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ESPN INSIDER DRAFT PROFILES:
1 = EXCEPTIONAL 2 = ABOVE AVERAGE 3 = AVERAGE 4 = BELOW AVERAGE5 = MARGINAL
GENO SMITH 6'3, 210 Lbs
Overall Football Traits
Production 2
2009: (5/0) - 49-32-65.3-309-1-1; 2010: (13/13) - 372-241-64.8-2,763-24-7; 2011: (13/13) - 526-346-65.8-4,385-31-7
Height-Weight-Speed 2
Possesses prototypical height but can continue to add bulk. Estimated top-end speed is well above-average.
Durability 2
Battled through a foot injury during spring practice of 2010. However, has not missed playing time and has started in all 26 games the past two seasons.
Intangibles 2
An extremely confident competitor that flashes a bit of a gunslinger's mentality on tape. Weight room work ethic is adequate but can improve. Continuing to mature and develop into a solid leader. Displays ability to rise up and will his team to victory. Showed impressive poise to conduct 4th quarter comeback on the road against Cincinnati and South Florida in 2011. In particular showed great mental toughness against South Florida to bounce back and lead the Mountaineers to a game winning drive after throwing an interception for a touchdown early in the 4th quarter with a BCS birth on the line. Efficient in the red zone and held an 18 to 1 touchdown-to-interception ratio in 2011.
Quarterback Specific Traits
Mental Makeup 2
Plays in shotgun spread system and may need time to adjust to working under center and making pro-style reads. He is a cerebral quarterback with a stranglehold on the offense. Flashes ability to work from one side of the field to the other to get deep into his progressions. Flashes ability to anticipate and can release ball before targets are out of their breaks. Overall decision making is good but can continue to improve and can be guilty of being overconfident to attempt throws into coverage he should not make. Does a nice job of holding and manipulating coverage with his eyes. Very impressed with his poise and efficiency against pressure particularly against a highest level of competition (LSU 2011). Does not take many negative plays and is willing to throw the ball away to fight another down. Tough and will sit in and deliver an accurate throw while taking a hit.
Accuracy 3
Displays adequate overall accuracy but can continue to improve as a senior. Mechanics and footwork are solid. Usually throws with good balance. Very accurate in the short-to-intermediate range. Shows good placement and provides his receivers with the ability to create after the catch. Can make an accurate throw off balance and/or on the run to both sides. Also can thread the needle into tight downfield windows. A bit of fast ball thrower right now and can continue to develop touch, particularly with longer intermediate and deeps throws. Needs to learn to put more air under his deep ball and drop it down the chute to provide more room for error with receivers.
Release/Arm Strength 2
Displays a compact 3/4 release. Ball is clean coming off his hand with ample RPMs. Shows ability to change release points without sacrificing velocity or accuracy. Lower release point can give him problems with batted balls particularly when throwing shallow crossing or drag routes. Arm strength is notch below elite and can make all the NFL throws. Drives the ball downfield and gets plenty of zip behind deep out throw from the opposite hash.
Pocket Mobility 1
A gifted athlete with above-average mobility and foot quickness. Flashes ability to escape pressure, extend plays and pick up yards with his feet if need be. However, he is clearly a pocket passer first and shows good instincts and poise inside of the pocket. Does not panic when protection leaks and will use subtle movements inside of the pocket to buy time while keeping his eyes downfield. Also does a nice job of extending plays without crossing the line of scrimmage to allow his receivers time find the open areas when breaking contain.
Point Total 16
Tyler Wilson 6'2, 210 Lbs
Overall Football Traits
Production 1
2008: Medical redshirt; 2009: (5/0) - 22-36-61.1-218-2-2; 2010: (6/0) - 34-51-66.7-453-4-3; 2011: (13/13) - 277-438-63.2-3,638-24-6
Height-Weight-Speed 4
Shorter than ideal but not a red flag. Also needs to add some bulk to frame. Straight-line speed is below average for the position.
Durability 2
Lack of good size is concerning for next-level durability. But he's tough and proven capable of playing through pain. Started all 13 games in first year as fulltime starter (2011) in the SEC. Suffered an 'illness' that led to medical redshirt in 2008.
Intangibles 1
Team captain in 2011 and 2012. Good leadership skills. Very good football character and intelligence. Tireless worker in the film room. Brings a calming presence to the huddle. Son of Don and Suzy Wilson. Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll in fall of 2010. Majoring in recreation and sport management.
Mental Makeup 2
Poised quarterback with natural on-field leadership qualities. Very good under pressure. Mentally and physically tough. Hangs tough in pocket and will deliver the ball when he knows he's about to get ear-holed. Does not get visibly flustered from mistakes. Bounces back quickly and has necessary selective amnesia. Does not show up his teammates on the field. Has a very good understanding of progression reads. Plays in a pro-style system. Mostly in shotgun but does have experience under center and does a fine job of reading coverage while dropping. Looks off safeties and knows how to negotiate them to buy more time for WR. Needs to cut down on critical errors, though. Forces too many throws into coverage and needs to learn when to just eat the ball (classic ex: 1336 2nd QTR vs. S.C. 2011).
Accuracy 3
Shows consistent ability to make accurate throws off-platform. Tends to be more mechanically sound and accurate when rolling left than rolling right, but has better than average accuracy and zip when throwing on the run. Displays impressive accuracy and timing when throwing WRs open versus zone coverage. Also should be noted that he had entirely too many accurate throws dropped by WRs in 201. Above average accuracy overall but he does have some bad misses. Biggest issue is with inconsistent feet. He gets too loose with his footwork and throws off balance far too often, which leads to his erratic misses. More often than not he misses high. Will sail too many throws over the middle and down the field. Also not as natural as ideal on short throws requiring touch. Robs his WRs of some yards after catch by frequently missing within strike zone.
Release/Arm Strength 3
Would like to see him more consistently compact with delivery. He shows ability to snap release and get the ball out quickly. But he also has a lot of throws where he drops the all down and brings it up the back shaft in a windmill style delivery. His release also tends to change when throwing with linemen in front of his face. He gets under the ball and it comes out unnaturally high. Overall arm strength is adequate but not great. Shows above average zip on intermediate throw, especially over the middle and/or when he has a clear window. He can make all the necessary throws but certain throws need to be delivered with good timing to avoid problems. Does not get great RPMs on the ball. Ball frequently flutters.
Pocket Mobility 2
Underrated pocket mobility. Very functional scrambler. Feels the rush, has a good sense of where it's coming from and shows adequate quickness and athletic ability in eluding. Consistently buys extra time with feet and is comfortable adlibbing on the run. Can stop-and-pop quickly and accurately. Does occasionally bail too early but ineffective pass pro plays a big role. Would rather see him bail when mental clock timer goes off than be too comfortable holding onto the ball all day in the pocket. Only has decent top-end speed and not very elusive but is a competitive and tough runner. Needs to protect the ball better on the move, as well. Carries the ball low and/or away from frame too often (see: redzone lost fumble 14:11 2nd QTR vs. Mississippi State).
Point Total 19
I still prefer geno sorry. I feel geno will seperate himself in his pro work out and combine and interviews
My humblest suggestions:
Coach: Andy Reid and all his coaching staff. Winning Coach
QB: Tebow or any of the 49rs, could be Colin Kaepernick or the main one, Alex Smith. I dont think the 49rs will keep both.
Draft: A good Wide Receiver.
This draft doesnt have good QB's. All of them have lack of leadership and others doesnt meet the age required to play NFL (under 21).
What you think?
No tebow no tebow no tebow, the only qb 49ers would part with is smith and no hes a game manager, reid posibly but not likely not entire staff, drafting a wr we did it was baldwin... Free agency is only way to find a wr we need to sign bowe
Reid's offenses never were very good running the ball so no to his staff , him maybe. I know this is a passing league now but we do still have Charles and some capable backups in Draugns and Grey. Chiefs are still gonna run the ball around 50% unless new coach trades 2 of those away for wrs.
No way on Tebow , not as a qb which is all he wants to be. Like the person , hate the qb.
Smith for competition and the #2 vet backup QB. Who knows he might just win the #1 , at least till the young gun is ready like Kaepernick. 49ers won't let that kid go now.
Admittingly, I did not read any of the posts above.
We should make a play for Cousins. He led his MSU team to some great battles and he has the brass and the leadership, by example, to bring KC back to promised land.
If we do not get him, someone will!!
PS- Aren't his intitials KC?? LOL
washington wants two 1st and a mid round pick for cousins.. No way in hell you pay that for someone that's played 1 game
I'd give them #33 and a 5th. No more.
That's the point they HAVE him, they don't HAVE to take anything for him, they set their price and if they don't get it guess what, he sits behind RG3 who has been hurt twice this season already.
nobody will pay what washington wants and guess what washington won't let him go cause they hold all the chips at this point. Cousins is a virtual wash on any team trying to aquire him.
ive said it before and ill say it again,...there is no qb in this draft to start a team with.they are all garbage and not what we are looking for at all.we have a long way to go to build a contending team so we have to go after the best players that fit our system which may change depending on who we get for a head coach.
Keep Matt. Get coaches wr's Lb's that can cover and a Cb. Draft a qb 3rd rd. Or trade bc back up to 2nd and get one.
Whatever KC does, they need to avoid Alex Smith.
Maybe we will make Kyle Shanahan the new HC and his daddy will trade us Cousins for a realistic deal. I mean we need our mid round picks for an OG/C now that Lilja retired.
I think I might swap first picks with them and Cousins, I mean they just drafted him last year for a 5th round pick.
aaron murray looked very sharp today, had some bad throws but stepped up at the end of the game and had a monster day against the #1 pass defense in FBS.
kinda curious now if he declares to come out for the draft he may spark my intrest quite abit.
He's got a good arm, great footwork. wish he was bigger though
He did start out in a bad way w/ that deep pick down the middle & the screen pick where the running back fell down wasn't good either , don't remember exactly when that one happened.
After that he settled down. Had great day.
Something around 18-33 for 470 yds , 5 tds and the 2 picks. Against arguably the number 1 pass defense in college. Completed alot of passes in really tight cover by Huskers D , several were doubled covered too.
He's not available nor McCarran.
Those of you wanting Murray have not seen his full body of work. They don't call him Aaron "Romo" for nothing. Kid's a choker in big game situations. And IDK if it's been said because I laughing hard at the comments but Geno is from Miramar, FL NOT that part of VA that's being insinuated. No off field trouble and that ONE incident that only butt hurt UT fans brought up and he's a "thug"...lol, ok. Kid went through school in the gifted program. Don't know how many "thugs" you guys know that were in gifted classes
Yeah, I'm not to worried about the kids mentality either from things I've heard in other places. Just want to see his interview, I think if he does good with that he can easily be our guy whether we drop a couple slots or not.
Kinda surprised on your analogy of Murray though, he looked good in some clutch games I've seen but I haven't followed his whole career. Is he gonna declare at any rate?
Geno smith with andy reid? Love it
Yeah you are right there are no thugs in broward county. Some of the poorest areas in the country bro. You don't learn a blood sign by hangin out with the right people. I was an undergrad in the inner city and thank go all they did was look out for me but i dare any person on this site to go throw a gang sign in the city and see what the eff happens. You all talk as if its not a big deal. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Someone who flashes a gang sign is a freaking coward there is nothing to debate. It states I have people to back me up do you?
He went through a gifted program? Makes me question his leadership even more. He should be able to handle a drunk fan heckling.
Give me one franchise qb, other than Michael Vick, that is a franchise qb that throws a gang sign because he was frustrated over a drunk fan. We aren't asking him to be a backup and learn for a couple of years we are asking him to be THE GUY on day one.
Long time lurker but I gotta post now after this nonsense. You don't like Geno Smith because you think he's a "thug"? What don't you just call a spade a spade and tell us what REALLY is bothering you about Smith. I think we know.
Smith has been nothing but a model citizen, and most objective commentators say his "strength" is his intelligence and work ethic. For example, ESPN insider notes that, "He is a cerebral quarterback with a stranglehold on the offense." He's a finance and business major at WVU, and scored a 1390 on his SAT. Does that sound like a "thug" to you?
You probably like Johnny Football. Oh wait, strike that, he was charged with various crimes in a racially induced fight (where his buddy called someone the n-word).
This is a kid that put up 400 yards against LSU last year, and his "bad game" in the bowl was 66% completion, 2 TDS, and 0 INTS in the snow and windy conditions.
Dude..just stop.
Geno naha, geno naha, teo naha. Thank god no one on here gets to make a decision for this franchise these arguments are getting repetitive childess and pointless. Give up people who think geno who is as immature as all other kids in college is the best rookie qb isnt going to stop thinking that just because inner city kids take offense to gang signs, all gangs are retarded, if you guys want a saint go tell kc to sign tebow get ocer it. All these kids are immature thats why there called kids! But arguing the same fact overand over and over is pointless guess what your not going to agree by continueibg to bring up a point that is irrelavent to the future of this franchise let it go or shut up
No I won't freaking stop. Absolutely backwards thinking. You all claim he is a football whiz and a student of the game yet a drunk fan in austin, this isn't the backyard brawl, it's Austin first year in the big 12 gets under his skin. Tough guy I will PM you a picture of a blood sign you go to my old neighborhood of 57th and Lydia in KC mo and see what happens. If he is this brilliant student who scored so well on the SAT, he doesn't have the mental fortitude to handle a drunk fan???? Really? Knock it the eff off. A blood sign is weak weak weak.
The fact that he is soo smart and did so well just makes his leadership abilities that more frustrating. Dude a leader does not do that period the end. There is no debate.
I'm still waiting for a qb that is the franchise that throws gang signs when heckled. Give me one. You can't. Leaders are leaders because they have integrity and class. THE END!
I like how the question on throwing up a sign that represents nothing but fear and hate is something you are willing to not dissect. Oh he's sooo smart oh he's a student of the game. He knowingly threw up a sign that people die over. What the eff ever!!!!
And No I like Tyler Wilson or Aaron Murray but nice try.
Oh i dissected it.... Yea im over it next reason hes a thug? Maybe he gets plastic not paper bags at the store, he maybe dosent recycle, he takes the pennys from the gas station conter, does he not put the lid down on the toilet?
Like you I'm not 100% sold on Geno but I do think you're making a tad to much of the gang signs thing he's 22 years old I'm 28 going to be 29 in a couple of weeks I now look at some things I did when I was around 20 and think how stupid they were. Give him a bit of slack and let him grow up a tad. And not let one moment form your opinion one someone. I'm sure you have had some moments in your life where you wouldn't want people to judge you on
You are gonna compare a sign that young men in this country die over to the above stated opinions. Go to my profile page look at my pic. If you have the balls go to 57th and Lydia flash that sin and see what happens to you. I'd love to see a pic of you at Paul's on 55th and paseo flashing that sign. I mean its like forgetting to put a toilet seat down or recycling.
Dude I'm a first generation American. Mom born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. Dad was born and raised in Algiers, Algeria. Married in Nairobi my family lives there let him make it racial.