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    Draft Rankings

    I've finished QBs. Who I chose to evaluate was based on either CBS Sports or ESPN (which are the two sites I trust the most on draft rankings) giving the player a draftable grade. Then, I threw in any player who was invited to the combine. I'd occasionally throw in a player who I was intrigued by.

    At QB the following QBs were given a draftable grade--except Josh Woodrum, Trevone Boykin, and Jake Rudock. Woodrum and Boykin were invited to the combine. Rudock intrigued me, mainly because the guy started at Iowa and put up decent stats one year. Then, transferred to Michigan, started, and put up decent stats the next year. That gave me a list of 20 QBs to evaluate.

    RANKINGS

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    Pos  Rk  Rd     Player                School                CRk  CRd    Hgt   Wgt  40yd  Sht   3-Cone  Vert  Broad
    QB   1   1      Carson Wentz          North Dakota State    1    1      6'5"  237  4.77  4.15  6.86    30.5  118
    QB   2   1      Jared Goff            California            2    1      6'4"  215  4.82  4.47  7.17    27.0  110
    QB   3   1-2    Paxton Lynch          Memphis               3    1-2    6'7"  244  4.86  4.26  7.14    36.0  118
    QB   4   3      Connor Cook           Michigan State        4    1-2    6'4"  217  4.79  4.28  7.21    33.0  113
    QB   5   3-4    Cardale Jones         Ohio State            8    4-6    6'5"  253  4.81                36.0     
    QB   6   4      Jacoby Brissett       North Carolina State  7    3-5    6'4"  231  4.94  4.53  7.17    31.0  113
    QB   7   4      Dak Prescott          Mississippi State     6    3-4    6'2"  226  4.79  4.32  7.11    32.5  116
    QB   8   5      Kevin Hogan           Stanford              9    5-6    6'3"  218  4.78  4.31  6.90    32.5  113
    QB   9   5-6    Christian Hackenberg  Penn State            5    2-3    6'4"  223  4.78  4.33  7.04    31.0  114
    QB   10  5-6    Jeff Driskel          Louisiana Tech        14   5-FA   6'4"  234  4.56  4.25  7.19    32.0  122
    QB   11  6      Brandon Allen         Arkansas              11   6-7    6'1"  217  4.84  4.33  7.06    28.0  110
    QB   12  7      JAKE COKER            Alabama               16   7-FA   6'6"  244                              
    QB   13  7-FA   Vernon Adams          Oregon                15   7-FA   5'11" 200  4.83  4.20  6.82    29.5  114
    QB   14  PFA    Brandon Doughty       Western Kentucky      12   5-FA   6'3"  213  5.22  4.52  7.49    27.0  103
    QB   15  PFA    Cody Kessler          USC                   10   5-7    6'1"  220  4.89  4.00  7.32    29.5  104
    QB   16  FA     Joel Stave            Wisconsin             18   7-FA   6'5"  236  4.80  4.33  7.29    33.5  115
    QB   17  FA     Nate Sudfeld          Indiana               13   7-FA   6'6"  234                      29.0  105
    QB   18  FA     JAKE RUDOCK           Michigan              17   7-FA   6'3"  199                                
    QB   19  FA     Josh Woodrum          Liberty               19   FA     6'3"  231  4.80  4.31  6.74    31.0  117 
    QB   20  FA     Trevone Boykin        TCU                   20   FA     6'0"  212  4.77  4.40          32.0  110
    Code:
    Pos  Rk  Rd     Player                Size   SAA    Arm    Acc    Mech   Pre    Post   Poise  Leader  Scheme Fit       Comparison
    QB   1   1      Carson Wentz          Great  Great  Good   Great  Solid  Great  Solid  Good   Great   Versatile        Carson Palmer
    QB   2   1      Jared Goff            Good   Avg    Solid  Good   Great  Great  Good   Solid  Great   Precision        Matt Ryan
    QB   3   1-2    Paxton Lynch          Great  Solid  Good   Good   Avg    Good   Solid  Great  Good    Versatile        Joe Flacco
    QB   4   3      Connor Cook           Good   Solid  Solid  Solid  Solid  Good   Good   Avg    Avg     Precision        Kirk Cousins
    QB   5   3-4    Cardale Jones         Great  Good   Great  Solid  Poor   Poor   Avg    Good   Solid   Vertical/Option  Daunte Culpepper
    QB   6   4      Jacoby Brissett       Good   Poor   Solid  Solid  Avg    Solid  Avg    Solid  Good    Versatile        Brett Hundley
    QB   7   4      Dak Prescott          Avg    Solid  Solid  Avg    Avg    Good   Avg    Poor   Great   Option           David Garrard
    QB   8   5      Kevin Hogan           Solid  Good   Solid  Good   Poor   Great  Great  Solid  Great   Precision        Ryan Fitzpatrick
    QB   9   5-6    Christian Hackenberg  Good   Solid  Good   Poor   Solid  Solid  Avg    Poor   Solid   Vertical         Blaine Gabbert
    QB   10  5-6    Jeff Driskel          Good   Great  Good   Avg    Good   Avg    Avg    Poor   Good    Vertical   
    QB   11  6      Brandon Allen         Poor   Solid  Solid  Solid  Solid  Good   Solid  Solid  Great   Precision        Case Keenum
    QB   12  7      JAKE COKER            Great  Avg    Good   Avg    Poor   Solid  Avg    Solid  Solid   Vertical         Dan Orlovsky
    QB   13  7-FA   Vernon Adams          Poor   Good   Solid  Solid  Avg    Avg    Avg    Poor   Great   Precison/Option  Seneca Wallace
    QB   14  PFA    Brandon Doughty       Solid  Poor   Poor   Good   Solid  Great  Solid  Poor   Great   Precision        A.J. McCarron
    QB   15  PFA    Cody Kessler          Poor   Solid  Avg    Solid  Solid  Solid  Great  Solid  Good    Precision        Matt Flynn
    QB   16  FA     Joel Stave            Great  Solid  Solid  Avg    Solid  Avg    Poor   Poor   Solid   Versatile   
    QB   17  FA     Nate Sudfeld          Great  Poor   Solid  Solid  Poor   Solid  Avg    Avg    Good    Versatile        Sean Mannion
    QB   18  FA     JAKE RUDOCK           Solid  Solid  Poor   Solid  Avg    Good   Good   Solid  Good    Precision   
    QB   19  FA     Josh Woodrum          Solid  Good   Avg    Solid  Poor   Solid  Avg    Poor   Great   Precision   
    QB   20  FA     Trevone Boykin        Poor   Good   Avg    Solid  Poor   Solid  Poor   Avg    Solid   Option           Pat White
    I won't get into why I like or don't like certain players because I don't have the time right now, but I thought I'd throw this out there to start a draft conversation. The second column is my ranking. The third column is my projection of where I'd draft the player. CRk is the consensus ranking of CBS, ESPN, and Draft Countdown. CRd is the range of when the player is projected to get drafted amongst those three sites. I generally don't trust sites like Draft Countdown, but this site usually ranks high in the rankings of rankings. I'll replace this one with McGinn's rankings when they come out. McGinn's rankings are normally at or near the top when it comes to rankings of rankings. The other columns are explained in more detail below. The last two columns are scheme fit and NFL comparison.

    CHART

    Code:
    Trait                                 Column      Great  Good   Solid  Avg    Poor
    Size (Hgt)                            1 - Size    6'5"   6'4"   6'3"   6'2"   6'1"
    Speed, Acceleration, & Agility (SpR)  2 - SAA     71+    66-70  61-65  56-60  55-
    Arm Strength                          3 - Arm     Great  Good   Solid  Avg    Poor
    Accuracy                              4 - Acc     Great  Good   Solid  Avg    Poor
    Mechanics                             5 - Mech    Great  Good   Solid  Avg    Poor
    Pre-Snap Reads                        6 - Pre     Great  Good   Solid  Avg    Poor
    Post-Snap Progressions                7 - Post    Great  Good   Solid  Avg    Poor
    Poise In The Pocket                   8 - Poise   Great  Good   Solid  Avg    Poor
    Leadership & Toughness                9 - Leader  Great  Good   Solid  Avg    Poor
    The first two traits are based on measurables. For SAA I use a modified SPARQ rating that I found on a Seahawks board a few years ago. There was analysis on what drills correlate to success in the NFL at each position. For QBs the only combine measurable (besides height and hand size) that really meant anything was SAA which combined 40 time, 3 cone drill, and short shuttle to measure mobility. Wentz, for example, had a solid 4.77 40 (2nd best in this draft, but historically slightly above average), but his measurements in the short shuttle and 3 cone suggests he has really good mobility (which I think the tape validates).
    Last edited by HarveyWallbangers; 03-13-2016 at 01:54 AM.
    "There's a lot of interest in the draft. It's great. But quite frankly, most of the people that are commenting on it don't know anything about what they are talking about."--Ted Thompson

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