Jackie Lee

Apparently shoulder sprains are already a thing with Bryce

PJ is 1" taller and at least 10-15 pounds heavier than Bryce for reference

Yeah I usually disagree with who he puts the blame on when there is a drop or bad route/O-line breakdown or whatever. JT/Josh/Warner all have different opinions. Josh and Warner actually played a substantial amount and seem to have a more omniscient view of how they break down tape

So Bryce can quickly process that he can't make a throw that CJ could make. It's nearly impossible to compare each teams O-lines and how opposing teams decided to pressure them if you switched Bryce and CJ on their respective teams. I think Stroud can give a team more opportunity for adjustments that will counter whatever defensive schemes other teams come up with. Bryce's style is great when it works but when it doesn't you got a lot less playbook to pick from at halftime when you need to make adjustments

Stronger arm though

You don't think it's interesting that he was under the radar, showed up as a late invite to the Elite 11 and won MVP? I like the underdog working class grinder type. He's way more mature than your average 21 year old

Yeah I wanna watch more Flutie and Russ under center stuff, Kyler hasn't done much of it yet but it will be interesting to see if the new coach forces him into it and whether it'll work or not. Thanks for the level headed discussion

Yeah, it's harder to the sell the play action from shotgun, and the RB can't get as much momentum as he would from getting the hand off from under center. I'm sure he can pull off handoffs under center on short yardage stuff, but actually rolling out to pass with a DE in his face might not be all that effective. That's when the big QB hits and batted passes would be a legit concern

Young stans are ignoring this thread because there is no way to sugar coat being too small to run play action and QB sneaks under center. We got this crazy ass coaching staff and they probably can't play QB under center? Seems like it would be a waste of resources

Well this newish Cardinals article is interesting. New staff is hoping Kyler can add more under center snaps to his game, he has the lowest % in the league currently "I think we can take him to another level and unleash his full skill set," Gannon said. "We're not gonna put him in gun all the time, I'll tell you that. We'll have two significant offenses with his skill set: one being under center and one being in the gun. Then obviously we're gonna do what's comfortable with him. The way to take pressure off the quarterback and the O-line is to put him under center at times." According to NFL Research, Murray was in the shotgun 92.3 percent of the time the last three seasons, and his 2.9 percent time under center was the lowest of any NFL QB. No QB was in shotgun more than Murray in 2022. Kingsbury had once said there wasn't anything that could be done under center that couldn't be done in shotgun. Murray has said he's more comfortable in shotgun. But being under center makes it easier to run play-action plays, and Gannon (and incoming offensive coordinator Drew Petzing) sees that potential. "That's the missing piece I thought they had with Kyler," Gannon said. "They were in gun all the time. When you're in gun all the time, you don't make the defense defend certain play types. Now, when you get him under center, the defense has to defend a lot more type of play types. So there's really two offenses I see us using."

This one doesn't have numbers but has some interesting comments https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2019/08/how-alabama-qb-tua-tagovailoas-pre-snap-position-could-create-more-red-zone-success.html Word around Alabama is the Crimson Tide has made a concerted effort to make Tua Tagovailoa more comfortable operating from under center, in part, because it could help improve the Tide’s performance in the red zone after experiencing shortfalls in that area last season. The problems Alabama experienced in that condensed part of the field came to a head last January, when Clemson crushed the Tide, 44-16, in the national championship game. During that miserable evening in the Bay Area, the Tide scored one touchdown in its four trips inside the red zone, executing 13 of its 18 plays out of Shotgun once it cracked the Tigers’ 20. During the one sequence when Alabama did breach the goal line, Tagovailoa lined up under center behind a jumbo package and completed a play-action bootleg on a one-yard toss to tight end Hale Hentges, who was wide open.

Seems like it would be easier to find solid numbers for that, I don't subscribe to any of those pff style sites though

Taking play action from under center out of the playbook would be insane right? Stroud has done it and looks natural doing it

Young avoided serious injury during his time starting at Alabama, but there was a somewhat concerning quote from Nick Saban about Young’s shoulder injury from October. ”Bryce has a little AC sprain in his shoulder. We’ll have to take it day-to-day. I think he’s OK. He doesn’t have a serious injury. We didn’t think he could go back in the game because I don’t think he had much steam on throwing the ball. He’s had these before, and in a few days, he starts to respond pretty well. We’ll have to see how it goes.”

I was looking for this number. Couldn't find any tape of Bryce under center, I know a lot of college teams don't do it at all but this still concerns me (Stroud) 121 snaps from under center (15th most in the nation; (Young had four)

I've heard Stroud played/weighed in at 220 during the year.

Another one for Stroud

He certainly has the least to prove and is probably the least insecure about their takes

Yeah I dunno why you would get Dalton as the backup and McCown as the QB coach if Bryce is the pick. CJ is the natural progression from their style of play.

They have a DC as their HC, apparently everyone thinks Bryce is ready to call plays at the line of scrimmage and be a scrambling playmaker so it makes sense from that stand point. Like a tiny Watson/Rodgers

Every site has a different ranking

Gotta say the rest of the top 10 is not that exciting to talk about. This is the kinda draft that's almost equal talent from pick 5-50 depending on what happens with the QB's and top D-line guys. There's barely a non QB player that you could claim as the clear best player in this draft.

I was saying we might draft an ILB at 39. BJ would be OLB obviously. If it was between BJ at OLB or Campbell at ILB I would feel conflicted if I were this staff

I'd be surprised if Campbell/Sanders/and Simpson are all off the board by 39. All really good it just depends on who fits what team