Anyone else think so? He's done okay so far this season with some cream puff teams but the guy just is not one of the top 5 QBs in the nation. His ratio last year was crap despite having a strong team around him. He's not a horrible QB by any means but this guy is getting #1 pick love and I don't think he's top 2 or 3 in the SEC to be honest.
Stafford has a great arm and makes NFL type throws if they ever opened up the offense forget about it. Now is he the best college qb statistically No, not at all. He will be top 3 qb out of anyone coming out this year and will play on Sundays. He has a better shot to play then Tebow, I'll give you that much.
Tebow because of his mobility and ability to throw on the run, not his numbers.
After that, it's hard to place him. I think I'd lump Stafford in with Parker Wilson, Jarrett Lee, and maybe even Casey Dick.
Lee is young but I think he'll take a big step forward in the 2nd half and be a star.
alwattsThere's been a ton of guys who can make all the throws but that's not all it takes to be a pro QB. It makes the scouts drool but many guys who can make all the throws turn out to be out of the NFL in a few years because they either don't make the right reads or have no mobility.
Not saying Stafford can't be a great pro but he's getting all this hype but he only completed 55.7% of his passes with a 19/10 ratio last year and had time to make throws.
He is a great pro prospect because he can make all the throws but that doesn't currently make him an elite college quarterback.
The guy is a top ten NFL pick according to an NFL combine service. He is the prototypical NFL style QB with the armstrength to make all the throws. Keep in mind the competition he is playing against week in and week out. He torched a supposedly good Arizona St. team last Saturday for 285 yards. He's thrown 5 TD's this year with no interceptions, over 60% completions on the year, and a QB rating of 152.6. You may not be impressed but at 6'3" and 237 pounds the guy is a stud.
It's not his size or arm strength that I think he is overrated for. He's got everything you could want in those regards. It's his decision making that has me thinking he's rated too high. Michael Vick could make all the throws and had a strong as hell arm but he made horrible reads. Stafford obviously has time to improve but I'm just saying let's make sure he's got it down before we call him the best QB out there.
PS, Stafford may have 5 TDs with 0 INTs this season but 4 of those TDs came against Central Michigan and Georgia Southern. In his last two against only above average competition in Arizona State and South Carolina, he has 1 TD.
Against teams like Florida and LSU I think he'll struggle somewhat.
I just don't think he makes the right throws.
Against teams like Florida and LSU I think he'll struggle somewhat.
I just don't think he makes the right throws.
Certainly, wouldn't compare him to Vick. Vick was an athlete playing QB and Stafford is passer playing QB. I've watched two of his games this year and most of his decisions have been good and the fact that he has no interceptions, after four games, would seem to be a decent indicator. He may not be the best but it's a damn short list of anyone better.
