04-24-2018, 07:07 PM
(04-24-2018, 06:23 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: 1. You didn't answer the question. Did running in any way contribute to Watson's injury? I honestly don't know and I'm open to being wrong on that one.
2. Vick and RGIII aren't good examples? What about McNair, McNabb or Cunningham?
It just (mostly) seems that one of 2 things happens with running QBs:
(A) They're successful, but struggle with injuries, or (B) their success is short lived or non-existant. See Tebow, Manziel, RGIII, Kaepernick, etc.
Success stories like Newton (somewhat) and Wilson certainly aren't as common as the guys who flame out or get hurt. Vick is often considered the greatest running QB of all-time, but his passing numbers were pedestrian at best.
The jury is still out on Watson, and we'll see soon enough on Jackson. I'm not buying anything Payton and BB say pre-draft. If they were in love with Jackson, do you think they'd broadcast it? I'll buy the love if they draft the guy.
And I know how much Dalton has run through his career, but if you don't think Jackson will run more I don't know what to tell ya. And fwiw, Dalton doesn't look as thin as Jackson, so I'm not buying that they're the same size.
They all referred to it as a non contact injury what was going on idk, but again it doesn’t matter. Even a pocket QB runs sprints so without contact it makes it moot.
Vick’s numbers aren’t even in the same realm as Jackson’s coming out. Jackson played in a true pro style passing scheme too.
Payton said in an interview this week they were taking Mahomes last year at 11 if KC didn’t jump them. It would make sense he really likes Jackson as well as they are similar type of runners, but Jackson is more dynamic. As for Bellicheck you never know, but that places isn’t a Fort Knox of info anymore like it used to be.
Nothing to debate about the sizes, the combine numbers are as official as they get both were the same size coming out. Dalton may have gotten bigger in the pro’s but they were nearly identical sizes at the combine.
