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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Again, probably the most accurate college QB I've ever seen. Elite accuracy and a plus skillset, other than his size.
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I'm pretty sure I shit on him because his height. Liked the talent and absolutely would've taken him instead of Donald Stephenson, but that was more because of my hatred for Cassel than it was my belief that he'd be a star.
But the rise of the spread and shotgun offenses that help these shorter QBs scan the field and see their weapons even with massive people in front of them, not to mention the continued development of timing offenses where you're making a pre-snap read and throw to a spot, make height so incredibly secondary.
15 years ago I think height DID still matter. You needed to be a true magician to succeed while taking snaps from under center and looking for targets as they came open. But going forward, I gotta figure even 5'9'' can probably function.
I mean at SOME point there's a threshhold, but you watch guys like Murray and Russ scorch the earth and I'm damn sure not willing to put a hard number on it.