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Kenny Pickett's ceiling to me seems game manager QB1, really good QB2. Basically Teddy Bridgewater. Would rather see the team gamble on Willis, Howell, Corral, Glass, or Strong. The former 3 at #6, the latter 2 in the 2nd if the team can trade back and re-acquire a selection.

Is it really gonna happen?

ngl, if this goes to OT and the Bengals win the toss + score, I fully expect the NFL to revisit its postseason OT rules.

omfg

Ewww, idk about that 2nd down call. That would suck for the Chiefs to have to eventually settle for a field goal because they didn't just run the ball there.

What a play design + call. So long as the Chiefs keep fielding themselves a quality defense while building the offense around Mahomes, they're going to have a hell of a dynasty.

Mahomes is a living cheat code

This feels like an inevitable TD for the Chiefs.

smh, no call on the center holding the LB that jumped the snap.

I think that Reid is going to try and get this quickly across midfield to where they're knocking at the door of field goal range. Once they're, they'll slow down and methodically work towards first downs while taking shots at the end zone to try and prevent Burrow another shot at the ball. And theeeeere's the shot to Kelce.

If that's your intention, you're not communicating it well. It very much is coming across like you don't like him since you were insinuating that he was gambling (or going to inevitably gamble) on a drive that was clearly designed to drain clock.

Bengals doing all they can to drain clock while giving themselves enough time to get the ball back if KC scores.

OH MY GOD JOE

Woo boi, Burrow got away with one on that near pick.

Where are people getting this "Kenny Pickett is Joe Burrow" comparison? Is it because they had excellent senior years? Burrow threw for over 1350 more yards and nearly 20 more TDs while throwing less picks. His A/Y was 10.8 (12.5 AY/A) compared to Pickett's 8.7 (9.7 AY/A) and he had a completion percentage of 76.3% compared to Pickett's 67.2%. Burrow also ran for over 150 more yards for the same amount of rushing TDs. On top of that, Pickett's record lifetime at Pittsburgh vs. opponents that remained ranked at the end of the season was 3-7, with 2 of those wins coming in his senior year against Wake Forest and Clemson. Burrow was 7-0 in his senior year against top-25 opponents with Ws over Clemson (NCG), Oklahoma (Peach Bowl), and Georgia (SEC Championship). Against those three, Burrow averaged a 69.9% completion percentage, 435 yards passing, 40 yards rushing, 6 total touchdowns, 10.4 Y/A (12.8 AY/A). No picks nor fumbles. To put that last bit into perspective: Pickett's best game of his entire college career was arguably against Western Michigan where he went 23/31 (74.2%), 382 passing yards, 57 rushing yards, 6 passing TDs, 1 INT, 2 fumbles, and a 12.3 Y/A. Burrow threw for 50 more yards and had a 6:0 TD:TO ratio in postseason games compared to Pickett's 6:3 during his best game. Kenny Pickett isn't anywhere close to Joe Burrow's level. When Burrow played against elite comp, he stepped up. Pickett didn't.

Still trying to find publicly listed HBCU Combine results. Will add as soon as I find something!

NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Q2 - Q4 Practices

Gamebook from the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl here

Aqeel Glass participated in the HBCU Combine this weekend as well as the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl. I don't think he needs to participate in the NFL Combine if he's satisfied with his numbers tbh.

Can't wait to get a chance to watch the game. I'm very high on Aqeel Glass and Cole Kelley. To hear that they performed well makes me even more excited to see them push some of the more common names. Oladokun will be interesting to evaluate. His numbers terrify me.

He's a late addition to my "WATCH THESE MFERS" list

I've got him at #7 ahead of Purdy + Strong in my preliminary rankings. Excited to see if he moves up ahead of Glass and Ridder to sneak into my top-5 as I learn and see more.

If we're talking strictly about why they have him in their rankings where they do, it's for reasons that I've already stated. There are qualities that appeal to them more than other qualities that appeal more to me. Besides, there are a LOT of professional evaluators (with the teams or the media) and they've all got different rankings. Howell's evaluation is no different. Just look at how the different media entities have him ranked in terms of this year's QBs: 1st: PFF 3rd: Brugler 4th: ESPN 5th: Mel Kiper, Todd McShay I'm trying to understand the purpose of your line of questioning. What exactly is the point that you're trying to make or the answer that you're trying to get?

Ridder and Pickett's arm talent give me a lot of pause. I can see them operating in a West Coast offense that isn't asked to stretch the field vertically, but we've already seen how that gameplan works when it's the only one that you have in the NFL. I haven't gotten to watch any of Zappe yet, but am excited to see exactly how he put up the numbers that he did. I'm especially eager to see if it'll lead to any possible gems that he had on the offense with him.

I think that they're watching a lot more film than I do, for sure. As far as how they leverage stats though, I don't know. I have my method (stats first, games later) because it helps me with identifying what games + situations to watch when I get the time to do so. All I can do is cite the data itself and provide my interpretation of it (as well as what I've seen from watching the actual games when able). But I also don't think a Huddler that says that Howell is, "a poor man's Trubisky," has a clue as to what they're talking about.