gfycat mega-post: why is Lindsey Scott so underated

so, here's the deal; Scott is one of my favorite prospects in this entire class, I think he's great, yet he's not even ranked in the top 1000.

this is baffling to me, and all I can come up with is the fact that, in large part, how the players are rated is based on how they perform at the camps and in the drills. and when you watch someone like Shea Patterson, the vast majority of his highlights are very quarterback-y.

he does his drop, plants his feet, makes a good throw. over and over and over. he might be the best player in America when it comes to doing the drills in camps.

this is not an insult, btw, Shea is very good, he plays like a Manning or Brady.

Lindsey Scott doesn't play like that at all. he's much more like Farve or Aaron Rodgers or Mariota or Russel Wilson. his feet and his release point change constantly, usually because he's moving around to buy time

here are 6 examples of what I mean, his throwing motion is different in every one, and every one is a great throw



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none of the 4 QBs I just compared Scott too were heavily recruited either. only Mariota went to a big program and Chip Kelly didnt even want him, Helfrich had to push hard to get him. the other 3 went to USM, a juco, and NC State.

every year in the NFL draft you hear talk about a QB's release, you see guys like Tebow go to specialized coaches to change their mechanics and "fix" their delivery. so I think scouts see a player like this, whose motion changes so often, and have no idea what to really make of it.

It's easy to make Shea Patterson a 5 star, but I watch Russel Wilson sometimes and even now it feels like half his plays are blind random luck. very obviously that's not the case, I think he's proven that, but Scott plays the same way.

here are some more examples of him moving around in the pocket. 1 or 2 are designed roll-outs but most are just him buying time.



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like Mariota (another 3 star), Scott is smart, he makes very quick reads. in these 4 examples you can see him making his decisions very quickly before moving on (i like how he "nopes" the frick out on his first read to the right in this one)



album 3

even under insane pressure he stays cool, moves his feet, and finds his outlets




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which is not to say he cant do a standard drop and set his feet, because that's there too



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his arm is not as strong as Farve or Rodgers, I'm not pretending otherwise, and his accuracy isn't always pin-point but I don't care about that because this isn't a youtube trick shot video. the reality is he has dominated at the highest level for 2 years now.

long story short, I think Scott can be great. I think if he had to gone to Oregon he'd have won a Heisman. if we can actually use what he is and not try to make him something he isnt, he could be the best player in this class. jmo