re: Jayden Daniels 1 overall draft pick?

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That kind of is the NFL style now though

There’s not a lot of Brady’s, Mannings etc left that are going through all their progression and controlling the pre snap calls. Just like in college, teams are lowering the margins and making the reads more simple and defined and often the 3rd or 4th option built into the play is the “scramble and go make a play”

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I tried to tell the Rant this in 2022 when they were saying JD wouldn't be drafted because he didn't go through 4-5 progressions in the pocket. Pretty much nobody does that anymore because there isn't enough time on the vast majority of passing plays.

The biggest change is that in the NFL, you're going to have few defenders you can exploit specifically like in college and they disguise everything better. So that first/second read is infinitely more difficult and the windows to make throws are smaller.