LaCanfora asks evaluators about Pickett...

[firefox1234]

14 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

He has above average arm strength. Very quick release and it looks pretty effortless to throw (even with his baby hands)

Honestly, if he were a true junior coming out of the draft, he would be regarded MUCH higher as a prospect. His age gives some people pause since it took him until he was almost 24 to look like a legit QB. 

The question is - is he a slow learner or did he finally break through the barrier to unlock his true potential?

If you would have told me that he was a Junior, looking at his tape, I'd be ecstatic to draft him. His most recent season was a significant jump in production (much like Wilson had last year) but again, it took him until he was an old man among boys to get there. How will he look in the NFL with other grown men around him?

I found an article about him last season that talks about the traits he has and how he could be a potential high draft pick in 2022 if he continues to get better:

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/pitt-qb-kenny-pickett-serious-qb4-candidate-nfl-draft/

It's a copycat league and I wouldn't be surprised if rhule thinks we are getting the next Joe Burrow if we draft him.

That gives me absolutely zero confidence as a prospect though. 

I have the same concerns. I am slightly on the side that Pickett was a big fish in a small pond. If he played in a better conference like the SEC instead of being in Pitt for his five years I would have less doubts.

The plus side about him being 24 is that you are getting a mature young man who can lead the team from the get go.

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, onmyown said:

Is it out of the realm of possibility the Giants or Texans don’t take him? I know it’s such a reach for their spots as it is ours but there needs to be some hope somewhere.

The Giants, and specifically Brian Daboll, have indicated they're committed to going forward with Daniel Jones.

Texans? Possible, but nobody seems to be predicting it.

[rmoneyg35]

Has any QB who wore gloves like Pickett actually been a good QB? I’m thinking of all the QBs who always wore gloves and they all were mediocre qbs at best. David Carr and Teddy Bridgewater come to mind.

[Ricky Spanish]

3 minutes ago, rmoneyg35 said:

Has any QB who wore gloves like Pickett actually been a good QB? I’m thinking of all the QBs who always wore gloves and they all were mediocre qbs at best. David Carr and Teddy Bridgewater come to mind.

Peyton Manning did at the end of his career in Denver. 

He was great the first couple years, the last year he fell off a cliff though. 

[BlitzMonster]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Texans? Possible, but nobody seems to be predicting it.

The Texans really like QB David Mills and he came on strong at the end of the season.  The guy is reportedly staying all off season at the Houston facilities to work on his game.  And some of the young receivers are joining him.  So that's a QB who's likely on the rise.  And the team recognizes that.  

I really doubt the Texans would take a QB in 2022 with this draft class.  The big talk on their message board is whether the team should go DE or OL with their #3 pick.  

[Shocker]

If we take him and he has fumbling issues or has trouble pushing the ball to the boundaries the coaches cannot complain.  That is what you are drafting 

[Jay Roosevelt]

I've said all along that I do like Pickett a lot, but if we're going QB at #6 then we better damn well fix the OL in free agency. Otherwise it won't matter who we pick.

[Growl]

1 hour ago, Shocker said:

If we take him and he has fumbling issues or has trouble pushing the ball to the boundaries the coaches cannot complain.  That is what you are drafting 

He has never demonstrated any of these issues

he can throw the ball in a window on the 5, he can drive the 8, he can push it deep on the move.

this is just something you made up because you heard “small hands.”

[Growl]

1 hour ago, stbugs said:

It was possible. We easily get to 3 by losing one of the three 1 score wins where Teddy played decent. We lose all three and we are at 2 because we win the tiebreaker with Houston, Jets and Jax. Teddy had 3 TDs in our 10 point win over the Cardinals. Grier could lose that game and voila, we get Lawrence.

There was only one game where even Grier wins and that’s Detroit. All 4 other wins are possible losses with Grier instead of Teddy. Grier was that bad. 

that’s purely conjecture, retroactively so. I wanted the team to understand where they were at as much as anyone, but that meant making a big push up the board for the QB they liked, not pinning their future on some delusional hope that they would have the first overall pick. 
 

 

Edited February 9, 2022 by Growl

[Ornias]

If we can trade down in the 1st I am fine with it. If we ignore all our needs to take a pedestrian QB at 6 then we deserve what we get. I fully expect Rhule to be gone by the bye. 

[bobcat91]

I like Pickett and think he's a legitimate NFL starter in a few years, if we fix the line. Use the 4th round on both picks for the IL and find a starter in FA. Time to invest in the future. As far as the other QBs, none are NFL starters. I see a lot of folks say Willis. He has a very strong arm and couldn't read a pick up game defense. Just no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CPantherKing]

4 hours ago, davos said:

I wish he would've asked about Corral.  With him not at the Senior Bowl, I'm as much, even more interested in what the scouts think of him.  He was the consensus top pick at one point before Willis and Pickett came surging along this year.  

#JakeHaenerClub2023

Imagine a smaller more fragile Cam Newton playing QB. That is Matt Corral. Great arm. Flat throws. Lacks touch. Needs receivers with a large catch radius. Tends to throw high to the sidelines. Likes to run into contact and needs to learn to slide.

[Ricky Spanish]

Honestly, the more of Pickett I watch, the more I like. 

I like him and Corral the most of this class.

[BlitzMonster]

2 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

Honestly, the more of Pickett I watch, the more I like. 

I like him and Corral the most of this class.

Those two are the most ready now while still having at least "good" upside.