Cam Tossing Bouquets To JJ

[JustInTime]

[Still Hurtn]

[MaroonBells]

With all the glowing and unanimous praise heaped on JJ, it makes me wonder if you can tell if a QB is going to be good or not just through his actions off the field. I think sometimes you can get an idea if you're able to read between the lines and filter out the obvious bullshit. I'd love to be able to go back and read what was said (and not said) about Mahomes and Allen as well as Josh Rosen, Zach Wilson and Mitch Trubisky.

[BigAl99]

Remember reading about how adjusted and mature Mahomes was when he came into camp, nothing he was seeing was too big for him.  Stories about growing up around the Yankee and other MLB clubhouses with the likes of Jeter and Rodriguez shagging balls at World Series warmups...

[purplefaithful]

With all the glowing and unanimous praise heaped on JJ, it makes me wonder if you can tell if a QB is going to be good or not just through his actions off the field. I think sometimes you can get an idea if you're able to read between the lines and filter out the obvious bullshit. I'd love to be able to go back and read what was said (and not said) about Mahomes and Allen as well as Josh Rosen, Zach Wilson and Mitch Trubisky.

Its soooo hard to project a QB coming out of college to the pro's. Just when you think you got a bead on it? Something happens seemingly out of the blue to obliterate all reason and logic. 

I'm too jaded for the praise, hyperbole to get my corpuscles jumping...

I gotta see it. Again and again and again b4 I believe.

[Zanary]

Hearing that the heir apparent QB was attending both offensive and defensive meetings while aggressively pursuing rehab is always an amazing thing.

The expectations are bordering on ludicrous...but, the kid sounds up to the job.

Can't wait to see him back at work.

[StickierBuns]

Its soooo hard to project a QB coming out of college to the pro's. Just when you think you got a bead on it? Something happens seemingly out of the blue to obliterate all reason and logic. 

I'm too jaded for the praise, hyperbole to get my corpuscles jumping...

I gotta see it. Again and again and again b4 I believe.

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Hearing that the heir apparent QB was attending both offensive and defensive meetings while aggressively pursuing rehab is always an amazing thing.

The expectations are bordering on ludicrous...but, the kid sounds up to the job.

Can't wait to see him back at work.

If it were just me saying this stuff about JJ, you can dismiss it as a crazy messageboard homer that's off his meds. But of course, it isn't just me saying it, its only every single person that's met him. Or has seen him work. He's 'different' they say. That's his aura, that's his 'it' factor. Harrison Smith called him 'incredibly talented'. This isn't some noodle armed, walk on no-talent feel good story.....this is a 5 star high school QB that won a national championship in college with the 2nd highest recorded speed throw at the Combine and who ran a 4.48 in college.

One tidbit in the Kay Adams - Cam Bynum interview is when he said JJ said in November: 'I know I can run this offense'.

[StickierBuns]

Oh boy....lmao.....its getting thick

https://twitter.com/SKORNorth/status/192...0557211054

[MaroonBells]

Remember reading about how adjusted and mature Mahomes was when he came into camp, nothing he was seeing was too big for him.  Stories about growing up around the Yankee and other MLB clubhouses with the likes of Jeter and Rodriguez shagging balls at World Series warmups...

Interesting. I remember hearing good things about Trubisky in his first camp. According to AI, what finally sunk him was his accuracy and decision making. I remember questions about Zach Wilson's maturity, but I think those came after he struggled on the field--a kind of retrofitted justification I suspect. From what I can tell his camp reports were mixed, as were Rosen's. 

All three of those QBs had their play caller change after 1 or 2 years, which is almost always a recipe for disaster. One thing going for McCarthy is that should never happen. He's learning under the COTY, has the best OL this team has probably ever seen, his WR/WR/TE combo is probably the best in the league. The Vikings did everything right. And even though it didn't happen the way they wanted, they even gave the kid a year of quiet development, which I think most agree is the right thing to do.

[purplefaithful]

JJ vs:

Maye (preseason)
Caleb
Penix

All b4 Mid-September...