“So, when we’re looking at passing floor…and we’re just looking at you in clean pockets with without disguises, how can you go out and execute? When he likes what he sees, high accuracy, low uncatchability, low interceptable. That’s the other side of the coin. He didn’t really throw the ball into harm’s way. He may have held the ball a beat too long, he may have taken sacks too much, but he did not throw the ball into harm’s way and he didn’t give opponents opportunities to get him off the field. So, I really do like his play within structure.”

“Now, some of that is scheme-based when you go empty. A lot of the emphasis for those schemes can be attacking sideline to sideline… An Inverted stick with an option route, he really did lock into those options routes, and as you know as anyone who’s played quarterback, those breaks can take an extra beat to come open as the guy is reading down the field if he’s gonna break out or break inside based on available leverage. He doesn’t necessarily know where his guy is gonna be on every given snap within 2.5 seconds and because of that, as we saw, some things broke down a little more often than you would like,” Brooks said.

“Still, when he likes what he sees, when the ball comes out quick when that pre and post-snap process aligns, he can absolutely be a first-round quarterback because of that.”

“The ceiling it has the potential to be great because we know how his traits translate, but can he go out and produce consistently downfield? I’m not so sure unless the play calling gets a little more aggressive.”