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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Here's what a scout said about Darnold:
“You can have him,” the NFC personnel man concluded within the group. “Loopy motion. Bad face. Overrated.”
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No slight at you chiefzilla on what I'm about to say, commenting on the quote.
Loopy motion? He's got a motion very similar to Brady. It's very quick, the ball comes out with good trajectory. He needs to tighten it up a little bit by keeping his elbow and ball a bit closer to his body, but that's about it. What the **** is this guy smoking?
Bad Face? Like, what is that? I don't even know what that means. Is he ugly? Sure he's ugly. Don't care. Does he show emotion when the chips are down? No? Well that's probably a good thing. Being cool under pressure is what the best are. Why would I want my QB to get all geeked up during the most important moment of the game? Did you see Montana getting all amped up when he needed to lead a game-winning drive? The **** is this...
Overrated? I don't know if anyone overrates him. He's got to protect the ball better on the move because he fumbles too much. Not a single scout I've read thinks otherwise. He's got to get better at recognizing coverages, like all rookies. He's younger than the average QB coming out. I don't think he was overrated a bit. Nothing really jumps out and screams at you that he shouldn't have been the top QB drafted because he didn't really have much in the way of fundamental flaws, like accuracy issues, leadership issues, etc. I have no idea where this scout is coming from.