I'm pleasantly surprised to hear that. Glad for him. I hope he drafts high and meets expectations. Last year was mostly frustrating, but he is a great kid with an incredible ceiling. Glad he was a Gator.
In Nashville yesterday, the DJ on the Titans network was making the case that their offense would look great with Anthony. I think some that run the Titans would like to develop him and some think he is too inconsistent, but his physical attributes, big, strong and fast, with a bazooka arm, they keep watching film like Utah, Vandy game, South Carolina and they start salivating. I feel someone in the NFL in the first half of the first round will take the gamble! Anthony about to get paid! $$$$$$$$
Glad for him. But I’ll be more glad when the gators actually get to again witness a guy with that much potential/talent, carry them to championship heights.
I wish the dude the best, and I'm happy a Gator like him has an opportunity to cash in on success. I typically care about the Gators more than the NFL so while I'd prefer to see a QB who can lead the Gators to championships, the NFL fan in me is glad my team isn't interested on spending a first round pick on him. He is still too consistently inconsistent as a passer to justify a first round pick on. These comparisons to Mahomes as a passer are laughable. Mahomes finished with a much better college completion percentage (IIRC, his worst year was his freshman year and it's still better % than AR's avg) and had over 5000 passing yards his final year. AR's passing game is even overshadowed by Feleipe Franks's performance, and he was converted to a TE in the NFL. Let's compare JUST Sophomore years because they're most similar with the level of experiences between AR and FF: Class Pos G Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate FF: SO QB 13 188 322 58.4 2457 7.6 8.3 24 6 143.4 AR: SO QB 12 176 327 53.8 2549 7.8 7.6 17 9 131.0 At 3-4 it's probably worth it to take him as a project but some GM will get starry eyed and bet the house. I'll still root for his personal success anytime he's not near my team. In other news, anyone see that Jawaan Taylor is about to get his payday and/or franchise tag from the Jags? 18m+/yr Happy for that dude.
I believe the criticisms around his mechanics, pre/post snap reads and “touch” are a bit overblown. You can coach that out of him. To me it was his leadership, love for the game and willingness to put it all on the line to win that are the biggest question marks. Which is a bit discerning.
When he knows he has a quick slant presnap and can’t execute it as his first read or hit a wide open receiver from ten yards away while only looking at that receiver, it concerns me. He does pretty well on a long ball when tge read is obvious and his first choice. When he has to move his feet to change receivers, he looks like me trying to dance.
AR’s upside as a qb is 2-3 times more than FF. Franks played in a much more passer friendly offense than AR.
Upside doesn’t win games. He has to actually develop into a qb which has nothing to do with his extreme physical ability. I really didn’t see anything in the way of improvement last year from the beginning to the end of the season. It could be that Napier was his problem or that the two years under Mullen didn’t help either. My gut tells me that while Mullen and Napier may not be elite qb development guys, I think either is well above average and I wouldn’t put his lack of development solely on lack of coaching. I saw a kid very slow to make decisions with little foresight into knowing what was about to happen in a defense. To me it’s a natural mental ability that can be improved upon but not created. EJ Manuel to my stepdads team tge Bills, I felt the same way. Kid had the physical tools but watching him play our Gators with a loaded nfl secondary made him look really bad. I just don’t see the mental side of the game with AR. I don’t mean intelligence either, it’s an innate ability to process 22 guys at the same time and know what they are going to do before they do.
I hear what your saying BUT we are talking about Franks Vs AR. One is a back up TE that was propped up numbers wise by Mullen’s system to some extent. The other will be paid handsomely as a top NFL draft pick as a qb. Doesn’t mean he will be successful but if your comparing the two it’s no comparison. AR all day every day. NFL scouts say that by where the difference in where Franks was selected as opposed to AR.
Franks doesn’t have the wheels, other than running fast, what’s better about AR than Franks. I see nothing.
