I'm pretty confounded seeing JJ McCarthy remain ahead of Penix and get talked about as going as high as #2, even considering the injuries. I thought the ASU walk on, Utah walk on pig fucker, and whoever was playing QB at Stanford all looked better playing UW. How do you objectively stack this year's QB class if you were an NFL team?
My list:
My list:
- Caleb Williams - It's popular and easy to hate on him. I still think he's a no question top pick. The roster around him quietly sucked the past two years. Who has he had on his team other than Jordan Addison last year?
- Penix - The guy simply can already make all the NFL throws. He hasn't missed more than a few plays in two years and since he hasn't had to run around as the only player on his team. Also seems like a great locker room guy and outside of the Michigan game has been at his best on the biggest stages and in the biggest moments.
- Jayden Daniels - I'll admit I didn't watch him much this year but watched him a decent amount at ASU and loved him against Oregon in 2019. I think he actually fits pretty well for the current day's game and can do everything and is a great level of mobile. How skinny and reckless he is could be a concern.
- Drake Maye - Love his size and raw skills and have watched him a bit and been impressed at times. Hasn't proven much though. These types of guys have gotten a lot of credit because of guys like Josh Allen and Herbert and I think the league is getting better at developing guys who have tools but are raw at QB.
- Bo Nix - I don't hate Nix and wouldn't be shocked if he ends up being a guy who is a starter for a long time on bad teams how is actually decent or a guy like Brock Purdy who gets on a good team and isn't asked to do too much. That said, I would be wary of drafting him in the first round given I've never seen him just make downfield throws without having a bunch of screen passes set it up.
- JJ McCarthy - I don't understand this at all. He was one of the least impressive QBs UW faced all year and was really unimpressive against a defense that made almost every QB they played look really good and a D that was probably 95% just focused on the run.