Spent time watching all of Darnold's throws over the past three years. My conclusion...

[Zod]

Spent some time watching all of Darnold's throws over the past three seasons. My thoughts - 

 

Pros - 

- Decent job buying time with his feet and throwing a strike. Excels when rolling out and just balling. 

- Decent arm strength. Not great, but good enough. 

- Solid pocket presence. Steps up well when pressured. Good feet. 

 

Cons - 

- Throws really bone headed interceptions. Just doesn't see defenders sometimes. 

- Confidence. You can just see it dwindle as the games go on. 

 

Conclusion

Doubtful he will ever be an elite QB, but he may be a good QB for a long ass time if the Panthers can coach him out of his bad habits and teach him how to watch film and gameplan for defenses. 

 

 

[chknwing]

Darnold had no protection, no play makers.  He made bad decisions because he was under pressure literally the entire game every game.  If I was picking my ass off the turf after every down my confidence level in my team mates would dwindle too.,

Edited April 6, 2021 by chknwing

[mrcompletely11]

1 minute ago, Zod said:

Spent some time watching all of Darnold's throws over the past three seasons. My thoughts - 

 

Pros - 

- Decent job buying time with his feet and throwing a strike. Excels when rolling out and just balling. 

- Decent arm strength. Not great, but good enough. 

- Solid pocket presence. Steps up well when pressured. Good feet. 

 

Cons - 

- Throws really bone headed interceptions. Just doesn't see defenders sometimes. 

- Confidence. You can just see it dwindle as the games go on. 

 

Conclusion

Doubtful he will ever be an elite QB, but he may be a good QB for a long ass time if the Panthers can coach him out of his bad habits and teach him how to watch film and gameplan for defenses. 

 

 

I disagree, from what I saw he has a cannon that can throw ropes into coverage

[PhillyB]

wasn't having a howitzer for an arm his biggest upside?

[hepcat]

He is a bad QB. But young enough to maybe still be salvaged. Panthers are gambling big time on a QB that barely won any games at the NFL level.

I say go all in on another defensive draft. 

[PhillyB]

his comparison was always if cam newton was a paraplegic ginger 

[ECHornet]

Nt

Edited April 6, 2021 by ECHornet

[Zod]

2 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

wasn't having a howitzer for an arm his biggest upside?

Dunno. I saw him underthrow a lot of long balls. 

[Zod]

3 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Panthers are gambling big time

A second round pick and a rookie contract isn't gambling big time. Teddy was much more of a gamble. 

[therealmjl]

5 minutes ago, Zod said:

A second round pick and a rookie contract isn't gambling big time. Teddy was much more of a gamble. 

Teddy was one of those last ditch Vegas gambles where you’ve already lost all of the money you “planned on losing” and decide to give it one final go

[Toomers]

7 minutes ago, Zod said:

A second round pick and a rookie contract isn't gambling big time. Teddy was much more of a gamble. 

Guaranteed 19M next year is almost exactly where the Panthers are at with Teddy right now. And he only cost a 3rd round comp pick.  

[Riverboat Ron]

13 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

his comparison was always if cam newton was a paraplegic ginger 

And a virgin that got mono from his first french kiss.

[TheRumGone]

He has a cannon

[kass]

The amount of interception along with his poor completion percentage concerns me.

Completion % can be fixed with a better scheme, example, Cam in 2018 and 2020 at Patriots. Also, Darnold will have CMC for some easy completions and help moving the chain so that do not concern me that much.

The interceptions does. Some say he tries to much and push the ball downfield because he have no playmakers. But was that also the case in college?