12-16-2019, 09:40 AM
People have a hard time moving on from first impressions, but with that said Joe Burrow's tape this year is better than anything Tua has ever put on film. The problem with these guys is that we anoint them so early like we did with Tua, and Lawrence it seems, is that we don't want to move off our first evaluations because they are sold so hard as the next great QB's. As it's been pointed out Tua's game this year was built on a screen game that we like to knock PAC 12/ Big 12 QB's for relying on. He seemed flustered at times this year when he did face pressure and that was something I thought he did better with in previous years.
Does that mean he's a bad prospect? No, he still a good prospect. What that does tell me is he isn't the slam dunk everyone thought he was and the durability concerns are going to make people want to check that tape a little harder heading into the draft. In terms of the ascension of Burrow, it's easily explainable, LSU went from a 1980's offense to a modern offense. It wasn't gimmick based thought as it used NFL route concepts he will be throwing every week next year. All moonshot ascensions aren't created equal and this is one people should be buyers on.
Does that mean he's a bad prospect? No, he still a good prospect. What that does tell me is he isn't the slam dunk everyone thought he was and the durability concerns are going to make people want to check that tape a little harder heading into the draft. In terms of the ascension of Burrow, it's easily explainable, LSU went from a 1980's offense to a modern offense. It wasn't gimmick based thought as it used NFL route concepts he will be throwing every week next year. All moonshot ascensions aren't created equal and this is one people should be buyers on.
