Danny Etling Signs 4 Year Contract. (Merge)

[PlainOldEd]

Danny Etling Full College Highlights

I'm no expert and by no means am I trying to imply that I think he's going to be a superstar, but in the highlight reel above he seems to be able to make all the throws. Hits the receiver in stride when he has space and back shoulder when necessary. Decent touch to the flat. Looks like a couple times he locked on to a receiver, but other times he seemed to be reading the D. Nice placement on the deep stuff. Maybe the chicken littles here are right and he does suck as bad as they say, but I think he at least has some traits to work with as caserio said.

 

[lancerman]

Danny Etling Full College Highlights

I'm no expert and by no means am I trying to imply that I think he's going to be a superstar, but in the highlight reel above he seems to be able to make all the throws. Hits the receiver in stride when he has space and back shoulder when necessary. Decent touch to the flat. Looks like a couple times he locked on to a receiver, but other times he seemed to be reading the D. Nice placement on the deep stuff. Maybe the chicken littles here are right and he does suck as bad as they say, but I think he at least has some traits to work with as caserio said.

He has poor fundamentals that get worse under pressure. Poise in the pocket is not something that traditionally gets better at the NFL level. He has a strong deep throw but he's god awful on mid range passes. And he has a bad habit of missing open receivers.

His profile is almost the exact opposite of Tom Brady. A QB with a decent sized arm but lacks mid range accuracy, panics, and stares down receivers while ignoring others. I'd be shocked if he made the roster.

 

[IcyPatriot]

I don't think we can rule out that Belichick has his eye on a future FA QB ...

 

[Love The Drake]

Foles
Or Manziel is the man
Dan Etling
Tom Brady
Same about of letters in their name
Both struggled to keep their starter position in College.

 

[Deus Irae]

How many times has Tom Brady led a team to the AFCCG without Bill Belichick as his coach?

Note the thread chain:

You can have the number 1 overall pick with an obvious quarterback that everyone knows we should draft like a Peyton Manning or John Elway and Belichick will draft some unknown that nobody has even heard of. That's his MO. Arrogance? I don't know but it's what he does.

What he does is get us to the AFCC game every year. Arrogance? No. It's called results. Just. Stop.

How many times has Bill Belichick led a team to the AFCCG without Tom Brady as his quarterback?

BB's ability to get to the AFCCG without Brady is relevant in the context of that chain. Brady's ability to get to the AFCCG without BB is not.

 

[Love The Drake]

He went to the Rams I think.

Ugh

 

[RI Patriots fan]

The difference is as a QB Brady was a winner in college and that clutch streak he is known for existed back then as well. He had a comeback kid moniker and won big games for his team.

As a HC BB had a losing record and had the worst winning percentage of any longtern (IE more than 2 years) Brown coach in history before him and before the franchise became the Ravens.

Not saying one is more important than the other, but Brady's career was only going to be negative if he never got a shot and he continued on the trajectory he was on since college because people took a chance on him, Belichick's career trajectory took a massive turn when Brady got there and a lot of his roster building is benefited by Brady.

Lots of QBs were "winners" in college and then went on to be terrible in the NFL. There is no guarantee that winning in college translates to winning in the pros.

BB had no chance in Cleveland. Plus, BB had success without Brady when he went 11-5 without him. In any ordinary year that would have been playoff worthy.

The reason we have the success that we have is because of the Holy football Trinity (Kraft, BB, and GOAT). Take any of them out of the equation and we don't have the success that we have right now.

 

[borg]

But why would you pass on Lamar Jackson..... and wait until the 7th round to draft Danny Etling? He only completed 60% of his passes. The only thing I could think of is he is confident TB12 will stay another 3 years and wanted a young qb to back him up who isn’t 32 years old.

Lamar Jackson.....57% career passer (59% Senior year)
Lamar Jackson....rushing attempts/year = completions/year (218 vs 206 ....3 year average)
Lamar Jackson....13 on Wonderlic

To review....Lamar Jackson ......a marginally accurate passer who bails out of the pocket after the first read with substandard learning and problem solving skills.
Hmmmmmm. Wonder why BB didn't want to spend a first rounder on this guy.....forget the height/frame questions.
Hell of an exciting college QB....but never a NE first round candidate....despite the media build up. Hmmmm.........Wonder who initiated those whispers? A desperate agent hired to create buzz for his client?

With regard to Etling.........a 7th round flyer to take a look at without battling 31 other teams during the UDFA process. And......a training camp arm who will give WRs passing reps while TB12 has Magic Hands work the big rub on the sidelines.

 

[ivanvamp]

The question regarding Etling is whether he can make it to the practice squad and improve under the direction of the Patriots' top-notch coaching staff, to the point where he can be a viable NFL quarterback.

There ARE some tools there to work with. But he has a long way to go before he should be taking meaningful snaps for an NFL team.

 

[zipster9]

Cardinals picked up Kanoff, QB, Princeton as a UDFA. I had thought Patriots would have picked him in the 7th or as a UDFA.

 

[reflexblue]

Is he handsome?

Thats the key, is he handsome.

 

[reflexblue]

Warren Moon says hi.

I never thought warren moon was a crappy name unlike Bret FAVRE which is pronounced FARVE. But then again crappy is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[Clonamery]

I never thought warren moon was a crappy name unlike Bret FAVRE which is pronounced FARVE. But then again crappy is in the eye of the beholder.

The "H" in Favre is silent.

 

[Alternator]

Etling has a better career than Mayfield - there .. I've said it

Only because Baker Mayfield went to the Browns. If he went to somebody who was garden-variety incompetent, like a team owned and run by Snidely Whiplash, then Mayfield would win the comparison easily.

 

[neuronet]

Lamar Jackson.....57% career passer (59% Senior year)
Lamar Jackson....rushing attempts/year = completions/year (218 vs 206 ....3 year average)
Lamar Jackson....13 on Wonderlic.

I put little stock in Wonderlic scores, except for the QB and the inside linebacker. If you score below a 20 at those positions, that worries me. If you score a 13 I don't want you sniffing Josh McDaniel's undies as a QB. Sorry.

 

[Simpelton]

This guy is exactly what I wanted. An accurate passer on a low risk pick. Needs to work hard on his confidence in the pocket, he's afraid of getting hit, that needs to change. If he can work on getting the ball out of his hands before he gets hit, instead of trying so hard to NOT get hit, that'll go a long way all by itself. There isn't a better mentor in the world than TB12, so there's some hope.

At the end of the day, barring catastrophe, TB12 isn't going anywhere, so the pressure to get a "now" quarterback was never that strong. I always felt a top QB in the draft was a longshot, especially with Belichick and his priority system which is vastly different from the average corn-fed USDA certified ESPN watcher. There's time. That means that there's time for a project, and this is exactly what I expected Belichick to do -- snag a promising prospect in the lower rounds.

I thought he also might take a QB in the third or 4th round if he saw one he liked, but I guess he didn't.

Anyway, one thing I notice about this guy is that when he's playing with confidence and he can rely on his protection, he's a lot steadier and his release gets faster. Like I said, I think the big thing he needs to learn how to do is take the hits to make the throws -- be willing to face up to it and pay the price to put the ball in the receiver's hands. If he can learn to do that, he's going to improve across the board, because he's got everything else the Brady formula requires -- a good arm, a quick mind and a surprisingly quick release. I'm convinced that most of his flaws come down to that one area.

 

[FredFromDartmouth]

Etling bird-dogs his receivers. NFL safeties will eat him alive.

 

[PatsFan2]

He has poor fundamentals that get worse under pressure. Poise in the pocket is not something that traditionally gets better at the NFL level. He has a strong deep throw but he's god awful on mid range passes. And he has a bad habit of missing open receivers.

His profile is almost the exact opposite of Tom Brady. A QB with a decent sized arm but lacks mid range accuracy, panics, and stares down receivers while ignoring others. I'd be shocked if he made the roster.

Yep but you've been wrong before.

 

[Huckleberry1]

57% of his passes? Lol that’s terrible.

Josh Allen was worse in each of his two seasons starting 56 and 56.2.

 

[WinstonSmith]

Etling bird-dogs his receivers. NFL safeties will eat him alive.

So I should wait a bit before green lighting the Etling 10 documentary?