buzzdog
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Watching Mayfield last night I have a few takes on the kid. I do think he is obviously talented and capable. But I do think his success has a lot to do with the system he's running (not to take anything away from him for that). When I saw Georgia shut him down for sections of the game last night, that is pretty much what I envision happening to him when he faces NFL defenses. They'll hem him in, collapse the pocket, and force him to throw over the forest of 6'6" OL. He clearly had problems when the Oklahoma misdirections and gimmicks broke down and were properly defensed.
I think if you put Darnold behind that same OL with the same running game and weapons running a more conventional offense he would have shredded the Georgia pass defense. Watching Darnold against OSU it looked like he was playing for the Browns but with receivers who could occasionally get seperation. He was constantly getting rushed, flushed and hurried. By comparison Mayfield had a Cadillac and Darnold was driving a Yugo, but Darnold held his own despite steep odds against him. Put Mayfield on the USC offense and he would be complete shit.
I do see Mayfield's upside as a Kurt Warner type of QB but I think it will take him some time and development to get there if he ever does get there. And that would be pretty damn good. I just don't see him being that guy out of the gate in a new system against tougher competition.
Darnold would be best served to sit and learn behind a vet for a year also.
I think if you put Darnold behind that same OL with the same running game and weapons running a more conventional offense he would have shredded the Georgia pass defense. Watching Darnold against OSU it looked like he was playing for the Browns but with receivers who could occasionally get seperation. He was constantly getting rushed, flushed and hurried. By comparison Mayfield had a Cadillac and Darnold was driving a Yugo, but Darnold held his own despite steep odds against him. Put Mayfield on the USC offense and he would be complete shit.
I do see Mayfield's upside as a Kurt Warner type of QB but I think it will take him some time and development to get there if he ever does get there. And that would be pretty damn good. I just don't see him being that guy out of the gate in a new system against tougher competition.
Darnold would be best served to sit and learn behind a vet for a year also.