One thing I really want in a younger QB is mobility. I just think having the option to make plays with your feet while you're figuring it all out is a good thing to have.
Which QB should the Rams draft next year and where?
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Funny how the most active Clemson fan on the board is the one who wants him the least.
I've only watched him play Oregon this year, and he raised my eyebrows a few times during that game.
So ....... maybe ? ........ real late?
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Too small and injury prone for my liking.
I mean, I'm watching him at the East/West Shrine Bowl, and he's one of the best quarterbacks there. And Kaden Wetjen (Iowa) looks like one of the best receivers there on both teams; no cornerback has been able to cover him. He's had concentration drops, but I think he could upgrade our return game. I wouldn't mind taking Wetjen and/or Gronowski with a fifth or sixth.
Yeah if they take him it'll be kind of funny due to that.
Most of these 6'1" types are likely to be depth QBs at best. But maybe there's an outlier among them, and being drafted by LA is something that increases their chances. So no matter which one they pick there's gonna be questions around him, holes in his game, etc.
He is definitely smaller framed which I don't like. But I think he might be the dude they target because LSU was a massive clusterfuck this season. Some of it was the QB not playing well, certainly, but to some extent I think as a draft pick he's a guy who you can get more talent for your pick value than a guy like Simpson who everyone keeps saying is going to go high.
When it comes to the QB position, taking a lesser player because of "pick value", doesn't help you win games. Give me the better player period.
Of course. But we're not going to be taking Mendoza. So we're going to be choosing between options with all manner of questions and shortcomings.
And where this matters is if you're going to take a dude who has questions with his size, who only has a let's say above average arm, why take Simpson in round 1 when you can take one of several QBs who are similar in their questions and get more value for your pick.
Again I'm not all high on Nussmeier. But nobody thinks Nussmeier compares to Simpson because it's what have you done lately. But this year he had an injury to his abdominals that affected his throws outside the hash. Throws that he made at a good rate in 2024. Also that 2024 season he didn't have a great run game. The dude can move the chains and he's aggressive downfield. So again the fact he might be a relative bargain is appropriate to how we might have to approach this draft.
Here's his 2024 highlights, when he was healthy and LSU wasn't a clusterfuck. Also that offense didn't have a great run game. Which I think is important. He dealt with a non-ideal OL both the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD1w5ps2qWI
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD1w5ps2qWI
People have wanted to move on from Bennett for a few years now and some want to draft a guy who's pretty similar to him now? I don't get it.
Well 6'1 is better than 5'10 and it buys them another 4 years of 2nd/3rd string qb
I'm no Bennett hater. I didn't like the pick, however he's grown on me with how he looked in preseason. Only thing that bugs me is the fact he's so small.
I figure Bennett is our QB2 in 2026. But then I'm not all in love with Jimmy like many here.
Back to the 6'1" QBs in this draft, I don't think they should take one necessarily. But I think they're going to take one. Maybe they'll take a guy like Allar who isn't height challenged. But whoever they take it's gonna be someone everyone groans about in the draft thread.
Two more inches of mediocre QB at you backup when they have the same skill set is hardly winning roster building. Plus he's got to learn the offense if he can so you're wasting half the time you just said.
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