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The colts absolutely cannot sit around and hope for that. That’s crazy. They gotta go up.
I don't think that is at all a reasonable takeaway from watching him. Definitely inaccurate but hard to see from the film that he isn't going through his reads or what adjustments he was supposed to make.
Fields was much much better in college - he’s surely a better athlete though.
Colts will trade up. I’d bet a lot on that.
@JohnnyU doesn't want to accept this, but it's very true.
If they do I hope it’s for Stroud, but I think they just might stay at 4. No sense giving away draft capital when you can get just as good of a prospect by sitting tight at their current position.
The thinking must be, we are cool with whichever guy we get. If Bryce and Stroud go 1/2, the Colts cool with whoever they get?
And let’s not rule out the Cards trading down with Carolina or another team that wants a QB.
You keep saying this but it’s not true lol.
Maybe they don’t take a QB at 4 and get Hooker at 35 and sign a one year stop gap. They aren’t winning anything in 2023 anyway.
How do you know?
How so, with every QB looking good? Looks like teams can stand pat.
Then maybe they like Levis. So, math says they get one without having to move up. The only one to move up for is Stroud IMO.
Kind of like the tuck rule
We see this very differently as I think there’s a decent chance Stroud is the 4th one taken.
Yeah, I wouldn’t call Vegas a good place for QB development
All the more reason to stand pat at 4
It’s always still possible he doesn’t go top 10. We have heard anything credible that anyone is in love with him. Rumors that matter start now, it will be fun to follow.
That will still leave what is considered a strong QB at 4. Ballard said he wouldn’t move up unless the player is worth it. That is a counter to an earlier statement where he said he would do what it takes to get the QB they want. So, you have Stroud, Young, Levis and Richardson. I personally don’t see the need to give away draft capital to move up and I would love it if two teams move up and take Levis and Richardson.
He's so fast and athletic that he'll find himself throwing against air while in the league, just like at the combine.
So what does the math say about the Colts having equal grades on all 4 QBs?
I saw a mock from a week ago that had him #1.
You can't teach what he has. NFL coaches will always believe they can teach better mechanics/footwork and therefore improve his accuracy.
We don’t know because Ballard isn’t sharing that information as far as I know.
History says they are wrong most of the time.
The laws of probability are based on trying to figure out the unknown.
….and if they do I hope it is Stroud. I hope the rest are in the same Ballard bucket.
Perhaps 3 of them at 80%. Rumor has it that many NFL pundits don’t see a generational talent at QB this year. I do like Stroud over the rest and I hope Ballard does too.
I think I saw some betting books have moved Richardson up to having the 2nd best odds for being the first QB taken only behind Bryce.
Like others have said, he is more athletic than expected. Some thought he would try to shed some weight to juice his testing. He didn't. He came in massive and then tested beyond anyone's best expectations. Plus I think there is seeing him live and in person that matters. He has to be incredibly impressive to stand next to and to see the easy power in his arm. He flicks his wrist and the ball travels 60 yards. Also, the talk is that several teams were blown away by the team interviews- he was among the players most cited as having impressed there. That likely mattered every bit as much as all his wild testing numbers.
Same with Cam Newton, who was a far better passer than Richardson in college but never became a great NFL passer. If Richardson is just competent enough to remain an NFL starter he’ll be an above average fantasy QB because of his running. Now whether he can even reach that level is surely unknown. Cam Newton was a fantasy monster albeit for a short time.
If he's healthy and starting he's essentially can't miss as a high end fantasy starting QB.
Of you could look at this as Fields career high is 484 and that was with an extra few games.
