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I don't see how anyone can say that with such assurance but whatever you want to think.
I'm simply taking a baseline of performance when healthy and believing he has room to grow as a very young and raw player. There is nothing otherwordly about that.
Is this really true, though?
This is what the conversation always seems to come back to. Being that every debate seems to show evidence of both yes and no and rarely ever gets resolved, at this point I think we are just asking the wrong question/looking at the wrong corollary (rushing QB). I don't have much to back it up, but I've come to think the past few years now that it's less about whether a QB rushes/how much they rush and much more about knowing when to go down, how to go down, and how to protect yourself through contact (ie. how to take a hit). Sure, every time a QB rushes it's another chance to get hit; but weighed against someone who knows how to go down/get hit without suffering injury might be so impactful that rushing or not almost becomes a moot point.
Richardson better wear a seat belt when he sits on the bench this year then.
I think with a lot of athletic rushing QBs too much importance is placed on that trait and take the attitude we can fix the rest of him. In my mind the most important traits of a QB are accuracy, quick release, reading defenses, and leadership, assuming enough arm strength to make all the NFL throws. If a QB is missing too many of these and simply cannot improve, then you have what appears to be a wasted pick. Having said that, I’ll tap out for a few plays, as this post really took it out of me.
Him.
I think guys can improve even at this age, but it is rare and requires the right work ethic (something that has been questioned about AR in the past). Milroe seems to have some of those same issues but is praised for his maturity, understanding on what he needs to improve on, and his work ethic is reportedly top notch. Add in the fact that the staff is getting a warm seat, I doubt they will have much tolerance for error going forward in Indy.
Fred Taylor taught me to never say never about a player shaking their injury proneness.
Do you get points in your league for completion percentage?
Are you sure you meant to quote that post from me?
Granted he's dealing with an injury now, it's unfortunate and is what it is, but you might frame this as a negative and I don't. He went back to the surgeon who operated on him and was advised to just rest. Also read it was always the plan when he reported shoulder soreness so was not a situation were more bad news/tests made him go see the surgeon.
He's been working with a QB coach this off-season. Josh Allen's guy. Might be why his shoulder is worn out?
One thing I'd add on this. His mechanics do need work to clean up his passing but so does his decision making. For whatever reason(s) last year he was far more reluctant to take the shorter throws. So just something for people to keep in mind that he led the NFL in air yards per target last year, was over 12. That's a formula for any QB to hamper their completion percentage.
I don't know about all that. His surgeon is basically the new Dr. Andrews and doubt there is any surgeon more in demand for what he does by professional athletes then Dr. ElAttrache.
RE: Injury
I thought I was pretty clear on saying his injury is negative and I'm specifically talking about needing to go his surgeon being construed as a negative.
