Quinn Ewers met the Saints at the Combine [Mar 24: Saints hosted dinner with Ewers]

[meily]

No guarantee, but more depth is better. Do you think we should draft a QB at 9? Which one do you think will be the best?

There are multiple prospects this year, same with the two previous, and we came out with Haener and Rattler; I do not have a QB in mind, but I will not be surprised if Coach Moore does not select one at some point.

 

[webster]

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.

2024 highlights. They don't include his 500 yards, 4 TD bowl game highlights.

He would be a nice pick

 

[snake pliskin]

I don't see the point. Why draft a QB with high upside that needs some development, can make the throws, and lead a huddle when you're just going to say "so and so gives us the best chance to win"? We don't need more of those guys. We have one that could potentially be a decent QB that we won't play except under the worst circumstances, we don't need another one of those guys.

I'm of the mind set you bring in a rookie quarterback every year. At worse, a practice squadder. If you have an established stud and hit on one of those, use it as capital to acquire other needs, a la the old Ron Wolfe model from Green Bay. Remember him parlaying Hasselbeck, Aaron Brooks, Ty Detmer into extra draft picks.

 

[Elvis]

I'm of the mind set you bring in a rookie quarterback every year. At worse, a practice squadder. If you have an established stud and hit on one of those, use it as capital to acquire other needs, a la the old Ron Wolfe model from Green Bay. Remember him parlaying Hasselbeck, Aaron Brooks, Ty Detmer into extra draft picks.

I'd agree if there were any chance we'd ever play them, but we have too many holes to be drafting backup QBs. You can get one of those in free agency for league minimum. So far it seems like the idea is to roll with the veteran QB over a young guy that performed fairly well with a bad team in 6 games against playoff teams last year. I don't see a QB beyond the 2nd round that would beat out our current backups so there is no point in drafting them if we aren't going to play them.

 

[PanicFootball]

There are multiple prospects this year, same with the two previous and we came out with Haener and Rattler, I do not have a QB in mind, but I will not be surprised of Coach Moore does not select one at some point.

Okay, now I get you.

 

[syeager]

Thanks for the statistical breakdown. As a fan of Miami I can tell you he had quite a few of us fans frustrated because he refused to check down and kept looking to make a big play. He’s an absolute play maker but he could’ve dumped it off so that is something he’ll need to work on.

The NFL will teach him how to check down or get clobbered a lot.

 

[No2DC]

His arm stood out from the others who worked out

They say the kid from Syracuse can sling it too.

 

[Judge_Smails]

Thanks for the statistical breakdown. As a fan of Miami I can tell you he had quite a few of us fans frustrated because he refused to check down and kept looking to make a big play. He’s an absolute play maker but he could’ve dumped it off so that is something he’ll need to work on.

As a WSU alum I watched every game he played during his time there. The OL was not great when he was there, which definitely increased the number of sacks he took, but he also gave up on plays too soon and left his spot in decent pockets.

It was frustrating sometimes. And he also took sacks and/or scrambled looking for shot plays when quick RPO type dump offs were there.

He’s very talented, but I am not convinced he can consistently play within the structure of an NFL offense.

 

[RaisingTheBar]

Please, football gods, no.

 

[dd]

Jaxon Dart-remember that name.

 

[fnholmes]

Danny Wiffleball...I hadn't seen that name in a long time. Ball just floated in the air that is why I called him Wiffleball. Dude was smart but had no arm strength.

 

[SonOfNOLA]

They have their eyes on a QB of the future

 

[Snakehead]

They have their eyes on a QB of the future

I wasn't a fan of what Ewers put on tape this year, but if he played through a torn oblique, that shows a lot of guts. He knew Arch was there to take his job, but he gutted out and played whenever he could. Players follow that leadership, we saw it with Drew Brees.

 

[longtime lurker]