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Originally Posted by Chromeburn
I keep coming back to him. Looks off the safety, his guys are wide open but the balls are still accurate. Poor mans Joe Burrow? I like his demeanor and accuracy. Stays calm, gets a little too angry when he makes a mistake, but looks like he is fixing it. He isn’t as accurate as Burrow, burrow played the toughest schedule ever and just was nailing it. But Jones’ offense has been efficient and basically unstoppable. If you are a three star and have taken over the Bama qb spot. That says something. He isn’t grat in the athleticism and arm dept, but I do like a lot about him.
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"Poor man's Burrow" was my initial assessment, but as I watched more, I started thinking a cross between collegiate Drew Brees with better athleticism/escapability and collegiate Russell Wilson with a weaker arm. That goes back to the pocket presence I mentioned before. He senses the rush very well, seems to already have an internal clock for when the ball should be out, shows good escapability in the pocket, and always seems to keep his eyes downfield looking for a receiver to come open when he escapes the rush and starts to look to run. The only flaw I see in his game is arm strength, but he can still throw 15 yard outs and 25 yard corners with zip. I think he could improve that like Brees did working with an NFL strength and conditioning team. I hope he stays the 5th ranked QB and the Colts get a shot at him at pick 21.
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Originally Posted by Chromeburn
Honestly. If Eason was the guy, he would be forcing the team to play him.
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See, I don't agree with this, especially in a pandemic. Eason has had pretty much zero time to show the Colts what he can do in a live game situation. As a 4th round pick, there's zero pressure on the front office to make him "the guy", and Ballard has intentionally tempered expectations on him from day one I think for that exact reason. There's no doubt the team likes his talent, and so do other teams, but Ballard isn't going to put his job on the line for Eason unless he sees Eason perform well in line action. He could still be "the guy", but because of his draft status, it won't be preordained by the Colts.