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Lamar Jackson a Rat. It’s a good thing.

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Lamar Jackson looks to have the intelligence of a 2nd grader. Don’t worry. Lol
 
where be EdReed4Prez? I'd like to hear his opinion on this fine, quality pick of Lamar "Wonderlic 13" Jackson.
 
Some how the slobbing idiot ran the most pro ready offense of all the QBs in the draft..
 
antdrewjosh said:
Some how the slobbing idiot ran the most pro ready offense of all the QBs in the draft..
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Please, see RG3 if you want to see a comparison for Jackson. Running QB's do not last in the NFL, the wear and tear on their body, the speed of the defensive players...etc. Louisville hardly ran a pro ready offense. Almost all of their snaps are from the gun, the ran the pistol on almost 25% of their snaps. He may turn out to be a decent QB, but lets not make up **** just to justify a point.
 
Steeler Pride said:
Please, see RG3 if you want to see a comparison for Jackson. Running QB's do not last in the NFL, the wear and tear on their body, the speed of the defensive players...etc. Louisville hardly ran a pro ready offense. Almost all of their snaps are from the gun, the ran the pistol on almost 25% of their snaps. He may turn out to be a decent QB, but lets not make up **** just to justify a point.
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If you had watched a handful of Louisville games from the past two years, you’d see something more complicated: a quarterback who came very far in very little time but still has room to grow. You’d also see the ways in which his game has been misrepresented. “One of the critiques is that he’s a spread-offense quarterback, which doesn’t make sense at all,” said Chris Brown, the author of The Art of Smart Football. “He played for a former NFL head coach and offensive coordinator — they basically run Tom Coughlin’s offense.” (Petrino was an assistant to Coughlin in Jacksonville.) Last season, Jackson threw about 15 percent of his passes at or behind the line of scrimmage, a lower percentage than any of the top quarterbacks in the draft. Jackson didn’t have the same array of quick, easy reads as, say, Deshaun Watson, who actually did operate a spread offense at Clemson.

Jackson’s face-off with Watson in 2016, which Clemson won 42-36, offers a wide-ranging look at the quarterback’s tools. Throughout the game, Jackson demonstrated an ability to stay in the pocket and go through his progressions, even as his offensive line collapsed. He made one of his more stunning throws late in the third quarter, with less than two minutes left. Jackson took a snap out of shotgun, scanned the defense and saw Clemson had switched from single high coverage to Cover 2, using two safeties to patrol each half of the field. He trained his vision on the middle of the field to keep one of them from straying too far wide, then whipped to his right and fired a 22-yard pass to a receiver running a go route, zipping it perfectly into the space he created with his eyes.

Louisville’s offense, said Brent Venables, Clemson’s defensive coordinator, is “as pro style as you’re gonna get in this day and age.” He praises Jackson’s discipline and decision-making, calling the quarterback as talented as anyone he’s seen. “He made a lot of good, quick decisions with accuracy and poise,” he said. “He’s deadly when he gets into a rhythm.”

Jackson has been criticized for fleeing the pocket, but in play after play against Clemson, he still waits patiently behind his line. When he escapes and scrambles for 38 yards in the fourth quarter, it’s only after he’s checked all three of his receivers (such scrambles aren’t terribly common; 73 percent of his career runs were designed). Petrino says Jackson’s awareness kept him healthy — the quarterback didn’t miss a game over the last two years, unlike, say, Rosen, who missed six games in 2016 because of a shoulder injury — challenging the stereotype of the oft-injured mobile quarterback. “I’ve coached some guys where everything was a surprise to them,” he said. “Lamar doesn’t get hit hard because he’s quick and has great instincts.”

http://theundefeated.com/features/l...e-could-change-the-nfl-if-he-gets-the-chance/
 
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This kid has all the tools. If the staff can put together a scheme and keep good people around him he'll be very good, imho.
 
One coach who did showed interest in Lamar early on was Bobby Petrino, head coach of the Louisville Cardinals. After learning about Jackson from former Louisville receiver coach Lamar Thomas, Patrino became intrigued by Lamar’s fit in his pro-style scheme and offered Jackson a scholarship.

Additionally, while Jackson could have committed to a school that runs a more traditional read-option based spread scheme like Oregon, he instead chose to attend Louisville University, and lead Bobby Patrino’s more traditional offense.

Lamar chose to attend Louisville because he wanted to learn to play from the pocket, and ultimately be better prepared for the pro game. If he can continue to advance as a passer, learning to take snaps from under center and even start to read opposing defenses it will go a long way to alleviate scouts worries that Jackson can’t grow to become a legitimate professional signal caller.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...re-fire-franchise-quarterback-053117?amp=true
 
Superman said:
where be EdReed4Prez? I'd like to hear his opinion on this fine, quality pick of Lamar "Wonderlic 13" Jackson.
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I’ll be honest I’m unfamiliar with his game. From what I can gather he’s Vick without dogfighting. As much as I love him Flacco is out the door in a year or two regardless. This kid is a short term gun to flacco’s head, and perhaps a long term dedication to more running less throwing. I like the old *** rookie TE we drafted though.
 
I'm just glad the Steelers didn't draft him. Don't think he'll succeed in the NFL.
 
Flacco was drafted well after Ben and they've already got his replacement. Flacco will be a FA soon...
 
I think he's a guy with a low floor, but a fairly high ceiling. He could be out of the league in 3 years, but he might also be something similar to Steve McNair, which would be pretty good. It always helps to be drafted by a good team, where you don't have to play right away. Worked very well in Green Bay, and is why I like the Mason Rudolph pick as well. Project type qbs who end up in places like Cleveland, and get thrown to the wolves, almost always fail.
 
They have a plan that started with the RG3 signing. Watch for RPOs all over the place in Baltimore. Surprised me that they waited as long as they did to get him.
 
steelermania said:
I think he's a guy with a low floor, but a fairly high ceiling. He could be out of the league in 3 years, but he might also be something similar to Steve McNair, which would be pretty good. It always helps to be drafted by a good team, where you don't have to play right away. Worked very well in Green Bay, and is why I like the Mason Rudolph pick as well. Project type qbs who end up in places like Cleveland, and get thrown to the wolves, almost always fail.
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I can see Vick, but not McNair ...I would be shocked.
 
I don't think he will make it long term. Working in Louisville, I've heard plenty about this kid. The thing I consistently hear from co-workers is that he is inaccurate on passes at times. This is coming from big time Louisville homers.
The downside to this pickup for me? I'm going to be living in little Baltimore now. There will be purple ******* jerseys everywhere.
Probably more of them than all of the Minnesota jerseys around here. ****.
 
mightyguru said:
This kid has all the tools. If the staff can put together a scheme and keep good people around him he'll be very good, imho.
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Doing all those things,.............you could insert many a QB name and succeed, I see a running QB who will eventually lose his wheels.\



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Last year's stats for Jump-ball Joe:

Year CMP% YDS TD INT Rating
2017 64.1 3,141 18 13 80.4

It's no wonder why they are ready to replace the $24 3/4 million dollar man.
 
Drink IRON City said:
Doing all those things,.............you could insert many a QB name and succeed, I see a running QB who will eventually lose his wheels.\



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It is an experiment that I want no part of...but I see a very talented guy who is probably the most pro-ready qb prospect in this year's draft.
 
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