STRENGTHS
Anthony reminds me a lot of 49ers Jimmy Garoppolo. He has a good arm and can make all the throws and when his mechanics are right, Anthony is as accurate as any quarterback coming out in any draft. He has good size and is smart and coming from Mike Leaches offense, counting games and practices, has thrown more passes in one year than most college quarterbacks throw in two. Anthony stands strong against the rush and will throw from different angles and different release points with accuracy. Like I said, Anthony reminds me a lot of Jimmy Garoppolo and given the time should become a starting quarterback for the team that selects him with franchise potential.
CONCERNS
Anthony really needed another year in Mike Leach’s system. He is still learning and still trying to understand his own talent and potential and Mike Leach was just skimming the surface. Anthony will need time behind a veteran Quarterback and with some good, smart coaching to real his full potential.
BOTTOM LINE 1.94
I know, I know, I’m out on a limb with this profile and we all know Anthony most likely will not be selected in the first round but all I can do is tell you what I see, and what I feel, and what my gut tells me. This offense translates very well to the NFL for quarterbacks. There, I said it. It translates well because it requires QB’s to be precise, accurate and to read prep-snap what a defense is giving to them along with understanding and identifying correctly match ups. It also requires QB’s to stand strong in the pocket and deliver on time and with accuracy every kind of pass to any part of the field on any given play. I have been saying this since Aaron Rodgers came out in his draft and that is why I rated him as the top QB in that draft class. Anthony is not the top QB in this class but he does have the potential to be as good as the top QB in this class. The biggest issue is that Anthony has not had enough game time to really shine and he really needed another year in Mike Leach’s system but, that’s not going to happen and I still have to evaluate his “potential”. Anthony has learned a couple of things that will serve him well at the next level as he continues to improve. He has learned from Mike Leach the necessity to be precise, accurate, the importance of the pre-snap read and the need for repetition. Anthony wants to be better than he is right now and trust me, he is pretty good right now. That being said, he does need time to develop and understand that he still has untapped talent and potential and like Garoppolo, if given the time could be just as good. My suggestion is that the Patriots would be smart to select Anthony at some point in this draft. Give him the time behind Brady and that team just might go to the super bowl multiple more times in the next ten years.
