STRENGTHS
Will has done an excellent job this year improving his overall quarterback play. He has a good arm and can make most of the throws needed to become a starting quarterback for the team that selects him. Will does a good job throwing in rhythm and has excellent accuracy when given the time in the pocket. He has good size to play his position and solid athletic ability to make first downs running when necessary or extending plays out of the pocket. Will’s biggest improvement this year was in protecting the ball, limiting turnovers, and in general playing better from the pocket. He has matured in his overall game management and seems to understand what is expected emotionally, from the player who plays the position of quarterback at the college level.
CONCERNS
Will, at the college level still struggles under adverse conditions to process what he is seeing in front of him. He still has a tendency of holding on to the ball too long and inside the red zone making poor decisions. Also, when Will is under duress he loses his mechanics taking velocity off his ball and that is not good in the red zone were the windows are tighter than they are at the college level. Turnovers have been a big problem in the past for Will and this will bite him in the buttocks in the red zone at the next level for sure.
TALENT BOARD ROUND 3.11
Will is the type of quarterback that plays better with the talent around him but not the type of quarterback that makes the talent around him better. He can be as inconsistent as Ryan Fitzpatrick is with an exciting come from behind win one game, and the very next game, looking like he never played the position ending in a demoralizing losing disaster. There is good developmental talent to be a starting quarterback in the NFL but Will has to continue to improve as he has done this year and be in the right system with the right coach. In the past Will has been a turn over machine but this year improved dramatically and that makes me think that becoming a starting quarterback at the NFL level is possible with that right team and the right coaching. Could Will be selected in the first round of this draft? Absolutely but… I hope it’s by a team that is willing to give him time to develop because putting him under center with a team that doesn’t have the talent around him needed for him to become successful will be a recipe for failure. For me personally I’m not convinced selecting a player who is inconsistent at the quarterback position (just because he can play far beyond his talents in one game) is smart drafting because I know the next game he could play like he doesn’t deserve to be on the practice squad. That being said he could be a steal if selected late in this draft and is given the time to develop…in the right system and with the right coach. How’s that for hedging my bet? Way to cover your ass…Drew.
