Originally posted by pete98146:
I've watched a ton of material on all 3 of the top QB prospects. Quite a few analysts bring up the same point which I completely agree with. Drafting a mobile big armed QB like Lance and Fields enables Kyle to EVOLVE his offense. I''m hearing the world EVOLVE quite a bit and for good reason. They've also pointed out the Shanny arrogance is alive and well and this is starting to worry me a bit. Kyle likes what Kyle likes. That's fine. But if we draft Mac, we are basically drafting another Cousins or Matt Ryan. Does Kyle really want to continue on the same arc? At what point in time does the offense get old, stale and predictable?
Others have countered that Mac has a great arm. I'm not so sure. He has a good arm, not a great one. Speaking of great arms, I was watching a breakdown of Trey Lance's throws. They showed him completing a 20 yard out pattern. They mentioned that Trey gets his hips correctly pivoted and his entire lower body is moving forward when he makes this throw. He said many pro QBs don't launch themselves into the sideline throw like Trey does. Predictably the ball arrives fast and accurate. As a Niner fan, I'm a bit tired of the quick hitting slant pattern! I want to see the ball travel in the air for more than 30 yards! My kingdom for an occasional post pattern!!!!!!!Let's grab a player that will allow Kyle to EXPAND his playbook by leaps and bounds.
I'm not sure Mac Jones gets us there. I'd be afraid we'd be watching Groundhogs Day every Sunday if we draft him. Change the arc Kyle, dare to be better! That same handsaw that you've been using for the last 10 years is getting dull. Buy a chainsaw, Kyle :)
It's time for a different TYPE of QB!!!!!
Lance could be something special. I think he has the desire and intelligence to be great. He needs to work on his accuracy a little bit (he's not on Fields' level there), and he needs to get better at reading defenses (before some ignoramous says I'm racist, I'm referring to, for example, the play I posted earlier when he missed the hot route: what was more important was that he didn't see the safeties rotate, leaving a closed middle of the field, and he threw the post anyway. Could just be greed for the big play, though. Either way it needs work).
But... if the work he, Shanahan and Scangarello put in while he's backing up Jimmy is fruitful, there's not much by way of limits for him.
[ Edited by 5_Golden_Rings on Apr 3, 2021 at 4:48 PM ]
