I was never high on McCarthy in college. He’s a game manager, not a game changer. He got drafted high because of his size. He reminds me of Trubisky pick. Scouts rated him high because he “looked like a QB”. Not from his game tapes, not from his decision making. sheesh.
I was extremely pessimistic on McCarthy, he never did a lot to make me believe he had a high ceiling or a relatively high floor. He gave me Tim Tebow vibes, in that some team who is desperate will draft him far higher than he really should go.
The narrative I saw of him before, and after, the draft was that he was a handoff merchant. And at least thus far through his career it seems to be a more genuine concern about him. There was also talk about whether or not his body could hold up to throwing the ball at nfl numbers. Seeing that JJ McCarthy only threw it over 30 times twice and both times he looked bad, there does seem to be some truth to that talk too.
He’s just not a good starter from what we’ve seen, and moving on is the best thing you can do. Like with Tim Tebow you move on as fast as you can and hope you can get better.
I was never high on McCarthy in college. He’s a game manager, not a game changer. He got drafted high because of his size. He reminds me of Trubisky pick. Scouts rated him high because he “looked like a QB”. Not from his game tapes, not from his decision making. sheesh.
I was extremely pessimistic on McCarthy, he never did a lot to make me believe he had a high ceiling or a relatively high floor. He gave me Tim Tebow vibes, in that some team who is desperate will draft him far higher than he really should go.
The narrative I saw of him before, and after, the draft was that he was a handoff merchant. And at least thus far through his career it seems to be a more genuine concern about him. There was also talk about whether or not his body could hold up to throwing the ball at nfl numbers. Seeing that JJ McCarthy only threw it over 30 times twice and both times he looked bad, there does seem to be some truth to that talk too.
He’s just not a good starter from what we’ve seen, and moving on is the best thing you can do. Like with Tim Tebow you move on as fast as you can and hope you can get better.