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New Colts QB Jacoby Brissett Analysis

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Author – Bryan Trulen

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#7 Jacoby Brissett 6’4” 235 2nd Year, North Carolina State

Overview

Jacoby Brissett was a third round selection for the Patriots just two years ago. He stepped into the quarterback room and has showed that he belongs in the league. Brissett made a spot start last season and dazzled at times with his athleticism and arm strength. Look for him to continue upward on his developmental track in 2017 and continue to become more comfortable as a passer within the Patriots system.

Analysis

Brings to the table many desirable traits for the position. Sheer arm strength and velocity are staples of his game as is his fearless nature within the pocket as he does not flinch in the face of pressure. Truly a tough quarterback who has the body and build to withstand physical punishment. Very comfortable throwing on the move as he was often running for life during his time at NC State. This is two fold because he developed some​ ​bad​ ​habits​ ​in​ ​college​ ​due​ ​to​ ​the constant​ ​pressure​ ​was​ ​under.​ ​This​ ​disallowed​ ​growth​ ​to​ ​form​ ​in​ ​terms​ ​of​ ​him​ ​becoming​ ​a seasoned​ ​passer.​ ​The​ ​thing​ ​with​ ​Brissett​ ​though​ ​is​ ​that​ ​he​ ​shows​ ​ability​ ​on​ ​film​ ​that​ ​makes​ ​you believe​ ​he​ ​could​ ​become​ ​a​ ​starter​ ​in​ ​the​ ​league​ ​at​ ​some​ ​point.​ ​He​ ​is​ ​an​ ​athletic,​ ​instinctive mover​ ​who​ ​is​ ​capable​ ​of​ ​throwing​ ​well​ ​on​ ​the​ ​move.​ ​He​ ​currently​ ​has​ ​decent​ ​footwork​ ​operating both​ ​from​ ​the​ ​gun​ ​and​ ​under​ ​center.​ ​Will​ ​look​ ​to​ ​keep​ ​a​ ​play​ ​alive​ ​until​ ​the​ ​last​ ​possible​ ​second which​ ​can​ ​be​ ​a​ ​double​ ​edged​ ​sword.​ ​At​ ​his​ ​best,​ ​Brissett​ ​brings​ ​elements​ ​of​ ​Donovan​ ​McNabb and​ ​Daunte​ ​Culpepper​ ​to​ ​the​ ​table.

2017​ ​Projection

Brissett​ ​is​ ​a​ ​lock​ ​to​ ​make​ ​the​ ​Patriots​ ​53​ ​man​ ​roster​ ​in​ ​2017.​ ​If​ ​things​ ​go​ ​according​ ​to​ ​plan,​ ​New England​ ​will​ ​use​ ​this​ ​year​ ​to​ ​develop​ ​the​ ​finer​ ​points​ ​of​ ​his​ ​game.​ ​It​ ​will​ ​be​ ​interesting​ ​to​ ​see how​ ​much​ ​progress​ ​Brissett​ ​makes​ ​during​ ​Pre-Season​ ​action.

Carson Palmer Analysis

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Author – Bryan Trulen

NFL: Arizona Cardinals at Pittsburgh Steelers

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Arizona Cardinals

#3 Carson Palmer 6’5” 235 15th Year, USC

Overview

Carson Palmer turned in an MVP Caliber Season for Arizona in 2015 while throwing for over 4,600 yards and 35 TD passes. Palmer was playing the best football of his career during year 3 in Bruce Arians’s system. Much like Drew Brees and Sean Payton, Palmer and Arians seem to be a match made in heaven for each other. Palmer has said Arians is the best coach in the league by far and is constantly educating his players on the finer points of the game.

Palmer took a step back in 2016 as he really struggled at times leading to an up and down year. The pieces around him were not as helpful as they were in 2015 and Palmer will be looking for a bounce back year in 2017 as this may be his final run as an NFL quarterback.

Analysis

Palmer is included in an elder group of signal callers (Brady, Brees, Rivers, Eli, Big Ben) who seem __ to read the full report on Palmer and every other rostered league QB purchase our 2017 Pro QB Almanac

Bears QB Mike Glennon Analysis

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Chicago Bears

NFL: Seattle Seahawks at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

#8 Mike Glennon 6’6” 225 5th Year, North Carolina State

Overview/Analysis

Let us not forget what Mike Glennon accomplished as a first year player in 2013. Glennon threw for over 2,600 yards, 19 TD’s and only 9 interceptions as a rookie NFL starter. He split time with Josh McCown in 2014 and had been relegated as a backup down in Tampa the past two seasons behind Jameis Winston. Trait wise, Glennon is a poor man’s version of Matt Ryan. He is equipped with a    ___  To read the full report on Glennon and every other rostered QB purchase our 2017 Pro QB Almanac

Ryan Fitzpatrick Scouting Report

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#14 Ryan Fitzpatrick  6’2” 224 13th Year, Harvard

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Overview

After putting together the best season of his career in 2015 and setting the Jets single season TD pass record (4,905 Yards, 31 TD, 15 INT 60%) Ryan Fitzpatrick stonewalled the Jets as they stood pat in declining to offer him a long term contract.  Fitzpatrick ended up signing a one year deal and would like to forget the abysmal year he had as starter minus one game against the Bills early in the year. For his career, Fitzpatrick has thrown for nearly 26,000 yards with 166 touchdowns against 133 interceptions for a career 79.7 rating while strategically capitalizing on his best years as he has been paid out

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Blake Bortles Isolation Series, Red Zone Anticipation

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Blake Bortles fired back at his ever present critics with a solid Week 3 preseason performance against Carolina. We take a look at his touchdown pass.

All Video Content courtesy of NFL Game Pass. 

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Carolina is showing cover 0 pure man pre snap as Bortles has an empty backfield.

 

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Bortles quickly takes a three step drop and has his eyes keyed on the corner immediately. Keep in mind the ball must come out fast in this condensed area of the field. 

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Bortles gets the ball out even with his elongated throwing motion as his slot receiver is getting into his break. This is the kind of timing and anticipation that he must display to give himself a chance to complete passes on a consistent basis. 

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The pass is complete and Bortles can breath a sigh of relief. 

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Falcons QB Alek Torgersen Analysis

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Who will the Falcons keep as their third quarterback? Alek Torgersen or Matt Simms? If it is Simms, they most likely would want to sneak Torgersen onto their practice squad but if it ends up being Torgersen, they keep they would not be able to have Simms on their practice squad because his eligibility is up.

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#9 Alek Torgersen 6’2” 230 Rookie, University of Pennsylvania

Overview

Alek Torgersen threw for 36 touchdowns and 7 INT combined during his last two years as the starting quarterback at Penn. During his career as a three year starter he ended up totaling over 7,000 yards, 50 touchdowns and 17 interceptions through the air while also rushing for 900 yards and 18 touchdowns. Statistics and his tape tell us that Torgersen is one of a few legitimate dual threat rookie quarterbacks.

Analysis

Has a live arm showing the ability to throw with velocity to all levels. Very quick twitched mover who has energetic feet both setting up to throw and escaping pressure. Legitimate running threat both on and off script. Is going to have to improve his overall accuracy as he transitions. Played in a somewhat simplistic spread based system with either or reads but still showed a consistent ability to make difficult throws down the field. Fairly fluid throwing motion and showed the ability to hit his targets in stride and throw them open at times. A better passer than Jake Locker coming out of college and compares athletically to Locker as well.

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Cowboy QB Cooper Rush Analysis

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#7 Cooper Rush 6’3” 228 Rookie, Central Michigan

 

Overview

A product of Central Michigan, Cooper Rush enjoyed a nice college career and was a celebrated player within the MAC conference. He is not a classic dual threat guy but he brings elements of athleticism to the table.

 

Analysis

Rush has an inconsistent, less than ideal delivery but he juxtaposes this with really good passing instincts. He has proven to be a fairly accurate thrower of the football and has just enough arm to push the ball outside the numbers. Has a somewhat similar playing style to Brandon Weeden but is a bit more refined of an overall passer. Rush is a very cerebral quarterback and graduated with a 3.9 GPA in Actuarial Science. He has been able to pick up the Cowboys system at a rapid rate and has translated that classroom to the field thus far in preseason play.

 

2017 Projection

Rush is in the midst of a battle for the backup job to Prescott with Kellen Moore and we expect both signal callers to make the 53 man roster.

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Tom Brady Analysis

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#12 Tom Brady 6’4” 225 18th Year, Michigan

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Author – Bryan Trulen

Overview

Viewed by many as the best to ever play the position Tom Brady responded to off the field adversity about as well as anyone could have predicted as he played some of the best football of his career in 2016. Brady stepped in after a four game suspension and ended up completing 67% of his passes while throwing for over 3,500 yards and 28 touchdowns and only 2 interceptions. And as a footnote  he also led arguably the best 4th quarterback comeback in Super Bowl history earning his 5th Super Bowl ring. Brady seems to get better every single year even as he is pushing 40 years old and has stated he wants to play well into his 40’s. The story really is too good to be true but the fact of the matter is that nobody works harder at his craft than Brady and he enters 2017 as possibly the greatest football player of all time.

 

Analysis

Because Tom Brady is so technically sound as a thrower some have a tendency to overlook his  physical ability as a passer. From a mechanical (Base, Feet, Balance, Throwing Motion) perspective Brady is as good as they come. He intuitively understands all of the micro elements that go into high level quarterback play. Touch, Timing and accuracy are Brady’s calling cards as a passer but his arm is strong enough for him to throw with velocity to all levels of the field as he has shown throughout his career. Even during 2016 his arm strength seemed to get better as the year wore on and when you add to the equation his___

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2017 Pro QB Almanac Sample, Brandon Allen Rams QB

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#10 Brandon Allen 6’1” 217 2nd Year, Arkansas

Analysis

Allen is a streaky thrower with a quick release and is instinctually accurate as a passer to all levels of the field. Allen does not have a strong arm and his passes will lose steam the deeper down the field he has to throw. Allen does however have a great understanding of defensive coverages and works his feet and his eyes together in tandem which allows him to throw with top level anticipation___Purchase the 2017 Pro QB Almanac for the entire Allen report as well as reports on EVERY Rostered Quarterback in League

New Ravens QB Thaddeus Lewis Scouting Report

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Authored by Bryan Trulen

Somewhere David Cutcliffe is smiling. He groomed Lewis at Duke and watched him grow into a pure passer during his time as a Blue Devil. Lewis was just signed to compete with Ryan Mallett for the backup job in Baltimore.

#9 Thaddeus Lewis 6’1″ 220 8th Year, Duke

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Analysis

Thad has spent time with multiple organizations since his entry into the league back in 2010. When given an opportunity to play he has shown the ability to operate comfortably- executing a pro style passing attack & is a competent thrower of the football with plus arm strength. While in College playing for Quarterback guru David Cutcliffe at Duke, Thad was exposed to high level offensive coaching that has enhanced his overall appeal as a quarterback. Thad has demonstrated the ability to throw with accuracy as well as poise while making a variety of types of throws. Chip Kelly brought Thad with him from Philly to San Francisco in 2016 for a reason and Thad would have started games in 2016 had he not gotten injured during pre-season play. It would not surprise us to see Lewis start games for the Ravens at some point this year.

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Deshaun Watson – Recognition and Instincts

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Watson showed us some things during his first pro action against Carolina. We go frame by frame on his touchdown run. (All Video Content courtesy of NFL Game Pass)

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Carolina is playing a two high safety look in the red area. Watson recognizes the inherent weakness in this alignment pre snap.

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Early stages of post snap – Watson is feeling out the route concept while “feeling” middle linebacker Luke Kuechly. Watson knows Kuechly has pass game responsibility.

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Watson feels the void created by the rush and from this point on it is all instincts coming into play.  By now we can clearly see Kuechly turn his back and run with the seam route.

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Watson takes off and his (X) receiver has an under route against man coverage further creating a running lane for him.

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Watson shows off his quickness and ability to accelerate quickly as he takes off in the alley.

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The definition of dual-threat on this play as Watson heads toward pay dirt.

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Too little too late.

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Matt Moore Scouting Report

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With Ryan Tannehill going down we took part of our Pro QB Almanac Report on Matt Moore and posted it below.

#8 Matt Moore 6’3″ 219 11th Year, Oregon State/UCLA

He has an exemplar internal clock that allows him to speed up or slow down his process post snap depending on the pressure and timing of a play. He also is adept at “leading” his targets to green grass deep down the field. Moore has an instinctive athletic sense about him and the Tony Romo comparison often 20170727 ale dolphins camp 019arises when trying to find a solid comparison to him. Not to say Moore is the second coming of Romo but stylistically they play the game similarly.

 

2017 Projection

Still considered one of the best backups in the league, Moore signed a two year deal that will pay him 3.5 million in guaranteed money. He is going to once again serve as the primary backup to Ryan Tannehill and if called upon would be able to step in and direct the offense in an NFL starter type capacity. 

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2017 NFL Quarterback Rankings

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Author – Bryan Trulen

For In-Depth Analysis on the entire NFL Quarterback Landscape be sure to purchase our 2017 Pro QB Almanac

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  1. Tom Brady His Clutch SB performance was arguably the best of All-Time
  2. Aaron Rodgers His 2nd half of 2016 was MVP Esque
  3. Matt Ryan Replicating 2016 will be impossible but still a top gun
  4. Matthew Stafford Dark Horse Super Bowl Pick. Playing in Detroit makes him fly under radar still
  5.  Ben Roethlisberger Is this the year Pitt gets back to SB? May be Big Ben’s last shot..
  6.  Russell Wilson Does everything you can ask him to do and then some. Needs to stay healthy
  7.  Derek Carr Sky is limit for him as he has all the tools to be elite
  8. Joe Flaaco If he can stay healthy and be more consistent he will be in MVP race.
  9. Andrew Luck HEALTH!! Luck needs more help from his defense.
  10. Drew Brees On last Leg of career, 2017 may be his last as a Saint.
  11. Marcus Mariota Did everything right last year, will he be able to duplicate again?
  12. Kirk Cousins Expect more of the same in 2017
  13. Eli Manning Ready for bounce back year
  14. Carson Palmer Last Hoorah for Carson.
  15. Dak Prescott Pump the breaks, get ready for a soph slump
  16. Cam Newton Needs to stay healthy
  17. Sam Bradford Was amazing at times in 2016. Should be even better in year 2
  18. Brian Hoyer 2017’s Matt Ryan?
  19. Jameis Winston Rising as a player, 2017 might be the year they make the playoffs
  20. Philip Rivers LA seems to have rejuvinated him. Cut down in INT’s in 2017 will help
  21. Ryan Tannehill Stock is up as he enters year 2 in Gase’s system
  22. Andy Dalton Needs to play better in 2017 or they may give AJ McCarron a shot
  23. Alex Smith His team in 2017 at least
  24. C.J Wentz Should be more consisten in year 2
  25. Mike Glennon I am banking on him solidifying himself as Bears QB of Future.
  26. Trevor Siemian Deserves to start based on 2016. Politics may hinder that.
  27. Tyrod Taylor Electric style of play and huge arm = wins?
  28. Tom Savage Ready to Roll as starter.
  29. Brock Osweiller Look for him to open week 1 as starter
  30.  Christian Hackenberg SHOULD be week 1 starter
  31. Jared Goff Lets hope he plays half as well as Cousins did in McVay’s system
  32. Blake Bortles Will be on a very short leash in 2017