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And Hurts will coach High School football in Texas
Hurts completed 73% this season, albeit in a much smaller sample size.
And he will spend his final year with a proven QB coach. Book...
I'm more interested to see what Lincoln Riley is able to do with Hurts.
He is a superb athlete but his passing is mediocre at best. To run Riley's offense, Hurts will have to dramatically improve his passing over the next 8 months.
FTR I think Book would be a better prospect NOW, but I will be very surprised if he is drafted in a couple of years. His height really puts him at a disadvantage of making an NFL roster.
That and how much he struggles with the long ball.
Jalen Hurts's career percentage: 63%. That does not call for "drastic" improvement.
Have you actually watched Hurts play (and I don't mean against Mercer or Chattanooga)
Smartass.
When he was amazing.
And you didn't address my point.
Right now? Both are looking at UFA status, or priority UFA at best.
If we compare current abilities, there's no question that Ian Book has a better chance of making a pro team.
Jalen Hurts is by far the superior athlete, but, at this time, is lacking when it comes to the abilities that the pro teams want in a quarterback.
A NFL quarterback needs to show the following:
1) Accuracy: By far and away, the most important aspect. Obviously, if you miss your targets badly, then the offense will stall. If you don't deliver an accurate ball and your receivers need to reach out for them, you're going to get them killed.
2) Timing: Hitting receivers in stride is what allows most pro style offenses to open up the rest of the game.
3) Go through multiple receiver progression, and be able to read and recognize the open receiver quickly. While a college QB can get away with only looking at WR1 and WR2 before scrambling, that kind of play will get you clobbered in the NFL, where those front seven defenders are a hell of a lot faster and stronger.
4) Arm strength: Important that you be able to stretch the field vertically to a reasonable degree
5) Pass protection recognition: Needs to be able to make pass protection audibles on the fly. Defenses in the NFL are very complex, and well-disguised. Often times, they'll shift, and a QB needs to make the audible.
Being able to scramble or make designed QB runs are simply icing on the cake.
In all of those five critical areas, Ian Book has a significant advantage over Jalen Hurts. The only one that Hurts has an advantage over Book, is pure arm strength. Unfortunately, the CFL and AFL are quite well-stocked with strong-armed QB's who didn't have the accuracy and precision needed.
At this time, Book would have the better chance of making a NFL roster as a backup QB. Hurts wouldn't make it even as a backup.
If Jalen Hurts can show that he has improved in the other 4 areas while playing at Oklahoma (and they are quite pass-happy), then I think he would become draftable.
If Ian Book can show improved arm strength, then he could also become draftable.
Hurts has better numbers in virtually every statistical category and is only slightly behind on Completion percentage
Far stronger arm, more athletic
Book will never play in the NFL and Hurts has an outside chance
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How did that work out for you? ND QBs have been colossal failures in the NFL
But see that is the homer in you and the realist in me.
You will see
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I'm simply curious.
He's an incredible athlete, certainly a winner at the college level, a good leader, and nobody doubts his heart and drive. Unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily translate to being pro QB material.
From what I've seen (and what a LOT of other folks have also seen), Jalen Hurts does not do a good job of looking for WR3 and WR4 before deciding to run. Most of the time, he looks for WR1 and checks off to WR2, but if neither are open, he usually scrambles for yardage. He's missed seeing a lot of open WR3 and WR4 on a regular basis.
Also, he doesn't hit his receivers in stride as well as Book does. In case if you haven't noticed, once Tagovailoa took over the offense, suddenly a lot more of those 3-5 yard passes became 15-25 yards due to the QB being able to hit them in stride.
Finally, he doesn't do a very good job of calling audibles at the line when it comes to restructuring the pass protection scheme. He can get away with it at the college level, especially given his excellent athleticism and that he has always had an excellent offensive line blocking for him, but in the pros, they expect you to be able to make those calls, and do so on the fly. If there's an unfavorable matchup on the line, then you'd better be able to shift assignments at the line, or else you'll get clobbered by a 265 lb defensive end who can run a 4.6 40 yard dash.
Running QB's don't last very long in the NFL, assuming they even make it in the first place. The NFL scouts know this, and anyone who isn't blinded by pure stats knows this as well.
On a more positive note...
One of the best QB's I've ever seen make pass protection audibles was Tommy Rees. Even if he had a candy arm, and the feet of a tortoise, I'd have to say that he has one of the sharpest eyes and minds when it comes to making the right call, in addition to shuffling around in the pocket. If he can continue teaching these skills to our QB's, then it's going to be a most excellent boon to the team.
Note: I'm not saying Hurts will be a 1st round pick.
Alabama's line, running backs, receiving corp, and tight ends are, as a unit, significantly superior to Louisville's. If Jalen Hurts had been put in as the Louisville starting quarterback, I would have bet dollars to dimes that he wouldn't have nearly as good of a statistical record as Jackson did.
Put Lamar Jackson at the helm with Alabama's supporting cast in 2017, and he would have had an outstanding year.
Again, the NFL scouts know this, and aren't blinded by the statistics.
His stats are as good and in most cases better
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I will never post here again.
Mr all knowing. There is nothing I have seen from you that suggests you know jack shit about this topic
Oh, and I am not the only one on here who’s saying same thing about Book. He is slightly better than Tommy Rees.
EVER!
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If you want to call that a "look", be my guest. Book is going to have to get way better than he is to get further than that.
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credit for that.
He had a tryout? That is the best you can do?
Don’t you see how far you reach to maintain proper homer status?
And his stats are within spitting distance of Book, if not better in some areas.
I don't know why Hurts gets such a bad rap.
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He either improves and goes pro after 2019 or doesn't improve and gets passed by Jurkovic, leading to 5th year transfer.
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