Taysom Hill Raw Footage (Video From OTAs)

What We Know: He's got the tools
What We Don't Know: If he can play QB in the NFL

I think all we can really say about Taysom at this point is that he's a gifted athlete. We knew he could run and was strong as hell. The OTA's show he's got good, if not elite, arm strength.

But those qualities, as favorable as they are, don't always add up to being an NFL QB. As many have observed, the number one quality you have to have to be a good NFL QB is accuracy--consistent accuracy under pressure. You can walk in a lot of college dorms and find a guy who can chunk a football 60-yards in the air. You can find plenty of fast guys with good arms. What is rare is finding a person who can put the ball on a dime with several snarling 300-pound dudes getting ready to knock his block off. What is rare is finding a guy who can go through his progressions in under 3 seconds and make the right decision under those same circumstances. And what is really hard is finding a guy, like Brees or Brady, who can do it time after time, game after game, season after season. It's just not a quality that is widely held even among elite athletes.

I hope Taysom is one of those guys. His natural ability jumps off the screen. But the quality that makes a great NFL QB is something close to magic--hard to explain and even harder to find.