Nate Davis pro day only Colts show up

[RS12]

I like this guy lower rounds

Headlinin': Can Nate Davis reconsider this whole 'draft' thing?

By Matt Hinton

• What if they held a pro day and nobody came? Such was nearly the fate of early exiting Ball State quarterback Nate Davis on Friday, when only the Indianapolis Colts showed up to watch him throw to various Cardinal receivers on BSU's home field, and that's probably only because it wasn't much of a drive for them. For Nate's sake, I hope the Colts liked what they saw as much as the local Muncie Star Press and mentor Steve DeBerg: Davis' stock is apparently plummeting, from day one possibility to late-round afterthought due to his size, Ball State's shotgun-based offense and ball security issues (he has a weird grip on the ball and fumbled multiple times in both of BSU's season-ending losses to Buffalo and Tulsa).

So they have doubts about the kid. Isn't that the guy you want to take an extra look at? Even if you pull an Andre Smith at your workout, no fate can be worse than being ignored.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

he also has a learning disability

poor kid

 

[dbair1967]

have never been interested in him

honestly am not all that high on any of this years qb's, might end up being the worst QB draft ever

but definitely do not want any QB from a shotgun, spread offense style system

 

[jterrell]

have never been interested in him

honestly am not all that high on any of this years qb's, might end up being the worst QB draft ever

but definitely do not want any QB from a shotgun, spread offense style system

I both agree and disagree.

I agree in the sense that Nate Davis is a project that may struggle to learn the system and also struggle with his passing form. I disagree in that the NFL moves every day to a more spread style offense league.

We wouldn't have Tony Romo here if we ignored QBs that like.

And if I were a high school kid who loved slinging the ball I'd want to go to a spread type offense. For instance were I Matt Stafford I woulda went to Texas Tech over Georgia. So I wouldn't want to deny myself access to really great QBs just because the played in a spread. If nothing else those guys ahve a pretty big advantage in a 2 minute drill. And fwiw, Tom Brady is essentially a spread type QB. Those guys are used to making quick reads and moving chains.