Tua and Burrow are much more refined QB. THey go through progressions, have a much better handle of how to throw players open and timing on routes. Both have played in pro-ish offenses and if you take it easy on them, don't completely overwhelm them, they can lead an NFL team from day 1 (or as soon as Tua is healthy).
Hurts, Love and Hebert have the tools to be NFL QB, but they have to put their games together. None has played for a program that did them a lot of favors in terms of the coaching they got getting them ready for the NFL. They need work. You can't draft either of them and expect to start day 1 and not struggle. Better to draft them and let Taylor play, and see how things go later in the year. They need time to work on their mechanics, and learn to read NFL defenses. Maybe at the end of the year you can play them, but not in an important game that means something, not till they figure some stuff out.
Hebert seems to have the most upside, but he seems to be the kind of guy who really likes to see his receiver break into the open and then throws. Very NFL of the 1970's style. I do think he flashes anticipation from time to time, and sometimes he can be pretty impressive getting himself out of mistakes. But he needs to do a better job of getting his feet into position, and getting the ball into position to get rid of it quickly.
Love reminds me of Jamis Winston. He seems to go through his reads sometimes, and then he gets to the ball he wants to throw and then just says "F it" and throws it whether it is there or not. In 2018 his early reads where often open, so he looked pretty good. Last year, he made some mind boggling throws. He still flashed some ability, but you wonder how much of the decision making you can fix.
Hurts is the wild card. When he was at Alabama as the starter, I didn't think there was any way he was ever going to learn to play QB. He was just a RB at QB. Now, he doesn't look like the same player. He still loves to make plays himself, but he seems just as happy making a big pass downfield. He has some mechanical issues, and needs to shorten his throwing motion so he isn't winding up to throw every pass, but he has improved dramatically from where he started.
Hurts, Love and Hebert have the tools to be NFL QB, but they have to put their games together. None has played for a program that did them a lot of favors in terms of the coaching they got getting them ready for the NFL. They need work. You can't draft either of them and expect to start day 1 and not struggle. Better to draft them and let Taylor play, and see how things go later in the year. They need time to work on their mechanics, and learn to read NFL defenses. Maybe at the end of the year you can play them, but not in an important game that means something, not till they figure some stuff out.
Hebert seems to have the most upside, but he seems to be the kind of guy who really likes to see his receiver break into the open and then throws. Very NFL of the 1970's style. I do think he flashes anticipation from time to time, and sometimes he can be pretty impressive getting himself out of mistakes. But he needs to do a better job of getting his feet into position, and getting the ball into position to get rid of it quickly.
Love reminds me of Jamis Winston. He seems to go through his reads sometimes, and then he gets to the ball he wants to throw and then just says "F it" and throws it whether it is there or not. In 2018 his early reads where often open, so he looked pretty good. Last year, he made some mind boggling throws. He still flashed some ability, but you wonder how much of the decision making you can fix.
Hurts is the wild card. When he was at Alabama as the starter, I didn't think there was any way he was ever going to learn to play QB. He was just a RB at QB. Now, he doesn't look like the same player. He still loves to make plays himself, but he seems just as happy making a big pass downfield. He has some mechanical issues, and needs to shorten his throwing motion so he isn't winding up to throw every pass, but he has improved dramatically from where he started.
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