10-08-2019, 11:49 AM
(10-07-2019, 01:36 PM)Au165 Wrote: I'm just telling you what I see, and I'm not alone, he has been sold as the top guy since last year and he frankly isn't that guy. He doesn't have the arm or escapebility of Allen. He is big so they try to draw the parallel but it isn't there. He is similar in his inability to read a defense, but I'd say his accuracy is better than Allen in college. I was high on Allen coming out as a guy who could turn into Big Ben down the road, I believe it's in my history here if you go back far enough, but I don't see that with Herbert. To me, Herbert is a slightly more mobile EJ Manuel.
He isn't going to function in an NFL system because I don't believe he can make those reads. His eyes are killing him against bad teams right now. It's interestingly enough part of the issue Josh Allen is having but the difference is Allen is somewhat surviving with Elite running ability. To me he is QB 3/4 right now and I think he will continue to fall.
I tend to agree with you and I am an Oregon fan. What I see on the field just doesn't excite as a pro fan as well. I do think that the offensive playcalling sucks and the offense is limiting him to a degree but I think he has some development that needs to be done before he can have success in the league.
