re: No first rounders this year?

Kiper isn’t exactly infallible with his QB evaluations. He pounded the table for Levi’s and still defends him.

Here’s the bottom line. None of us can control where JM is drafted. I think it is unlikely that he will improve his short and intermediate passing skills much during this season. And go back to the drive when we settled for the FG against Georgia and notice that there were ZERO pass plays called when we got inside the red zone. This shows us that the staff did not trust him not to throw a pick down there and wanted to preserve a FG attempt. That is a BIG red flag.

The NFL has become a dink-and-dunk throwing league with those plays basically replacing a lot of what used to be running plays. If a QB can’t read coverages, call line blocking assignments and accurately place those short passes, he doesn’t fit it most offenses. Look how Jalen Hurts still struggles with those things and how it is holding back the Eagles offense.

Can JM still be a Top 10 pick, improve his game and sign a massive second QB contract? Yes. So did Hurts and now it may hamper Philly for several years to come.

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I think it is unlikely that he will improve his short and intermediate passing skills much during this season. And go back to the drive when we settled for the FG against Georgia and notice that there were ZERO pass plays called when we got inside the red zone. This shows us that the staff did not trust him not to throw a pick down there and wanted to preserve a FG attempt. That is a BIG red flag.

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It's like you didn't watch the game Saturday at all. His short to intermediate passing diced up UGA. It was why he was statistically better against the blitz than when they didn't blitz. You have no idea why they didn't call a pass play in the redzone on the FG drive and to leap to the conclusion that it was because they don't trust him is absurd. The pass to Jam for the TD was from the 16 yard line and it was probably the best pass I've ever seen him throw. They also chose to pass instead of run on the 2 point conversion but yeah they don't trust him to pass in the redzone.

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It's like you didn't watch the game Saturday at all. His short to intermediate passing diced up UGA. It was why he was statistically better against the blitz than when they didn't blitz. You have no idea why they didn't call a pass play in the redzone on the FG drive and to leap to the conclusion that it was because they don't trust him is absurd. The pass to Jam for the TD was from the 16 yard line and it was probably the best pass I've ever seen him throw. They also chose to pass instead of run on the 2 point conversion but yeah they don't trust him to pass in the redzone.

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Couple of rebuttals:

On the Jam TD, we put him in motion on that play and the UGA LB followed him across the field which was a dead giveaway to JM that it was going to be man coverage on him which is what we wanted. To his credit, Milroe threw a perfect pass for the TD. But later when Georgia was zoning us on the play where Dippre fumbled, that was not a pinpoint throw and they were able to knock it loose before the ball was really secured. So after that play the staff probably didn’t like the looks they were seeing from Georgia’s scheme and didn’t want to risk another red zone turnover. You have to look at these situations in context. I actually agreed with the approach at the time because converting the FG puts Alabama back up by three scores.

So now let’s see how good teams play us when the field is compressed like that in a tight game, and how we attack it offensively. Fair enough?

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So now let’s see how good teams play us when the field is compressed like that in a tight game, and how we attack it offensively. Fair enough?

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I think we already have that. Nothing more compressed than a 2 point conversion. And what did they call? Not a QB power that has been so effective. Or a read-option that he's been excellent at this season. Not even a goal line package with a hand-off to Jam or Justice. They called a pass play which he successfully completed to Bernard. I think that shows a lot of trust.

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I am genuinely curious if your opinion of Jalen has changed at all after the game Saturday.

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This dude has some of the worst predictions I've ever seen. I wouldn't care or trust what his new opinions are about anything at this point after putting Milroe in the 5th round or lower.

Milroe will go 1st round. Everyone sees Lamar Jackson when that see Milroe. That's too much potential for a team to pass up.

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PFF has Jalen Milroe as the #1 ranked QB for the 2025 draft.

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if he can keep up how he played against Georgia hes going in the first round, probably unfortunately high. Early on in the game when Georgia blitzed, my heart was overjoyed when 1. Ryan WIlliams instantly converted his route to the hot route when the corner covering him blitzed, amazing stuff from a freshman who wasn't even an early enrollee 2. Milroe saw it just as fast and threw it into where the blitz came from with zero hesitation. When you see that kind of stuff you know something has clicked. Deboer is a great developer of players, and when the player has incredible latent talent, its going to be something special i think.

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dominantD

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this dude is an alter for some other fanbase

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this dude is an alter for some other fanbase

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Quite suspicious that their account was created in Sept 2017 but then they all of a sudden started posting on 8/7/24.

Maybe they have been in a coma for 7 years.