Orlovsky's 3rd annual QB top 10 trait rankings

[Hawkeye0202]

Arm strength | Ball placement | Mechanics
Decision-making | Pocket presence
Second reaction | Rushing ability

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...backs-top-10-trait-skill-arm-accuracy-rushing

Ranking NFL quarterbacks by trait: Best arm, accuracy, more​

For those wondering about w/o clicking.......

 

[Point-of-the-Star]

Card carrying member of the CHIC group. CHIC = Cowboy Hater Industrial Complex.

I have never liked that weasel (Orlovsky) nor his content.

I am not a Dak hater or lover but I trust my eyes. Obviously he is basing his reads on something more than the obvious, mostly he's basing his assessments on his emotions. He is easy to despise.

 

[Jarntt]

Focusing on just Dak because it’s our board, Dak does not have a top 10 arm when comparing to every other QB in the league. The other categories are much more subjective.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

t I trust my eyes. Obviously he is basing his reads on something more than the obvious, mostly he's basing his assessments on his emotions. He is easy to despise.

Don't you think he knows what he's talking about?

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Dak does not have a top 10 arm when comparing to every other QB in the league. The other categories are much more subjective.

Well....the floor is yours. Make your case if you disagree ......lol

 

[beware_d-ware]

Arm strength, #10, no way in hell. Dak's arm is fine, but it's nowhere near the top of the league. He took a spot from Trevor Lawrence, for crying out loud.
Ball placement, #10: absolutely if not higher.
Mechanics, #5, he should be #1 just for that hip drill.
Pocket presence, #5, absolutely
Decision making, #6, should be even higher. Having him under Jayden Daniels is nuts.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Focusing on just Dak because it’s our board, Dak does not have a top 10 arm when comparing to every other QB in the league. The other categories are much more subjective.

 

[Jarntt]

Well....the floor is yours. Make your case if you disagree ......lol

that makes no sense as a response to my comment. You bold where I say the other categories are subjective then ask me to contest his opinion on them?

 

[Kwyn]

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Card carrying member of the CHIC group. CHIC = Cowboy Hater Industrial Complex.

I have never liked that weasel (Orlovsky) nor his content.

I am not a Dak hater or lover but I trust my eyes. Obviously he is basing his reads on something more than the obvious, mostly he's basing his assessments on his emotions. He is easy to despise.

So he’s part of the “CHIC” and a Dak hater but he’s got him ranked in his Top 10 in five of the seven categories?

 

[Rockport]

Focusing on just Dak because it’s our board, Dak does not have a top 10 arm when comparing to every other QB in the league. The other categories are much more subjective.

3rd in passing yards last year. Pretty damn good arm.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

that makes no sense as a response to my comment. You bold where I say the other categories are subjective then ask me to contest his opinion on them?

Perhaps I misunderstood your point of suggesting that the other categories are subjective. Are you saying they are based on Orlovsky's personal opinion?

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Arm strength | Ball placement | Mechanics
Decision-making | Pocket presence
Second reaction | Rushing ability

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...backs-top-10-trait-skill-arm-accuracy-rushing

Ranking NFL quarterbacks by trait: Best arm, accuracy, more​

For those wondering about w/o clicking.......

Dak, on the whole, comes off as kinda average.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

3rd in passing yards last year. Pretty damn good arm.

Where did that get us in 2025?

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Arm strength, #10, no way in hell. Dak's arm is fine, but it's nowhere near the top of the league

Agree, BUT I'm not sure it matters that much. Dak can make all the throws........

 

[Rockport]

Where did that get us in 2025?

That wasn’t the point. Stick to the topic.

 

[Jarntt]

3rd in passing yards last year. Pretty damn good arm.

He is a good QB. Being 3rd in passing yards in no way whatsoever states he has a top 10 arm in the NFL. He doesn’t even have the strongest arm on the Cowboys.

 

[Rockport]

He is a good QB. Being 3rd in passing yards in no way whatsoever states he has a top 10 arm in the NFL. He doesn’t even have the strongest arm on the Cowboys.

As far as yardage it does.

 

[Q_the_man]

Well he doesnt have Patrick Mahomes in the top 10 in pocket presence which is hilarious as he definitely should be #1 but he has the most sacked QB #1 in pocket presence (Maye)

 

[Jarntt]

Perhaps I misunderstood your point of suggesting that the other categories are subjective. Are you saying they are based on Orlovsky's personal opinion?

I am saying the rankings in those other categories are absolutely in part opinion based for him or any of us. The only thing you can definitively compare across different situations and offenses and play calling and pass rush protection is the arm strength and the mechanics to a lesser extent but the differences even in mechanics are impossible to argue over when it comes comes to for example saying if a guy should be #3 or #4. Go ahead and make a strong case for the difference in ball placement for the (without looking at the list) number 7 and number 8 guys and why one should be higher than the other.