I heard Phil Simms talk about both on SiriusXM yesterday.
He said that Lynch has some throwing mechanic issues that just need to be cleaned up. He said he doesn't spin the ball quite like you would think he would given his arm strength and size. But, that's just due to some of his mechanics. Said that he tends to lower himself at times throwing (usually over-striding). But said when he stays tall he can really rip it. One of the things that Simms stated is something I've stated for a while...he's a tremendous (Phil's words) underneath thrower. And Phil stated that in today's NFL it's a big advantage to have a good underneath thrower. Phil seemed really high on him.
He wasn't high on Cook. Didn't like his throwing motion. Said he never saw him make a 'wow' throw once. He said the same for Hackenberg. Although he did say that he had heard rumors of Hackenberg telling scouts and coaches as to what throwing mechanics were taught to him at Penn State and Phil said it was the exact opposite of what he would teach any QB and he was shocked to hear it because it was such bad information.
I personally want Lynch. In the NFL, the future is just as important as the present. And I still fully believe that if Romo and Dez were healthy, we win the division rather easily. Of course, the division was lousy last year. And we still lost mostly very close games with awful QB's at the helm. To me, there's no reason why we can't win the division with a healthy Romo and Dez. And if we get some help in the defensive backfield and stay relatively healthy on defense, we may be able to do some great things in postseason.
Sure, those are some big 'ifs', but I really think that winning the division with a healthy Romo and Dez is a legitimate reality.
So we really don't need to draft an impact player right now in the first round to take care of the present.
I don't see how Wentz is ranked ahead of Lynch by any scout. Lynch is likely a better athlete with a better arm and a more accurate arm. He's bigger and played against good defenses last year like Temple, Navy, Houston, etc. Meanwhile he had jack squat on offense. Wentz was playing at a much lower level of competition. Sure, he had lower level quality of teammates, but the comparison off offensive support vs. quality of opponents was in his favor. It was not for Lynch.
I can see people preferring Goff to Lynch because Goff is far more ready than Lynch and looks like a tremendous downfield thrower who can already manipulate the safety. But, I think Lynch is head and shoulders better physically and we're not looking to start any QB right away. I actually like Wentz, too...but I just don't understand putting him ahead of Lynch or Goff.
I think with Lynch you have a 6'7" QB that moves around like a 6'2" QB and he can run. I compare him to Aaron Rodgers. Same type of throwing motion, same type of arm strength, great underneath thrower, may not run the fastest 40 time, but can get up and go quickly. Same questions about the college offense they played in. Except Lynch is 6'7" and Rodgers is 6'2".
I think with Lynch you can throw it deep and throw it underneath with him. The intermediate throws will be where he needs to improve most. You can put him in the pistol and use the read option forcing a defender to contain him instead of helping out against the run. You can run read option with the zone runs behind Tyron and force the backside contain out to allow the RB to cut back more easily. If not, Lynch can keep the ball and throw it.
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