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2023 NFL Combine & Miami Pro Day

Dulles Cane said:
Josh Allen changed everything because that proved an athletic freak with accuracy issues can (with great coaching) become an elite NFL QB.

The problem is Josh should be an exception to a long line of busts in that logic, but NFL executives have massive egos and think they can be the coach to "unlock" that talent. Couple that with not wanting to be the team to miss on the possible next Josh Allen, and I expect AR to go top 10.
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I’m glad my team (Steelers) don’t need a QB and aren’t selecting in the top 10 because I think you are right about where Richardson will be drafted and the very unlikely event that he becomes a very good NFL QB. Accuracy issues in the NFL are a death knell. And let’s not forget that Allen had a great OC in Brian Daboll. Who knows how he would have developed on another team.
 
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Rellyrell said:
We also got a glimpse to what goes into the star rankings. I’ve tried to tell u fine folks a while ago that the star rankings include what school’s offer. If we offered a 3star kid from 1983-2003, b/c of our prestige classification, that 3 star kid would automatically get a bump b/c our offer. Why? B/c our winning pedigree + draft picks would indicate our evals r exceptional.

So when u all get into a ****y fit seeing a kid w/ a Bama or UGA offer becoming a blue chip or bumped in rankings, that’s y. I’ve been around recruiting services for a minute, but the NFL Network yesterday w/ Charles Davis said it verbatim when Will Anderson went from a 3 star to a 5 star after camping at Bama & got an offer from them.
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Totally agree. If the services are trying to project who is most likely to be a future pro, sight unseen the safe bet is the guy that will be playing in the conference and/or with a team with a large annual high volume draft advantage, more on field success, and with a substantial advantage in current pros than the rest of the conferences.

And frankly I think that is OK. The guys that are doing evals for college programs know more than the guys like Ivins doing evals for the ranking services, otherwise guys like Ivins would have a job in a recruiting department. Until another conference proves them wrong on the field, nobody should expect the "bias" to change because it isn't justified in the outcome unless you focus on outliers instead of the overall trend that has been in place for close to 20 years at this point.
 
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AtlAtty said:
I’m glad my team (Steelers) don’t need a QB and aren’t selecting in the top 10 because I think you are right about where Richardson will be drafted and the very unlikely event that he becomes a very good NFL QB. Accuracy issues in the NFL are a death knell. And let’s not forget that Allen had a great OC in Brian Daboll. Who knows how he would have developed on another team.
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Jesus, bro. You just made my eye twitch probably due to a very mild stroke resulting from the mere contemplation of our Steelers taking Richardson.

I wasn't a huge fan at the time of taking Pickett last year because I thought this draft was going to be wayyyy deeper at QB. If we somehow DID wait until this year and then maneuvered to waste a 1st round pick on that kid then I probably would have a real stroke.

Richardson is gonna get an entire front office fired. If a team loves him so much then they should just try to trade for Malik Willis instead. Same player- except Richardson is slightly bigger but Willis is faster. At least there was more mystery with Willis. Richardson HAS tape against real opponents....where he looks like trash.
 
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