What’s harder to determine? A dominant incoming DB or QB?

[NYC Rebel]

for the life of me, those two positions are the hardest to determine if they translate well from the college game to the pro game.

I’m honestly tired of this game of pretend by experts swearing they have a player pegged at these positions. They are honestly the hardest postions in football. We all know about the transition for qb. But When I hear heads say why a DB doesn’t turn back to look at the ball, I don’t think they realize is that one of the hardest thing in sports is to turn around to look back at the ball, keep your same top speed, while controlling some gargantuan sized freak athlete receiver...and to be athletically and smart enough to do that all at the same time.

I’m really good at figuring out other postions, but these two....

 

[PortCityProphet]

DB. You can kinda predict for the most part which QBs will be trash. Any QB out the Big 12 for example. DBs is more of a crap shoot cause there are few lockdown corners in college so it's even less chance of knowing.

 

[MikelArteta]

dee milliner, justin gilbert, calvin pryor

 

[horizon]

assuming 1st rounders are the incoming players considered "can't miss" prospects, here are the 1st round QBs and DBs of the last five drafts where bold indicates pro-bowlers

2017 - Mitch Trubisky, Patrick Mahomes, and Deshaun Watson vs Jamal Adams (S), Marshon Lattimore (CB), Malik Hooker (S), Marlon Humphrey (CB), Adoree Jackson (CB), Jabrill Peppers (S), and Tre White (CB)

2016 - Jared Goff, Carson Wentz, and Paxton Lynch vs Jalen Ramsey (CB), Eli Apple (CB), Vernon Hargreaves (CB), Karl Joseph (S), Keanu Neal (S), William Jackson (CB), and Artie Burns (CB)

2015 - Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota vs Trae Waynes (CB), Kevin Johnson (CB), Marcus Peters (CB), Byron Jones (CB), and Damarious Randall (S)

2014 - Blake Bortles, Johnny Manziel, and Teddy Bridgewater vs Justin Gilbert (CB), Kyle Fuller (CB), Calvin Pryor (S), Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix (S), Darqueze Dennard (CB), Jason Verret (CB), Deone Bucannon (S), Jimmie Ward (S), and Bradley Roby (CB)

2013 - EJ Manuel vs Dee Milliner (CB), Kenny Vaccaro (S), Eric Reid (S), Desmond Trufant (CB), Xavier Rhodes (CB), Matt Elam (S)

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Remember Derrick Strait?

 

[feelosofer]

Quarterback is harder to determine yea you can bust on a DB but their floors are considerably higher

 

[AlfredTheButler]

i got no problems whatsoever judging qb's and rb's my track record is pretty good....WR'S and CB's i can't remember a WR i was high on in college who made it at the next level

 

[TheBlackDeath]

QB because the systems they play in in college vary so much from what they play in the NFL.

 

[MJ Truth]

Quarterback, for a couple of reasons.

Also, on a side note since this wasn't part of OP's question, teams are more likely to fukk up their whole team/draft process and lose their jobs based on misevaluating a QB.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Quarterback, for a couple of reasons.

Also, on a side note since this wasn't part of OP's question, teams are more likely to fukk up their whole team/draft process and lose their jobs based on misevaluating a QB.

I’m honestly tired of experts pretending they know who is the next best thing at qb. Every few years you have those certainties but it’s so far and few between these days.


But that DB shyt is weird. It’s always some mid rounder who comes outta nowhere and shyt

 

[Reggie]

At least you hope if you draft a defensive back he can compete as a backup or in the nicked at times even if he's not dominant or starting material. But a bust at QB can't play anywhere else but QB so I guess I would say that QB is harder.

 

[DaPresident]

Remember Derrick Strait?

SMH...still can't believe he took the Thorpe over Sean...Sean DOMINATED that year but they gave it to that guy...