Yes, Rosen is the consensus-top quarterback in the 2018 (should he opt to enter it). This is because he plays in a roughly pro-style system and is a classic pocket passer, unlike Sam Darnold et al.
Rosen has already proven his ability to read through progressions and get rid of the ball on-time, making him also the safest pick.
HOWEVER, Sam Darnold is more athletic, and arguably more accurate. Darnold played basketball and baseball as well as football in highschool, along with any other sport he could get into. He can throw hard and accurately all-arm while falling--nevermind rudundant sorry.
Anyway, Rosen's only real edge over Darnold is pro-readiness, and marginally lower risk. Upside-wise, there is no comparison between these two. Darnold wins the upside battle.
Their arms are probably comparable. Darnold should beat Rosen in every combine test.
Sam Darnold might well overtake Rosen as the draft approaches:
Rosen will be on his best behavior as he is interviewed, but the fact is, he is a scumbag. As teams interview his draftable teammates and do their more in-depth research, they will ALL give Darnold the nod in the leadership and "face of the franchise" departments.
Look for Ken Dorsey to start "leaking" that he wants Josh Rosen. Ernie Accorsi is retired, but he could still fleece the new guys like the Chargers fleeced Accorsi out of a bunch of draft picks and had to "settle for" that bumb Philip Rivers.
If Dorsey can convince the Giants that Josh Rosen is the apple of his eye, and if the Giants think Rosen is vastly superior to that bumb Sam Darnold, he might be able to extort a high second round pick and change to move down one slot and draft Darnold anyway.
Unlikely, in view of Rosen's scumbaggery, but possible. These people get paranoid. When Eli's bro Peyton was drafted, the Darnold guy was Ryan Leaf. 'Nuff said?
Hue Jackson is really displaying his blockheadedness as he explains his comments on the huge hole Isaiah Crowell ran through on his 59-yard run.
Hue talks about breaking tackles, and "tough yards".
I'm here to translate for you! For Hue, the ONLY way to run the ball is power/man blocking. The back is aimed at a specific hole or two-gap option vertically. Beyond that, he has no discretion; he is committed as soon as the ball is snapped, and he has to cross that line as soon as possible.
Because the defense sees this coming, and outnumber the blockers, you need a big bruiser to run over safeties, or else an extra-fast/quick change-of-pace guy to get anything significant nine times out of ten.
Hue Fisher isn't that impressed by Isaiah Crowell in HIS CARVED-IN-STONE Power/man nomadderwudd blocking scheme.
Redundancy alert: Just like Cousins and Smith are first and foremost West Coast quarterbacks, Isaiah Crowell is first and foremost a one-cut running back.
He's seventh in the NFL in yards after contact even in Hue's cave man system, because once he does get past the defensive line, he shrugs off little guys and off-balance lunges by big guys.
Understand this: Zone-blocking puts all the big guys off-balance and often moving sideways from the snap on. Man- blocking offers them gaps to shoot, and lets them anchor and "dig in" to meet the back with leverage.
And now Hue is talking as if Isaiah Crowell is the problem. He claims the next time the same play was called, it was stuffed for a two-yard loss.
That's inaccurate, unless it was Duke who got stuffed, but doesn't surprise me. The defense was looking for it the second time!
You can't do that with zone-blocking (stay with me here)!!!
Zone-blocking makes everything random. A defense can't look at the tape and watch for it the next time, because, by design, it creates chaos, and random gaps.
And it also looks identical to pass-blocking to them, by the way.
Hue Jackson put Isaiah Crowell in a no-win situation, and that running back deserves a freaking medal for accomplishing what he has out of the box he's been stuffed in by that blockhead.
The game just started. Crowell ran 3 times for a first down and 4 yards. Punt. I blinked when it was third and three and then it was 4th and 9. But Crow is kicking ass on a bad surface. Time to pass now, Hue!
Nice defense! Justin Currie (sacked Trubes on third down) is an ex-Seahawk Sashi scooped up I think. Wright vs Peppers a mismatch but they probly couldn't help it.
3rd and ten handoff to Duke man blocking not even a draw gimme a break. Great punt return/field position. At least Hue aint coaching the defense. Dammit.
Went to the head and came back in time for the Chicago touchdown what the hell why not oh! Nassib blocked the extra point yay!
Nassib is a pretty damn good player btw. Oh yeah he's not a real player nevermind.
Punt. We all see this unfolding. Hue will make sure not to pass so much this time, but will send the backs through the a-gaps when he runs and hit them in the flats when he passes and da Bearss know it as well as I do so...
Actually in these conditions and vs this defense, I would go DEEP to my biggest targets (I'd have DeValve on the field with Njoku and Gordon)...
...well he tried that give him credit. Great coverage nobody's fault. But I know that either DeValve or Njoku weren't options because one was benched. PUNT.
Defense looks good. You know Trubisky played in Mentor right? He LIKES snow! Garrett just nailed him on a stunt. Down by 6.
Crow just got 2 yards over LG. The cluesless will pick at him over "hesitation". He bought those two yards off hesitation. Like Laveon Belle, the most "hesitant" back in the NFL. Beats the hell out of running into brick walls.
Ok I saw that pick. Kizer overthrew Gordon, who was open in the end zone. His feet were set. That's 100% on the quarterback.
Kizer was drafted in the second round and was very raw, so to call him a bust at this point would (will) be extremely ignorant, but to say he doesn't have "it" isn't.
Defense came through again PUNT. They need to get more turnovers but absolutely do not suck. The offense sucks and special teams do, but the defense does not suck. And the offense could be fixed by a quarterback and adaptable/flexible Head Coach, period.
Nice bomb to Ricardo Lewis! And Zane Gonzalez MADE the 48 yard field goal!!! Seems like Lewis is a servicable lower round pick.
Oh yeah. None of them are real football players.
Well it's Xmas Eve so I'm gonna get kicked out here so bartender Bob Cratchett can be with his family BAH HUMBUG so I gotta go bah hamburg
However, I have seen enough to predict that the Browns WILL beat da Bearss unless da Bearss outscore them.
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