Quinn Ewers had a meeting with the Saints at the Combine

syracuse saint said
I respectfully disagree about your McCord assessment and provide 2 reasons as to why:

1) Mccord rarely had enough time to sit in the pocket at Syracuse and go through progressions. The Syracuse O-line wasn't good enough to give him that kind of time. When McCord had success, he had to make pre-snap reads or create one on one match ups for his receivers by moving the safety. 2) He threw for 4,750 yards and 34 TDs (most in NCAA) at Syracuse, with Syracuse level talent in the ACC. 65% accuracy. His #1 RB rushed for over 1000 yards, so there was some offensive balance. So, I'll answer your statement with a question. How does McCord throw for that many yards and TDs if he processes slowly? And we all know it wasn't with his mobility. The answer is pre-snap and quick processing skills.

ooooo. Good convo and a better question. I didn't watch every game he played. Only 3? I think it was 3. I recall being mesmerized how much he staired down his receiver. He quite literally has a massive habit staring down his receiver. I haven't looked, but from what I recall, I'm nearly willing to bet if you pull up any 3+ minute highlight from 2024 you'll see him immediately begin staring down receivers as soon as the ball is in his hand at least 50% of the time.

Another thing that stuck out to me, is the few times he didn't stair down his receiver he spent quite a bit of time looking at each receiver. Think in terms of 2 foot taps a second, and maybe my memory is a bit off but it seemed like he would often spend about 2 foot taps on each option, where as if you were to apply the same time to someone like Brady or Brees (I know, the greats, but they make fantastic comparisons here) they spent no more then 1 foot tap, sometimes not even a full foot tap to go from read 2 to 3.

The way he staired down receivers makes me think either his WR talent was incredibly superior OR he was extremely good reading pre-snap. Maybe a bit of both. But my god the way he staired down those receivers, I was utterly floored how defenses weren't getting into position to rob him.