prime example of this was he had sort of a middle-of-the-field open look in his game against Michigan State this year. He wants to throw that post route, attack in that middle of the field between the safeties. He goes to make it with anticipation and either he sees something late or something happens and he basically just like turfs the ball at his feet almost. It's just like he almost wants to pull it down or he just ends up turfing it at his feet. I want to ask him about plays like that. He will also stare down his primary read often. He's a taskmaster. Eric Stoner, who used to do some great work on football before he stepped away, had a piece a couple years ago about Marcus Mariota on Matt Waldman's website,

described him as a task-oriented quarterback. McSorley is the same way. There was a play against App State. It's an RPO design. He's meeting the running back at the mesh point. He's reading the linebacker. The linebacker crashes down on the run. He pulls at the throw, but he sees at the last second a defensive lineman sort of dropped underneath,

got himself into the throwing lane, and he still throws it. He basically tries to throw it kind of around him, but it's one of those things where, oh, this is what I'm supposed to do, so I'm going to do it. He doesn't sort of create in that moment, and he had an option in the passing game. So I want to see some stuff like that, but I think if you're running sort of the newer type of offense, a blend of West Coast, air-rated, a spread system, he could be a good fit there. Up next, we're going to talk about the South squad. We get nine quarterbacks total, four on the North. We get five on the South squad to get to, including one guy I think might be the

ultimate lottery pick in this draft, as well as the guy I'm most excited to see down in Mobile. That's ahead on this Tape Tuesday Senior Bowl Quarterback Edition of Locked on Patriots. Mark Schofield back with you now, doing a little Tape Tuesday, little Senior Bowl Quarterback Edition of the Locked on Patriots podcast. We'll get back to getting ready for the Super Bowl and all that kind of stuff a little bit later, but I'm going to be down in Mobile all this week. I wanted to get you guys ready for the quarterbacks. I'll be doing some shows, having some guests, getting some audio, some color from players.

Going to do it up right this year. Let's talk about this South squad. And this squad got a boost to get Tyree Jackson coming in from the University of Buffalo. He initially was going to enter the transfer portal, but now it seems like he's going to try his hand in the draft. And I'm very excited to see him as well as another quarterback in this group. And this group also has, as we're going to talk about in my rankings, my favorite quarterback in this group right now. And we'll start with Will Greer, West Virginia. He's a bit of a wild card. He could almost be too aggressive at times. With that being said,

there are some things he does really well as a passer. If I was going to comp him to somebody, I would comp him to Maverick and Top Gun. I know, I make Top Gun references a lot. He shows great ability in scramble drill situations. He can create outside of the pocket. He can create off structure. He's good against the blitz. He will stay calm in the pocket and in the face of pressure. Shows you good touch and downfield throwing ability. He has a quick, violent throwing motion that generates velocity through the creation of torque in the upper body. He can throw from almost any platform and arm angle. He reminds me a bit of Trevon Boykin. When he came out of TCU, he could make throws from any platform, any arm angle, sidearm, whatever,

quickly snapping off throws to his left and to his right. Same thing with Greer. Good processing speed on a number of different route concepts. Can click and climb the pocket. I love this play from Kansas. He has a sail concept to his left. He reads it high to low. Sees it all covered. Climbs the pocket. Comes back to the right.

Hits a curl route late in the play on his right to move the chains. He also shows you anticipation and aggression in the middle of the field. Something we don't talk about with a lot of these other guys. Some concerns though. He can make some head scratchscratchers of decisions. He had a bad interception on the goal line against Kansas where he does something which he does do from time to time, which is assume. He sees the inside corner. He thinks he's going to do one thing.

So he makes a decision on a tosser, double-slant concept. Doesn't read it the right way because he assumed the corner was going to do X. The corner does Y, and he throws a pick. He also needs to take better care of the football, not with throwing decisions and things like that. Ball carriage, ball security. When he moves, when he tucks, when he runs, he's got to secure the ball. When he's rounding the pocket, he has the ball carriage down low,

which means when he goes to throw, he's got to take a little bit of an extra step, extra move, extra second to get that ball into a throwing position. So I want to see him better there. But a modern West Coast offense, the mixes spread, air raid stuff, like Philadelphia, like Houston, you saw Greer running stuff that they were running, that Watson was running, that Foles was running, that Wentz was running. So I think there are some NFL offenses he could step in right away and play. Tyree Jackson. This guy is the Daryl LaMonica of this draft class. There is not a nine route, a vertical ball, a deep shot that he has never met,

that he has never liked. He loves to sling it deep. He's the mad bomber. He might be the ultimate lottery ticket in this draft class too. If he gets into the right spot and has a chance to develop, he could really boom. But there's a lot of work that needs to be done. He has impressive arm talent despite a lot of mechanical flaws,

both in the upper and the lower body. He can make some anticipation throws, usually on on the boundary more of a work in progress very aggressive passer he will really challenge some windows that other guys will shy away from against army this year had a number of smash route concepts hitch route on the outside corner out from a slot where the hitch was open he's like no i'm throwing the corner here and he made some impressive throws and a little bit later in the game same look he's like okay i'll throw the hitch now it's like you don't know what you're gonna get with him and sometimes he would do some things that just leave you wondering what you were thinking but it works he against eastern michigan

i think he had two or three long throws where he rolled to his left working away from his dominant hand his throwing hand, somehow cranes back and unleashes a deep ball that he drops into a bucket. And you're just like, this is amazing. But then he'll make a nine ball throw from a clean pocket and he sails it out of bounds. His completion percentage for his career below 60%. It was 55% this year. So that is going to be a concern with some people. And it's not just a ball placement issue, although that's part of it. But even on some of the throws that he completes, he's putting it to the bad shoulder. He's putting it to the wrong hip. And he has mechanical flaws. The release point is wonky. He can be a pushy thrower at times. He's a straight leg with that front leg passer. That's a mechanical issue that

you sometimes see with taller quarterbacks. But what it does, it causes sort of a break in the throwing chain between the upper and the lower body. And it can turn you into an all-arm thrower. You can see situations where the football is pulled down low, losing velocity. You can see throws take off high where you're missing throws. And he does miss low and high at times. He does seem to even lose velocity at times. So you want to see that lower body mechanics get worked out he can diagnose rolled coverages but he needs to take the second step

and then exploit them a prime example was a play against ken state it was a first and 10 in the first quarter they run hoss concept mirrored hoss concept hitches on the outside seams from the inside guys defense shows him covered to pre-snap so he's thinking okay well i'm probably going to want to throw the seam but then they rotate it they rotate it and they rotate it to a cover three and now you think i'm definitely going to want to throw the seam so he sees the rotation but then he doesn't pull the trigger and so stuff like that you want to see him sort of get better at scheme fit vertical offense what i'd love to see tampa bay bruce arians draft him sometime day two early day three get some jamis winston

insurance work some wonders with this kid he could be great in that kind of system now as an aside i've been trying to predict a quarterback to arians for years i've never got it right whether it was mahomes whether it was Cardale Jones, but I'm not stopping now that the big bomber, Bruce Arians, the no-risk-it-no-brisket quarterback coach is back in the league. Now we get to the guy that, while he's not my top quarterback in terms of at least rankings right now from this group, he's the guy I'm most excited to see. I talked about him earlier.

Gardner Minshew. Won't waste a ton of time because we've already went through him, but look, I love this kid. He's an influencer. He's a master manipulator i love the way he moves people with his eyes with his shoulders with his hips full body manipulation i love his feet you see him work full field progression reads going you know go mesh concept right mesh concept left curl running back swaying wheel he will go through reads. You see his mind work and you see his feet moving right in sync, right in concert. It's textbook footwork in the pocket. It's fluid.

It's always in sync with the route designs. And as he works through those field progressions, those feet are always moving with him, sliding from read to read to read to read to read. Mind, eyes, feet, all in rhythm. Good process and speed on those air raid concepts. Arm is sufficient. There are isolated examples of NFL throws on deep outs and comebacks. all in rhythm good process and speed on those air raid concepts army is sufficient there are isolated examples of nfl throws on deep outs and comebacks good in scramble draw situations but i

keep coming back to the manipulator factor and maybe it's a recency bias thing we had that recent piece about alex smith and what he was teaching patrick mahomes and how smith said footwork coaches harp on it but really it's your ability to move defenders with your eyes and manipulate them that matters as a qb minshu can do it and I love it when he does it he needs to cut down on some of the chaos plays whether those are creates or those he forces sometimes he'll like seek chaos sometimes he'll try to do too much there was a play against Cal where he fumbled the shotgun snap picked it up tries to do too much forces a throw that was nearly picked ball consistent ball placement can be inconsistent at times.

His footwork is good, but accuracy does dip when he makes that sort of set, reset, and throw type play. Scheme fit, I think it's similar to Greer. Spread type of offense with air raid and West Coast concepts. But again, very excited to see him. Jarrett Stidham, Auburn. I will say at the outset that if you had told me that these were going to be the senior bowl quarterbacks, I would have told you that, look, Stidham, Auburn, I will say at the outset that if you had told me that these were going to be the senior bowl quarterbacks,

I would have told you that, look, Stidham's had a great year. I firmly thought that he would be the guy that could have that kind of developmental leap. I'm not surprised it is coming out because that must have happened. It's kind of been the opposite because I liked some of his 2017 tape, albeit in a somewhat limited hamstrung offense that Auburn was running. He took a step back, I think, this year. He can do some things that are good. You see his 2017 tape.

You see a quarterback that can move and slide in the pocket. That can throw on the move. That can make some bucket throws, some anticipation throws, some full field reads, some off-platform throws as well. But this year, you didn't see all that. You still saw some good footwork. You saw some iron talent on the long comeback routes and things like that. The ability to make time into rhythm throws at times.

But it wasn't all there. You look at his game against Mississippi State, his game against LSU. Both of those games started with the same play, a sprint smash concept to the right. And on both of those, he was slow. He was late with his decision. The LSU throw was picked. The Mississippi State throw should have been. That's kind of where he is right now.

I want to see more than anything else him in an offense that isn't Auburn's. Scheme fit? You would ask me this question this time last year. I would have said you could put him in any offense. He'd be fine. Right now, I don't know. I honestly don't know. Yes, he had a bad year this year.

And there's a reason why Jim Nagy and others, when he got this invite, said, look, he worked through a lot this year. They get the sense that Auburn was kind of a train wreck, Travis Shamockery, burn entire fire. I want to see what system he projects best in. I probably won't know that until I get to see him up close. Let's close out these quarterbacks. Clayton Thorson from Northwestern. Clean mechanically, good crisp release, decent footwork in the pocket, good velocity in ball placement, particularly in the short areas of the field. He can click the pocket in response to outside or edge pressure. He's been able to learn from mistakes. In his game against Nevada in 2017, he made some mistakes early,

ironed those out over the course of the game, which I was impressed by. Shows you spots of anticipation throws, even in the middle of the field. Had some good throws against Minnesota this year in that regard. He can be active in the pre-snap phase as well. His accuracy on anticipation throws, though, while he can do it, it tends to be spotty. 2016-2017 tape, not a lot of stuff downfield, more than 10 yards. That seemed to pick up a bit last year, but again, he also needs to be faster with his decisions, needs to speed up that decision-making. Had some throws against Northwestern, I mean, excuse me, Notre Dame,

where he was just slow with his decisions. He was a beat late, needs to get faster. Speaking of beat late, I forgot, Drew Locke, that's an issue with him. One of the things I noticed with him this year, he was just a beat late almost all the time. He had this extra pause, hitch, hesitation. Watch for that with Drew Locke. But back to Thorson, I think consistency is the biggest thing I'm looking for from him.

Consistency in all aspects of the passing game. But I think right now, he's a West Coast quarterback. I think that's the best fit for him. Up next, my pre-Senior Bowl rankings of these nine quarterbacks, which I'm sure nobody's going to make fun of. That's ahead on this Tape Tuesday pre-Senior Bowl edition of Locked on Patriots. Mark Schofield back with you now to quickly close out this Tape Tuesday pre-Senior Bowl installment of the Locked on Patriots podcast, talking the quarterbacks that are going to be down in Mobile

that I'm going to get to see up close this week. I'm going to close it out with some quick rankings. I'm going to work bottom to top here. Don't hold me to these. These might change. I'm not done on any of these guys with my grading or anything like that, but this is how I view them at this point in time. Number nine, Trace McSorley.

Again, I love that Tom Allen quote. I love what he told me about him. I think he's a competitively tough quarterback. I wouldn't totally bet against a guy that a defensive head coach looked to stop instead of a Saquon Barkley. He might have the toughest path to a true NFL gig, to a starting gig out of any of these guys, but there might just be a home for him in today's new NFL.

But I think of these guys, he's the guy that I think has the longest path. Number eight, Jared Stidham. Again, I thought I was going to see more from him this year, and he might rise this week. If I were going to place a bet on a quarterback that might rise, it might be him because you get away from that Auburn offense. I think he's going to do great in seven-on-sevens. Joe Marino, the draft network, he said something similar.

I think Stidham could rise, but right now he's going to start near the bottom for me. Number seven, Clayton Thorson. Can do some things that are nice. Can climb the pocket, can make some anticipation throws. There's some potential here, but I do think he's more on the developmental side than the sure type thing. Now we start to get to Ryan Finley. He's number six for me. And I think that of this group, he might have a pretty nice floor to him. You know, I'd like the time and rhythm stuff. You know, I think he could at least be a long-term backup type, so I think he's got a nice floor to him. Patriots fans might want to watch him. I'm just going to

say that. Number five, Tyree Jackson. Maybe the ultimate lottery pick. The upside might be through the roof. He's got a long way to go. He could be the ultimate boom-bust type guy. If he booms, it could pan out. It really could. Unfortunately, the NFL landscape is filled with developmental quarterbacks who never get the chance to truly develop. I'd hate to see that to happen to Jackson because I think there's a lot here to work with. Number four, Daniel Jones. Maybe that might be a bit of a surprise. We get into a little bit of a, really? Really? But Daniel Jones, he's my number four guy going in. Could be the perfect West Coast quarterback,

and that might be enough to get him drafted into the first round. But his mechanics, his inconsistency throwing deeper downfield, and his process and speed on those non-West Coast designs have me dropping him down a little bit. Because look, one of the things I factor into when I make rankings on grade quarterbacks is scheme diversity. The more scheme diverse you are, I think the better chances you are of

panning out in the National Football League. I take scheme diversity into effect here, and that's part of the reason I'm kind of holding Jones back. Number three, Gardner Minshew. As I've told you before, this is my first exposure to him this year. He was a joy to watch. I love his ability as a manipulator.

I think he might get the system quarterback tag because of the air raid stuff. I'm really excited to see him this year. He was a joy to watch. I love his ability as a manipulator. I think he might get the system quarterback tag because of the air raid stuff. I'm really excited to see him in Mobile. I think what he does from his head to his toes is an NFL quarterback. Number two, Drew Locke. Yes, he's probably the top quarterback down in Mobile for most. Yes, he's getting that top 10 pick buzz but i've got my concerns the hesitation stuff like i talked about you know some of the throws that he's made some of the offensive structures that he's run seem to be more baylor-esque than nfl-esque but a vertical based passing offense i think could still work for him so i am excited to see him

it's just that my guy going into mobile will greer i have him a notch ahead yes there are some mistakes yes there are some mistakes. Yes, there are some confusing decisions, but I like his combination of aggression and his willingness to challenge throwing lanes all over the field. Left, middle, right, middle again. He will do it. I think he's a good fit for where NFL offenses are going, and I could see any number of teams dropping him into their offenses in the next year or two and turning them loose. Will that change? Probably. This could all change once I get down there and see these guys up close

because the thing with scouting quarterbacks on tape versus live is live you get to see the ball come out of their hands. You get to see the release, the throw, whether the ball pops or not. So you get to see sort of the arm talent question. And then you get to see during of the arm talent question. And then you get to see during this week of practice down at Mobile, more of their process and speed because they're getting a new playbook, you know, and they're running a new offense now. So you get to see who picks it up quickly, who starts learning the designs, learning how to slice and dice the coverage

looks with this new offense that they're going to be running. That first day, that Tuesday day, is a nice baseline day. And then you see the growth over there. It tells you who's going to be coachable, who's going to be the guy that you can develop, or who's going to have a long way to go to become the quarterback you hope they will be when they become professional. And so this could all change. But right now, that's how I stack these guys. You want to see how it changes? Follow me throughout this week. Again, at Mark Schofield on Twitter. I'll be doing some stuff via the Twitter machine. I'll be doing some Instagram stuff. MASCO0310916.

You can check me out over there as well. Look, I'll be doing shows. Follow me on Twitter. Check out all the work I'll be doing. I'll be writing up recaps over a Pro Football Weekly. It's going to be a fun week. Until next time, keep it locked right here to me, Mark Schofield, and Locked on Patreons.