2018 NFL Draft | Quarterbacks

Discussion in 'Cleveland Browns' started by SAS, Nov 22, 2017.

  1. IrishDawg42 Legend Manager Browns Buckeyes Fighting Irish

    That sucks...guess it's time to abandon my small hands elimination of the past.
     
  2. Campbell Administrator Manager Commissioner

    lol

    Did you have an actual cutoff point?
     
  3. Dogside18 Franchise Player Browns

    How is Darnold going to see over a 6'8" lineman?
     
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  4. crextin Franchise Player Browns

    Anyone else ever get the feeling that a pigeon dressed as a seminole strutting and pooping all over the place just walked through the building:wall:
     
  5. crextin Franchise Player Browns

    Guess that eliminates Mayfield from Irish's wish list:p




    I didn't know you were allowed to change criteria so late in the game:nownow:
     
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  6. Campbell Administrator Manager Commissioner

    I think certain aspects in physical measurements should be curated with a more discerning eye, but they should also be weighed against some other factors.

    Darnold's fumble issues are not due to small hands but rather due to poor ball protection throughout his entire process and it's easily the biggest knock on his game because of how it affects him on all levels.

    He doesn't keep the ball high when he's moving in the pocket. He has a throwing motion that has the ball go under his hand and elbow, and that same motion that opens up fumble possibilities is a direct factor in his interceptions. If you are making slow decisions and following it up with an elongated release, defensive backs get a big advantage on breaking to the ball.

    Mayfield does a better job of protection throughout the entire process so his hand size questions in relation to ball security shouldn't be an issue. Teams will definitely want to try and make some kind of assessment on his ability to throw in inclement weather and I'm sure that will be a factor in Cleveland's decision.
     
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  7. SAS M.V.P. Rams Chargers

    I base it all on stats.

    #StopperTheorem
     
  8. SAS M.V.P. Rams Chargers

    QB2
     
  9. SAS M.V.P. Rams Chargers

    Baker had 9 1/2 hands at the Senior Bowl. But I guess it is colder in Indy than it is in Mobile.
     
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  10. SAS M.V.P. Rams Chargers


    Somewhere Mary Kay is fan-girling and getting a little hot in the britches.
     
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  11. TopDawg Legend

    I remember discrepancies last year as well...Not sure if hand measurement is an exact science.
     
  12. Mayfield is out for Irish...hot diggity dog
     
  13. Campbell Administrator Manager Commissioner

    Interesting.

    Makes it so that people will be in heated arguments to discredit all Senior bowl measurements from this point on, lol.
     
  14. SAS M.V.P. Rams Chargers

    I forget who was doing the hand-stretching a few years back to make their paws appear larger... it's so ridiculous.

    I also think it was Geoff Schwartz (Mitch's older brother) who shared an anecdote of being measured a full inch shorter from Mobile to Indy.
     
  15. You can do whatever you want
     
  16. Man the excuses are pouring in for the beloved Sooner
     
  17. SAS M.V.P. Rams Chargers

    Mock Draft Change Alert!!

    1 - Baker Mayfield
    2 - Saquon Barkley
    3 - Bradley Chubb
    4 - TRADING FRENZY FOR SAM DARNOLD/JOSH ROSEN
     
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  18. SAS M.V.P. Rams Chargers

    What excuses? 9 1/4 still hits the threshold. I don't care what hand size Mayfield brings to the table... he's QB1 and it's not close.
     
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  19. IrishDawg42 Legend Manager Browns Buckeyes Fighting Irish

    It was always 9 1/4...so that's the extreme low end.
     
  20. IrishDawg42 Legend Manager Browns Buckeyes Fighting Irish

    There are variables that can ALWAYS be over ruled..
     

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