QB Impressions

[Direckshun]

First glances at several QBs we're going to give a shit about over the next four months. Feel free to set me straight.

DeShone Kizer, Notre Dame
6'4", 230 lbs
26-9 TD-INT, 59%, 2925 passing yards

I get a Cutlerian vibe from this guy. Seems to be built like a franchise QB. Powerful arm, some beautiful passes, perfect bodytype. But he is lacking an "it" factor, is he not? He's not a world-beating, overcome-the-odds, particularly spiriting QB. Looks like he could have an okay career in the NFL in which he wins nothing of consequence.

Mitch Trubisky, North Carolina
6'3", 220 lbs
30-6 TD-INT, 69%, 3748 passing yards

Well if there was one Andy Reid QB in this entire draft, it's Trubisky, isn't it? Super accurate, doesn't take too many risks with the ball, is very mentally tough and very athletic. He's a slam dunk for the Chiefs to trade up for, if he lasts to the 20s, but in a QB-starved NFL with at least 6 new head coaches looking for their QB, there's no chance he lasts to us.

[BryanBusby]

He's pretty damn small

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe

Mayfield's hands are bigger than Mahomes'

Should serve him well while he's jerking his micro-peen on the sidelines as Mahomes lights his defense up, yes.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

KnowMo:

Please share with us your feelings regarding Mahomes making Von Miller his bitch, while throwing the sidearm equivalent of an MLB slider in to the hands of a heavily draped Chiefs receiver during our last match up?

Also, knowing that your defense is becoming aged and decrepit, and that Horseway will more than likely prove himself unable to draft and ESPECIALLY acquire decent FA's to fill the void, please tell the group how it feels to know that Patrick Mahomes II can destroy your defensive unit at-will, and will be doing so for many years to come?...

Thanks!

[Quesadilla Joe]

Josh Allen outshines Baker Mayfield in first Senior Bowl practice https://t.co/eiLprjuEnf via @9NEWS #9sports

— Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) January 24, 2018

Spoiler!

They had tackles and guards and safeties and linebackers.

And the Senior Bowl had two quarterbacks named Josh Allen and Baker Mayfield.

In that order, by the way.

No one has been a bigger supporter of Baker Mayfield than I have. But then I watched Allen throw a howitzer to Penn State receiver DaeSean Hamilton on a deep out pattern Tuesday during the Senior Bowl North team practice at Ladd Peebles Stadium. Allen’s pass exploded out of his hand. It was one of those Andres Galarraga line drives where about halfway on its path, the ball rose to another level and hummed.

Hamilton was pretty well covered on the play, too. The cornerback had no chance.

And then on his next pass, Allen had Hamilton again on a crossing route. Overthrew by a couple yards.

“It went OK,’’ Allen told 9NEWS as he walked off the Ladd Peebles Stadium artificial surface following practice Tuesday. “Could have gone a little better but it was the first day. It’s definitely different, kind of difficult to process the speed of different receivers you’ve never thrown to before. We’ll be better tomorrow.’’

With John Elway and Dan Marino watching practice from the sideline Tuesday, Allen looked like the best quarterback from a Senior Bowl North team that also included Mayfield, Nebraska’s Tanner Lee and Washington State’s Luke Falk.

I talked to one NFL offensive coach who’s had decent success in the league and attended the Senior Bowl practices Tuesday. He said he’d take Allen ahead of Baker in the upcoming draft.

Go with the bigger guy, he said. He speaks for the majority of NFL talent evaluators.

Two of the top quarterbacks, Sam Darnold and Josh Rosen, weren’t eligible for the Senior Bowl because they entered the draft before their senior seasons. Allen may well be the Cleveland Browns No.1 overall pick, anyhow.

“It’s a tough situation to come in as a rookie and expect to be perfect right away,’’ Allen said earlier Tuesday during the Senior Bowl media session. “I know I have a lot of flaws as a quarterback.’’

He has an arm, he’s athletic, he’s big and he has a winning personality and smarts. His biggest flaw his accuracy. He was a two-year starter at Wyoming and completed only 56 percent of his passes each season.

“I’ve been working on that,’’ Allen said. “Obviously, 56 percent is not anywhere close where it needs to be. You can go and look at the tape and I’d say I’ve made a lot of strides from the previous season. I held the ball more, didn’t throw as many interceptions. I held on to the ball, threw the ball away more. Just more careful with the football. There’s always the constant battle with trying to perfect your game.

That’s what I’m dealing with right now and making sure my stroke is consistent and clean.’’

He and Darnold are housemates this offseason, working with quarterbacks coach Jordan Palmer.

Allen was plenty accurate in the first quarter of the Potato Bowl last month, throwing three touchdown passes against Central Michigan with Elway and Matt Russell, the Broncos’ director of player personnel, attending the game specifically to scout him.

“It was really cool,’’ Allen said. “You try to not treat it as a distraction when you look over to the sideline and see a guy like John Elway, it’s hard to not get excited. I just went out there and played football with my guys. It was fun.’’

Baker looked small out there. He measured in at 6-foot-1 while standing on his tippy toes – 6 and 3/8 to be more precise. He, too, has a good arm and it wasn’t fair judging him Tuesday. He attended to his mom, who fell ill, and he didn’t fly into Mobile until two hours before practice.

Talk about hitting the ground running.

“Mom’s not doing too great,’’ Mayfield said. “Family first, always.’’

He said he was honored Elway asked Senior Bowl executives to put Mayfield on the Broncos-coached North squad.

“John Elway asks you to be on his team, you don’t say no,’’ Mayfield said, not realizing Brock Osweiler did so two years ago and Kirk Cousins may or may not do the same in six weeks.

Mayfield also downplayed his slight rap that he’s another Johnny Manziel-type.

You know, a hotshot, talented, short quarterback from Texas who gets in trouble.

“Getting better as a player, learning stuff under center,’’ Mayfield. “A lot has been said about throwing the ball and measurables but there’s mental knowledge you can’t test until you’re out there with the system, that’s what I’m hoping to take away.’’

Don’t count him out yet, Broncos fans. Allen is a good guy just like all the current Bronco QBs.

Mayfield has the kind of edginess that was more common with the Denver defense in 2015.

When a team goes from Super Bowl to Senior Bowl in two short years, it needs a change.

“People want to portray the bad boy, the Johnny Manziel stuff,” Mayfield said. “But I love the game of football. There’s no doubt about that. An emotional player. I’ll do anything, whatever it takes to win. I love being around my teammates and I love leading and having responsibility.”

[Quesadilla Joe]

Love that we’re getting looks of the North QBs working under center this week. Allen has most experience there. Baker has learned fast. His athleticism shows.

— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) January 24, 2018

[Quesadilla Joe]

Josh Allen threw a beautiful vertical route throw. That easy arm talent shows there. Easy to get excitef about. #SeniorBowl

— Eric Galko (@OptimumScouting) January 24, 2018

Josh Allen’s deep ball getting a lot of love. It’s a thing of beauty.

— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) January 24, 2018

Josh Allen with a strike up the left sideline in one-on-one — deep, line of scrimmage at the defense’s 35, left side of the end zone to Allen Lazard. Could not throw a deep ball any better.

— Andrew Mason (@MaseDenver) January 24, 2018

[Quesadilla Joe]

Another great vertical throw, this time to Michael Gallup.

Josh Allen’s ability to throw with velocity without leaving a ball hanging on vertical routes is what makes him, and made Mahomes, special last year. #SeniorBowl

— Eric Galko (@OptimumScouting) January 24, 2018

Josh Allen to Michael Gallup pic.twitter.com/KiwQH13x7O

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) January 24, 2018

#Wyoming's Josh Allen just threw a 35-yard laser to #CSU's Michael Gallup over a defender for a TD that was stupid good. Down the right sideline.. Absolute dime. #Denver7

— Troy Renck (@TroyRenck) January 24, 2018

[Quesadilla Joe]

Baker Mayfield doesn’t get enough credit for his touch.

— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) January 24, 2018

[Quesadilla Joe]

Baker Mayfield just lit up a 7-on-7 period.
3/4 with two perfect balls downfield.

— Ryan Koenigsberg (@RyanKoenigsberg) January 24, 2018

Baker Mayfield to Michael Gallup pic.twitter.com/2b4GEBcpnn

— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) January 24, 2018

[Quesadilla Joe]

Strong practice for Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield today. During team drills, Mayfield anticipated windows, put good touch on the ball and also showed the ability to drive throws on inside breaking routes. https://t.co/VE2KWVgyYf

— Matt Bowen (@MattBowen41) January 24, 2018

[Quesadilla Joe]

Wyoming QB Josh Allen showed some of the same inconsistencies during today's practice session in Mobile. The arm talent jumps. And he can deliver the ball on the run. Natural tools at the position. But the lack of touch and ball placement continues to pop up during team drills.

http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=2...782750477108-4

[staylor26]

Poor man’s Mahomes

[staylor26]

Also, DJ made a decent comparison for Mayfield.

Tyrod Taylor.

[Quesadilla Joe]

Some very interesting data being collected at @seniorbowl by @ZebraTechnology. From today's North practice:

Fastest throw: J. Allen, 66.14 mph
Longest throw: T. Lee, 54.7 yards
Highest rotations/min: L. Falk, 721.6
Most throws: L. Falk, 112

— Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) January 24, 2018

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe

Some very interesting data being collected at @seniorbowl by @ZebraTechnology. From today's North practice:

Fastest throw: J. Allen, 66.14 mph
Longest throw: T. Lee, 54.7 yards
Highest rotations/min: L. Falk, 721.6
Most throws: L. Falk, 112

— Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) January 24, 2018

Allen's 66 mph is impressive.