93 MEGA Mock Munch: Suh Consensus choice, Bradford leads to Redskins

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

Ok, seriously, whats the deal with this? Bradford put up great numbers in a pro style offense as well. Heck with his numbers that year he still would have been a top 10 pick easily. I mean are they concerned that the spread offense has made him rusty or what?

imo the problem with taking a spread offense-shotgun qb is that there field of vision is different. in the shotgun, the ball is hiked and the qb has the ball looking down field before the d lineman really get out of there stance.

under center, the qb has to use his footwork to quickly drop back 3 to 7 steps before really getting a look at the field. and the time the qb takes to step back then plant gives the D more time to close in.

that shotgun offense can work in college but not in the nfl where you cant limit your running game to that degree. everytime bradford was under center, it was to play action or run the ball (atleast the 100 plus snaps ive seen him take). you just cant limit your ability to keep the opposing D off balance in trying to figure out if you are gonna run or pass by going shotgun offense.

i dont have a problem with bradford, claussen, okung, suh, trading back etc . . . but there is a good reason why one of the knocks on bradford is that he ran a spread shotgun offense with a great O line.

just watching claussen v bradford (yeah i know highlight reels, etc) you can see claussen dealing with plays at ND that he will see in the NFL. under center, using his footwork to drop back while surveying the field, planting his feet, guys closing in on him, having to make quick decisions and tight throws.

with bradford, its hard for me to get a feel for him since hes always in shotgun, gets to survey the field with no pressure right at the snap, after the ball is snapped his great o line gives him alot of room, he doesnt have to worry about pressure, then he throws an accurate pass to a wide open guy. im exagerating alil, im sure bradford dis get sacked and pressured at times but not like claussen imo. claussen had to deal with a crappy ND team with his o line nowehere near bradfords and he had to do it under center, maintiaing his footwork dropping back while surveyring the field.

also, i keep hearing claussen made his own reads of the D where bradford had all the mental aspects of reading a D called into him from the sideline.

just seems claussen has already seen and dealt with what he will see in the nfl week in week out. whereas bradford is going to learn quickly that playing qb at ok was cupcake compared to the nfl.

this isnt to say bradford wont learn quickly or wont be the better nfl qb. i know scouts have said bradford played in a pro style offense in '07 but all the videos i watched from that year show alot of shotgun with some under center passes mixed in there.



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