NFL: 2024 Rookie QB Thread

[Blackhawkswincup]

4 weeks in and Nix is giving Christian Ponder vibes

 

[stephenball]

Daniels looks so good. The skill is obvious but he also just seems very composed and is getting more and more confident.

 

[Unholy Diver]

4 weeks in and Nix is giving Christian Ponder vibes

That might be being generous, he's been under 4 yards per attempt twice in 4 games, Ponder took 9 games before having a game like that

 

[StreetHawk]

Daniels looks so good. The skill is obvious but he also just seems very composed and is getting more and more confident.

Wonder if that convinces other QB prospects to remain in college to get more reps? Or we chalk it up to pure ability. He was basically a 4.5 year starter (only half season in the Pac12 in 2020) due to Covid rules.
Each situation is going to be different. For JJ McCarthy, major changes in the coaching staff after Harbaugh left, so his year in 2024 wasn't going to be as good as 2023. Maye could have returned to the same HC and OC at UNC.

 

[Troy McClure]

Wonder if that convinces other QB prospects to remain in college to get more reps? Or we chalk it up to pure ability. He was basically a 4.5 year starter (only half season in the Pac12 in 2020) due to Covid rules.
Each situation is going to be different. For JJ McCarthy, major changes in the coaching staff after Harbaugh left, so his year in 2024 wasn't going to be as good as 2023. Maye could have returned to the same HC and OC at UNC.

I doubt it. If you know you're going to be a top ten pick, you almost have to go to the NFL. Look at Trey Lance. Coming out too early probably tanked his NFL career, but it also guaranteed him generational wealth all from one contract ($34 million).

If you stay in school another year you face two serious risks: injury or having a bad season to see your stock fall. If either one drops you out of a top ten draft slot, you gambled and lost many millions. The NIL money isn't making up this loss.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I doubt it. If you know you're going to be a top ten pick, you almost have to go to the NFL. Look at Trey Lance. Coming out too early probably tanked his NFL career, but it also guaranteed him generational wealth all from one contract ($34 million).

If you stay in school another year you face two serious risks: injury or having a bad season to see your stock fall. If either one drops you out of a top ten draft slot, you gambled and lost many millions. The NIL money isn't making up this loss.

Matt Barkley is classic example of someone who lost so much by staying