Originally posted by Heroism:
Originally posted by Nastastical:
He already values the football and that's a trait that a lot of young QB's have to have drilled into them by their coaches. Jones has no problem finding his checkdown or simply throwing it away. It's one of his most impressive traits. This is why I 100% believe his floor is Kirk Cousins/Matt Ryan. I just don't see any bust potential in him and I think he's a guaranteed 10+ year starter in this league. He may never reach being a legit top 10 guy, but he's going to be a QB you can easily win with if you keep a good team around him. That's all this team really needs right now, but on a rookie contract.
This is such an underrated quality. I just watched a bunch of Sam Darnold, and the guy struggles to consistently find his checkdown or take what the defense gives him. Mac Jones does this extremely well. He understands the concept of taking what the defense gives you, playing for the next down, and knowing when to hunt versus man coverage.
If Jimmy had this trait and could stay healthy, we wouldn't even be talking about possibly replacing him. I know he can't fully control the injuries(I'll address that later), but I literally lose my mind when he refuses to take what the defense gives him or move onto the next down by throwing it away. It feels at times like you can count on one hand the amount of times he's actually safely thrown a ball out of bounds or at someone's feet.
You'd think playing behind Brady for so long that he'd have this down already and you can see it frustrates the hell out of Kyle when he takes an unnecessary sack or worse, turns it over forcing something that clearly wasn't there. This is also another reason he gets injured because he doesn't simply let plays end or protects himself when he knows the rush will get to him. Jones already does this if you watch closely when he knows he'll get hit. Even the best at it will get creamed every once in a while if they don't see it coming, but having good pocket awareness helps avoid many of those situations.