Someone please tell me how to pick a franchise QB?

[jarhead]

It seems like the so called experts get it right about 50% of the time.You have to think that someone in this draft will be a franchise qb.Who will it be and why?How does a guy like Matt Cassel never start an NFL game and get drafted by the patriots?Even his on college coach could not access his talent.

[Mr. Scot]

I'm not sold on Cassel as the next Tom Brady.

He didn't look so good in the playoff game, nor yesterday for that matter.

[pantherfan49]

It seems like the so called experts get it right about 50% of the time.You have to think that someone in this draft will be a franchise qb.Who will it be and why?How does a guy like Matt Cassel never start an NFL game and get drafted by the patriots?Even his on college coach could not access his talent.

Ignoring the guys in front of Cassel????

Anyways, if Cassel had started an NFL game before the NFL draft, that would have been sumthin.

[Fiz]

How does a guy like Matt Cassel never start an NFL game and get drafted by the patriots?

no one starts an NFL game before going through the draft process.

[jarhead]

I'm not sold on Cassel as the next Tom Brady.

He didn't look so good in the playoff game, nor yesterday for that matter.

I am not advocating that but i find it curious that teams are so poor in evaluating talent at qb.For every top pick bust there seems to be a 6th or 7th round guy that ends up being a superstar

[Mr. Scot]

I am not advocating that but i find it curious that teams are so poor in evaluating talent at qb.For every top pick bust there seems to be a 6th or 7th round guy that ends up being a superstar

Starter? Yeah. Superstar? Other than Brady, not so much.

Yeah, Romo's undrafted, He's also overrated, and his "star power' owes a lot to the star on his helmet.

[jarhead]

I meant to say college not NFL game

[replive]

o hey hurney nice to see you posting here. how's the family?

[Mother Grabber]

You keep picking QBs whom you think have what it takes, and hope one eventually pans out.

[Jangler]

eeny meeny miny mo?

[rayzor]

intangibles are key (intelligence/football IQ, poise under pressure, decision making skills, leadership, ability to hype the players, work ethic, will to win/fight, mental toughness, coachability)

ability to read a defense

footwork

good passer (efficient, accurate, quick, good completion %, and the ability to make all the throws)

ability to read the field well (doesn't necessarily mean able to read defenses, but it helps)

can work through progressions

can keep drives alive and extend plays (scramble in the pocket and buy time or run the ball himself when needed)

very positive win/loss record

yards per attempt/completion

performance in big games

fits the organization

keeps the ball safe, but still takes risks

fwiw, i think height and arm strength are two of the most overrated traits. they are somewhat important, like you can't have a midget with a noodle arm in there, but people place way too much value on these two and overlook the other things which is why you have guys like leaf and russell taken so early.

[Ricky Spanish]

you pick the one that isn't bla-

tantly retarded

[SPANKY]

The Franchise must be 100% behind the guy first. Our o-line seem's to be missing something on the right side, Otah's injury hurt, but we need better depth there. Jimmy was thrown in the fire way too soon, with that line and rookie's all over the roster no wonder he played badly. Now I'am not here to call Clausen our "Franchise" QB, we need to pick up a Vet who can compete/mentor Jimmy and Tony or draft pick's. It take's time, and MONEY. And the money part is scary right now. I hope Herney give's Colin Kaepernick a passing thought, in time he could be something, and he might still be on the board in the 3rd round.

[blackcatgrowl]

eeny meeny miny mo?

Pretty much.

In 2002, I picked up Drew Brees in a trade with a fellow Fantasy player, whom I was playing the following Sunday. I looked at some of his vids, looked at his stats... thought "he could be a winner", and started him. That weekend, he scored 5 or 6 TDs, and I handed my opponent an ass-whipping.

But in 2003, he went 1-7. The Chargers benched him... get this... for Doug Flutie. Read that again... Doug... Flutie... replaced Drew Brees as the starter for the Chargers in 2003.

Now Brees is not only a Franchise QB for a division rival, but a contender for the HoF IMHO. But could anyone have ever guessed that this would have happened? San Diego drafted him with the 33rd pick, 1st pick in the 2nd round. Clearly they didn't put a tremendous amount of stock in him.

This is why I only give a modicum of credit to Scouting Reports and draft projections. It's guesswork influenced by media hype and ego. Unless someone is clearly trying out for the NFL that has no business to, any given player in the draft can become a Franchise level player.