Autumn Equinox Mock

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(10-11-2017, 12:10 AM)Jpoore Wrote: See we disagree. Barrett takes care of the ball. He has a great arm. But it's more about value for me. Fall in high 1st? Or Barrett in high 4th? And jt doesn't throw picks. And yeah I have Adams in a tier of his own as far as the goes. And while I'm a huge osu fan I don't think I'm letting hat come in on play with Barrett.

Taking any QB is always going to be a risk (especially outside of the first round) because they are considered so critical to the success of the team.
I would only consider Barrett if I thought he could be the next Russell Wilson or Dak Prescott. Those two guys btw were also mid-round picks. Hardly anyone expected them to become good NFL QBs. They ended up working out, but it's extremely rare for a non-first round QB to actually be a good starting QB in the NFL.

I don't put JT Barrett on the same level as those guys when they came out of college. Barrett has never been quite the passer that both Wilson and Prescott were in college. With that said, he's on pace for his best statistical season, so he might be worth consideration for draft. I'd like to see how he does against the better Big 10 opponents first.
EDIT - He was not good against Oklahoma this year nor the last three games last year, so I don't have confidence he can win against the tougher competition consistently enough.