Oly wrote:I would be okay with a southpaw QB if the OC was comfortable with it and Lucas is able to come back from injury.
But I don't want that QB to be Penix. Sure, he can hit the occasional throw that most QBs can't, but he also misses more that I expect even average FCS quarterbacks to make. He was off on so many throws in the Championship game and I just don't see how he can be trusted to run an offense. Even with Grubbs, I'd be surprised if Macdonald would want a QB whose mistakes create lots of 3-and-outs, even if he does hit the occasional crazy good bomb.
I'm not a ton higher on Nix, who seems to my uneducated eye like the anti-Penix. Nix is good on the short and over-the-middle stuff, and seems to get rid of the ball with accuracy to his first target. But his deep balls just aren't accurate and can tend to flutter.
I know Staton at Seahawksdraftblog is higher on Rattler, but I haven't watched anything on him. And I don't see anything special in McCarthy.
So given where the Hawks are picking, I don't see a clear QB of the future in this draft class, but I also didn't think Wilson would be that great so shows what I know. In any case, to me, I could see them trying to get Geno to restructure or trading him for a low pick on draft day if Schneider gets a QB he loves. I'm not stoked about this, as I think Geno costs more than his worth to a rebuilding team and I think they need to draft their next QB ASAP. But JS can't play cards he's not dealt, so I'm not going to be too upset if he has to settle for a non-optimal QB situation.
But if he doesn't have one in place by the start of the 2025 camp, I'll get cranky.
Yeah, that's the problem with Pete's last 8 years. Never good enough to compete for a Super Bowl but not bad enough to draft in the top 10. Perpetual mediocrity.
I don't have an opinion on any of the quarterbacks in this class. I did watch the NCAA playoffs, and Penix didn't look great in the NC game, but it was just one game, and I haven't watched enough CFB to form an opinion I can be comfortable with. All I can say is that I trust JS's eye when it comes to quarterbacks.