Evaluating quarterbacks has never been harder. College numbers lie, and the NFL game chews up prospects faster than ever. For every Burrow or Stroud who makes the jump clean, there are dozens who light up Saturdays but can't survive Sundays. Size, scheme, toughness, decision-making -- it all matters, but plenty of times it comes down to instincts you can't measure. The gap between a Day 3 pick and a camp body is razor thin.
This year, a handful of guys who don't exactly scream "prototype NFL QB" are giving scouts something to think about. Transfers, journeymen, system kids -- are they just the classic "awesome college QB who won't play in the NFL?" or do we need to rethink that logic on the heels of Dillon Gabriel being a Day 2 NFL pick ( and newly minted QB1 in Cleveland ) and a mo