John McClain is an idiot, that's why. I don't get the love for Blake Bortles other than that he's a 6'5" QB and can run some. Only film I watched on him was the Fiesta Bowl Game against Baylor and he looked mediocre IMO. He missed a lot of simple 10-15 yards passes and I know most of his TDs from early on were WR screens and bubble screens. Didn't bother watching the 4th quarter. At best, IMO, his ceiling is Joe Flacco.
I get the love for Manziel tho. He's exciting, make big plays, and can extend plays. He played against the best defenses and made them look like fools.
But with Bridgewater's ability to read defenses, to change plays at the LOS, and to throw against blitzes is amazing. No one else in college football does what he does. Not to mention his footwork is amazing, which is probably one of the most important thing to have as an NFL QB. Although he rarely runs, he does know how to escape the pocket and extend plays, he just usually find someone open, hardly does he run for it. Reminds me a lot of Aaron Rodgers, not comparing the players but comparing how they avoid blitzes and pressures. If we improve our OL, I could honestly see him having a great rookie season and even making the playoffs, depending on how well our defense plays. He's going to have a lot of great pieces on offense. Andre Johnson, DeAndre Hopkins, who had 800 yards even with the shitfest we had at QB, Owen Daniels(although I'm hearing he might be cut), Garrett Graham, Ryan Griffin, and hopefully a healthy Arian Foster as well.
This post was edited by draino on Jan 16 2014 05:32am