Bill Polian"Lamar Jackson is to short and should move to WR "

[King Poetic]

....nikka is 6' 3....baker Mayfield barely 6'1

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Stephen B. Morton/Associated Press
Bill Polian Says Lamar Jackson Is 'Short,' Should Move to WR in the NFL
SCOTT POLACEK
FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Quarterback Lamar Jackson is 6'3" and won the Heisman Trophy during his time at Louisville, but former Indianapolis Colts general manager Bill Polian thinks he is "short" and should switch positions.

According to Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk, Polian appeared on ESPN on Monday and pointed to what he sees as lackluster height and throwing accuracy when it comes to Jackson's NFL potential.

"Short and a little bit slight," Polian said of the Louisville product. "Clearly, clearly not the thrower that the other guys are. The accuracy isn't there."

Polian also felt that Jackson would be better off as a receiver: "I think wide receiver. Exceptional athelete, exceptional ability to make you miss, exceptional acceleration, exceptional instinct with the ball in his hand and that’s rare for wide receivers. That’s [Antonio Brown], and who else? Name me another one, Julio [Jones is] not even like that."

While Polian took issue with Jackson's accuracy, his 59.1 completion percentage was better than the 56.3 Wyoming's Josh Allen posted in 2017. Bleacher Report's Matt Miller projected Allen as the No. 5 overall pick to the Denver Broncos.

Jackson threw for 3,543 yards and 30 touchdowns in 2016 and 3,660 and 27 touchdowns in 2017, winning ACC Player of the Year both seasons and the Heisman, Maxwell and Walter Camp Player of the Year Awards in 2016.

His NFL.com draft profile calls him an "elite playmaker with rare ability to hit home runs with his arms or legs" and pointed to his prowess on deep passes and how he "destroys pursuit angles when he runs."

His elusiveness as a runner—50 touchdowns on the ground in three seasons at Louisville—would help him should he attempt to become a wide receiver, but it will also allow him to extend plays as a quarterback when the pocket breaks down and make an offense even more dangerous because he can take off at any time.

Polian doesn't see Jackson as a quarterback at the next level, but Miller projected him as a second-round pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

 

[Da King]

 

[JLova]

I guess Rosen's switching too?

 

[Captain Crunch]

I don’t think the Jackson has “the QB mindset” to be successful

 

[Remote]

fukk you, your whole family and everything you love, Bill.

 

[Jerz-2]

Bill Polian, as he ages, discloses more and more tendencies with every word he utters.

He harbors that "good ol' boy network" sensibility that says Black QBs aren't cerebral enough to make it in the NFL. That is not new, he is just exposing himself as belonging in that company of folks.

Quite simply, LJ needs to go somewhere where he can step in in a year or two and affect change, not a total rebuild. More like AZ than CLE or the NYJ. Put him in a culture that embraces him and his style, with AT LEAST ONE ready-made element of the team already in place (e.g., a good defense, or a good offensive line, or good skill-position players, etc.), and he's likely gonna shine. Ain't that what happened to DeShaun Watson?

If so, watch LJ ball out like Watson did, and all these biased analysts will have to eat crow....AGAIN.

 

[STAN JONES]

He’s taller than Drew Brees

 

[Jerz-2]

@King Poetic .....you need to fix the thread title, B.....

 

[horizon]

didn't Polian hire Tony Dungy?

edit: turns out he didn't , shout out to Jim Irsay

 

[3rd Koast Kang]

More proof a lot of these “analysts” don’t know shyt.

 

[Max Power]

"Clearly, clearly not the thrower that the other guys are. The accuracy isn't there."

Not like the other guys huh?

Clearly huh?

 

[Max.]

We know why

 

[904Lurker]

If the Jags select him

 

[Professor K.]

“Shut up and run routes”

 

[EBK String]

he doesn't have that lunch pail mentality to be the first one in and last one out