Jeremiah talks about how QB evaluations have changed recently

[MightyGiants]

Q. When we look at the Super Bowl this year, Brock Purdy and Patrick
Mahomes had very different draft paths to that stage. More broadly, how
do you think the evaluation of quarterbacks has changed over the last
ten years or so for yourself and the industry, and if there's a quarterback
or two in this year's class that speaks to that change?

DANIEL JEREMIAH: That's a great question. I think I was talking to a general
manager the other day and I said, I think maybe the only thing harder than
playing quarterback in this league might be evaluating quarterback coming
into this league, because every time you think you've got an answer or you've
got some things figured out, you've got the formula, something -- somebody
comes out and flips it on its head.
It's something you are always trying to learn. I think kind of it goes in little
waves. Right now it seems to be there's a lot of talk and chatter about guys
that have experience and have played a lot of games. Brock Purdy is kind of
the poster child for that. Guys that have been in college for a while, you're not
going to get the time to develop in the NFL that maybe you would previously
because the financial commitment isn't as big.
It's easier for teams to cycle through guys, throw them out there for two years,
it doesn't work, we can flush them and go on to the next one.
You want them once they get on the field and they have to get on the field
early to have some more experience under their belt, and that's been
something I think people have given more credence to the last couple of years
is the guys who have some starts, which in this draft it's interesting because
you've got Nix and Penix who have just played a ton of football.
People can talk about where the ceiling is for these guys or how much growth
there is. These guys are ready to play. They're going to step in and have a
chance to start right away, and it's not going to be too big for them because of
all the experience that they

[MightyGiants]

I have posted what I thought were the relevant parts of DJ's presser.

If you are interested, here is the full transcript


https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/Daniel%20Jeremiah%202024%20Combine%20Conference%20Call_Transcript.pdf

[MightyGiants]

Kurt Warner
@kurt13warner
I know many of you LOVE college football, but as I start to dive into these college QBs, it's hard for me to even watch: very few play on schedule, the pass concepts are a mess most of the time, they run the same play over & over, a million bubble screens, can't find many concepts that translate to next level... and then ppl are asked to figure out how good they will be at next level!? (Nearly impossible in my mind)

For me CJ Stroud is a great example - obviously really good in college & OSU runs more pro-style concepts than most but they didn't ask him to process & get ball out as quickly as he did last year in HOU - so I had no idea he would be so good at processing so fast! He's better in NFL than what we got to see in college, but many times you just don't know until you know!

https://x.com/kurt13warner/status/1761001230522810731?s=20

[Painter]

An element in the pre-Draft evaluation of QBs which has gained traction in past 5 or 6 years is running ability both situationally and by design. It now seems to be viewed more favorably in terms of risk/reward than in the past.

Cheers!

[MightyGiants]

An element in the pre-Draft evaluation of QBs which has gained traction in past 5 or 6 years is running ability both situationally and by design. It now seems to be viewed more favorably in terms of risk/reward than in the past.

Cheers!

If one is interested, here are the rushing grades by PFF  : Rushing yards  : rushing TDs  :  Avg

Daniels  92.4  :  1134  :  10  :  8.4
Caleb  82.6  :  142  : 11:  1.46
JJ  78.0  :  202  :  3  :  3.16
Maye  73.8  :  449  :  9  :  4.01
Nix  70.0  :  234  :  6  :  4.33
Penix  67.9  :  8  :  3  :  0.23