Offseason QB "upgrades" list getting shorter as major QB prospects stay in school.

[EMH]

He didn’t deserve a Heisman nod imo.

How much are you willing to bet Pavia isn’t the 2nd QB off the board?

That would imply I think NFL teams are good at the NFL Draft. I do not think that.

Pavia is simply a vastly better QB than anyone else except Mendoza.

 

[Lockback]

That would imply I think NFL teams are good at the NFL Draft. I do not think that.

Pavia is simply a vastly better QB than anyone else except Mendoza.

I think he has some pretty serious character issues from what I've seen. I wouldn't touch him with a 10-ft pole.

 

[EMH]

I think he has some pretty serious character issues from what I've seen. I wouldn't touch him with a 10-ft pole.

He is a warrior. He has a short temper. There are legit concerns as to how Diego will handle being a backup. He is so intense and competitive, having him sit is a "risk."

But many football players have those traits.

 

[Couchpotato]

That would imply I think NFL teams are good at the NFL Draft. I do not think that.

Pavia is simply a vastly better QB than anyone else except Mendoza.

Pavia was a good college QB. Were he not 5’6” he might make a serviceable back up at the pro level. But thats not the case. He’s a day 3 flyer at best and likely goes undrafted.

 

[Couchpotato]

He is a warrior. He has a short temper. There are legit concerns as to how Diego will handle being a backup. He is so intense and competitive, having him sit is a "risk."

But many football players have those traits.

I think you meant to say practice squad/not on a roster.

 

[EMH]

I think you meant to say practice squad/not on a roster.

He is actually an eight of an inch short of 5'10" and has BIG hands and 200+ pounds.

Dissing the short QB is easy.

Beating a team with him as the QB, that's hard.

How many NFL Draft prospects are from Vandy vs. other SEC teams in this Draft?

Stowers... and some pretty good undrafteds on D led by Capers. Pavia's Vandy beat SEC teams the NFL Draft is telling you had much more talent than Vandy. THINK about that for a second....

 

[EMH]

NFL.com just declared GB backup QB Malik Willis the #1 UFA this offseason...

Top 101 NFL free agents of 2026: Who are the best players available?

Various reports have all of the logical suspects interested

NYJ
AZ
MIA
PIT

 

[Couchpotato]

NFL.com just declared GB backup QB Malik Willis the #1 UFA this offseason...

Top 101 NFL free agents of 2026: Who are the best players available?

Various reports have all of the logical suspects interested

NYJ
AZ
MIA
PIT

So is it only “parroting” when other people post “expert” opinions that run contrary to your shit takes or is this parroting as well?

 

[EMH]

So is it only “parroting” when other people post “expert” opinions that run contrary to your shit takes or is this parroting as well?

Parroting is when someone takes the opinion of another and "assimilates it" as if it was his own. Citing news articles that are on topic on a message board is "parroting" in the open and admitting it because it adds to the content of the topic, not plagiaring/stealing that from someone else as "your" "opinion." "Stat Parroting" is parroting. You do that. Player X is better than player Y because of stats, "your take" on football.



Originally Spotrac had Malik available for estimated $10 mil for one year. Others had him outside of the top 20 UFAs available. That was about two months ago, don't know if it has changed, but NFL.com is noticing the obvious...

There are more teams that need QBs than there are serious answers at QB this offseason.

And that is likely to push the bidding for Malik a bit higher than $10 mil, like 4 times it....

 

[Couchpotato]

EMH

Parroting is when someone takes the opinion of another and "assimilates it" as if it was his own. Citing news articles that are on topic on a message board is "parroting" in the open and admitting it because it adds to the content of the topic, not plagiaring/stealing that from someone else as "your" "opinion." "Stat Parroting" is parroting. You do that. Player X is better than player Y because of stats, "your take" on football.



Originally Spotrac had Malik available for estimated $10 mil for one year. Others had him outside of the top 20 UFAs available. That was about two months ago, don't know if it has changed, but NFL.com is noticing the obvious...

There are more teams that need QBs than there are serious answers at QB this offseason.

And that is likely to push the bidding for Malik a bit higher than $10 mil, like 4 times it....

you typed all that to say. Yep.

 

[EMH]

EMH

you typed all that to say. Yep.

EMH's football takes are from EMH.

Couchpotato doesn't even watch, "his" "opinions" are "stat parroting."

 

[Couchpotato]

EMH's football takes are from EMH.

Couchpotato doesn't even watch, "his" "opinions" are "stat parroting."

LOL. At least you’re owning those shot takes. I’ll give you that.

 

[leftwinger]

Suddenly every well-traveled backup is the next Sam Darnold? Sam is Baker Mayfield 2.0 if he goes to TB. He is a Derek Carr on NYJ. Yawning. How's the OL?

It all depends who will sign you. Good luck with your pipe dreams.//

 

[EMH]

Suddenly every well-traveled backup is the next Sam Darnold? Sam is Baker Mayfield 2.0 if he goes to TB. He is a Derek Carr on NYJ. Yawning. How's the OL?

It all depends who will sign you. Good luck with your pipe dreams.//

Sam Darnold is exactly what he was at USC. Give him time and open receivers short to mid, he'll hit those. Ask him to rocket launch deep ones, you won't like it. Put pressure on him, you won't like it. That was far far from a HOF performance in the Super Bowl, Sam Darnold just "looked good" compared to Maye.

Malik Willis is a very different prospect. His issue with the Titans was he was raw, he wasn't ready. He would look good for a few snaps and then remind everyone he wasn't ready on the next one. Year 2 with TN he looked much better, but in his final preseason outing he ended by zipping two picks into traffic. The Titans bailed too early. GB was the "value investor." Malik did show a "learning curve" with the Titans and the Pack pushed him further up it. He is ready. He, unlike Darnold, has elite tools, a great arm that can launch 40-50 rockets on target, wheels in the 22 year old Lamar class. He is short. He hurt his shoulder late in the season.

 

[EMH]

LOL. At least you’re owning those shot takes. I’ll give you that.

We'll see how it ends this year.

 

[Couchpotato]

We'll see how it ends this year.

There is zero chance you’re 2 worst takes Rattler and Pavia come true this year.

0 chance Rattler establishes himself as the best QB of his draft. To be clear there’s zero chance of that ever happening IMO but it’s a stone cold lock it doesn’t happen in the 2026 season.

0 chance Pavia ends up as QB 2 of this draft behind Mendoza. There’s a better chance he’s not drafted at all than that happening.

 

[EMH]

0 chance Rattler establishes himself as the best QB of his draft.

Unless the Saints don't trade him, that's completely wrong. Depends on who he is traded to, what his supporting cast consists of, but it is there, Rattler has a great arm.

0 chance Pavia ends up as QB 2 of this draft behind Mendoza

proving my point that the NFL, the majority of it, isn't very good at the Draft

 

[Couchpotato]

Unless the Saints don't trade him, that's completely wrong. Depends on who he is traded to, what his supporting cast consists of, but it is there, Rattler has a great arm.

Nope. Zero chance. He would have to go win the SB and/or have an MVP season. But don’t care where he goes that’s not happening. Maye a QB in his draft class has won more PO games than he has regular season ones.

proving my point that the NFL, the majority of it, isn't very good at the Draft

Right so you’re correct and all the GMs who get millions of dollars a year to be good at the draft with huge staffs dedicated to nothing other than evaluating talent (20-24 people at an average nfl team) don’t know what they are doing.


Tell me why are t you working at an NFL team making shit piles of money? I think we all know.

 

[EMH]

Right so you’re correct and all the GMs who get millions of dollars a year to be good at the draft with huge staffs dedicated to nothing other than evaluating talent (20-24 people at an average nfl team) don’t know what they are doing

Sincerely,

Mike Mayock
Frank Reich
The NYJ the past few decades
Todd McShay insisting Brady Quinn really was the next great QB


Heck, the Texans are now starting to question CJ Stroud, who, after a great rookie year, has regressed noticably...

 

[Couchpotato]

Sam Darnold is exactly what he was at USC. Give him time and open receivers short to mid, he'll hit those. Ask him to rocket launch deep ones, you won't like it. Put pressure on him, you won't like it. That was far far from a HOF performance in the Super Bowl, Sam Darnold just "looked good" compared to Maye.

Malik Willis is a very different prospect. His issue with the Titans was he was raw, he wasn't ready. He would look good for a few snaps and then remind everyone he wasn't ready on the next one. Year 2 with TN he looked much better, but in his final preseason outing he ended by zipping two picks into traffic. The Titans bailed too early. GB was the "value investor." Malik did show a "learning curve" with the Titans and the Pack pushed him further up it. He is ready. He, unlike Darnold, has elite tools, a great arm that can launch 40-50 rockets on target, wheels in the 22 year old Lamar class. He is short. He hurt his shoulder late in the season.

Honest question when you post do you intentionally say shit thats untrue or are you so uninformed that it just turns out that way?


2024 Darnold was the best QB in the league on passes that had 20 or more air yards.

MSN

"According to Next Gen Stats, Darnold had 1,023 yards on passes of 20+ air yards, by far the most in the league. For comparison, Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love ranked second in that category with 866 yards. Darnold also led the league in deep completions with 28 and deep touchdown passes with nine."

2025 Darnold was top 5.