A some what over looked QB Prospect

by Hamburger on Apr 22, 2008 10:43 PM EDT

With all the coverage Matt Ryan, Brian Brohm, Joe Flacco, and to a lesser extent Chad Henne have received in the leadup to this years draft, there is one very good QB prospect who seems to have avoided the wide spread media attention.

I'm not sure all of you have heard of him, and I'm sure a number of you will discount him immediately because he runs a 4.4 forty, but heres who I'd nudge Comrade Dimitroff to pick if I was an advisor.

Without further ado, allow me to introduce Josh Johnson, QB, San Diego Toreros. He of swift feet and 43 td passes. Oh yeah, he only threw 1 pick the entire year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=166992

Sure, he didn't play against many big time programs, but neither did Flacco. In my opinion He's worth a shot, he's one hell of an athlete, and the stats make it fairly apparent that he makes pretty good decisions...

He was tutored in college by Jim Harbaugh, a guy who knows a thing or two about quarterbacking in the NFL...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sITaJVOX0BQ

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My major concern

Is that Johnson is more athlete than QB, ala a certain Michael Vick. Johnson could be an amazing quarterback, but he needs a line and the weapons in place to help him succeed. I'm not sure we're going to have either, truthfully.

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by Dave Choate on Apr 22, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply actions

Your comments...

More athlete then qb: He didn't run in college until it was a last resort, the guy threw 43 freaking TD's and only 1 pick. His attempts per game in college dwarfed MV's attempts per game in college.

He played in a passing offense, not a gadget offense like Vick did at Va Tech.

Regarding the need for a line and weapons, that is true for ANY QB. The reason Tom Brady was so succesful this year (and in most years past) was because his line buys him all kinds of time. My mantra has always been, without a good offensive line, a qb will at best be mediocre...

by Hamburger on Apr 23, 2008 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions

You raise a good point

I'm not opposed to Johnson per se; if the team shies away from a QB in the first and second round, he'd be a great choice in the third. It wasn't really fair of me to call him more athlete than QB when I'm not uber-familiar with his career outside of myriad scouting reports.

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by Dave Choate on Apr 23, 2008 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions