I get your point, and I'm sure he's aware of his limitations and understands the pro game will be different. But I suppose I fall in the camp of him not being able to learn to play the pro offense. If I'm going to draft a QB in this draft, I would want a guy who has played that style of offense. Do Bortles and Bridgewater have their flaws? Of course. But I have evidence on film that they can play a pro offense QB. Can Manziel learn that? Sure. But I'd rather have evidence that he's prone to do it as opposed to hope that he can learn it.ConnSKINS26 wrote:
He doesn't have Stafford's cannon or anything, but he can make every throw on a rope when he sets his base and let's it rip from the pocket. He can also make those throws on the run and from differing platforms and at different throwing angles (kind of a rare quality that guys like Favre and Romo both have), even if he made them when he sometimes should have taken the check down or less risky throw in college. He's also got the best deep ball touch (note again, not arm, that goes to Carr in a landslide) in the class, which isn't paramount for NFL or FF success but certainly helps.
He got caught looking for the big play ALL the time in college. It's why he unnecessarily hops around in the pocket sometimes, even bumping into his own linemen, as he looks for the TD rather than the designed check-down. You either believe he can learn to play within the designed confines of a pro offense or you don't. I think he can. He just didn't need to in college, he could dance around, prolong the play, make an ill-advised throw across the field and score TD's at will. Not because it's all he's capable of doing, but because in college it worked and led his team to victories.
I guess part of my hesitation is that I don't think he will be that coachable. He won a Heisman doing what he was doing and from what I've read about him, he's got an attitude/diva issue and I think he will be obstinant. That is where my doubt comes from.
