Time to give Haener a shot

RJS said

I mean no offense but, this is so disrespectful of Brees as a prospect. He would have been the #1 overall pick if he was two inches taller. If you saw him throw it in Joe Tiller's offense, there was never a question of his arm strength. The narrative changes on him as time goes by and people only seem to remember late stage Drew. He could absolutely rip it.

Nothing to do with Haener, who I really like, but he's not the prospect that Brees was. Could he be the next Brock Purdy? Who knows?

Again, I realize you're not calling Haener the next Brees. It just always bothers me that people forget how good he was in college.

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I clearly said that I wasn’t comparing his ability to Brees. I was actually pointing out that Brees was undervalued due to not being as physically superior to Rivers, much like Haener isn’t as physically gifted as Rattler. It was an analogy to how we’re evaluating their ability to be the QB of the future. I never said anything about Brees’ arm. I think Rivers was considered superior because he fit the mold more than Brees. I think their arm strengths were comparable. In a sense, people also think Rattler fits the mold better than Haener too. Both Brees and Haener are undervalued for different reasons, but both are good at processing. That doesn’t mean Haener is as good as Brees at processing or anything else, but processing is one of Haener’s strengths, and that is very important for a QB that primarily relies on passing. Whether it is enough or not is still TBD.