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chucker wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 6:20 am I replaced your reddit clip with the youtube in your post.

chucker wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 6:20 am I replaced your reddit clip with the youtube in your post.

RI RAIDER wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 6:23 am Kid is smart (and a winner). I'll take that over any intangible.

Raidernation1979 wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 6:37 am Thank you. I kept trying, but for some reason it kept going back to the Reddit link. Even when I try to open it just in YouTube it disappeared. It’s a great clip to understand his thinking.

chucker wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 5:39 am It's absolutely possible that Mendoza's NFL career is meh or worse. A lack of arm strength isn't going to be the main reason. Ultimately it's what's between the ears that defines the level of QB success - having a gun for an arm or being a ridiculous athlete who can make a ton of plays with his legs can sometimes fill the gap in knowledge and experience for a while.

And Mendoza may not have an elite arm, but it's a very good arm - he can make all the throws you want to make. Like Joe Burrow. Most of a good QB's good play is pretty boring - find a weakness, spam it, don't get bored doing it over and over again.

RI RAIDER wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 6:15 am Nobody knows dick about QB's (its been proven over time). I am just excited that we are finally taking a swing. If we trade the pick, I will loose it. Supposedly, the Rams went Mendoza bad. I hope we block their calls.

Be_Easy_25 wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 7:01 am This may be true.

However, the Packers continue to get that position right every time they decide to switch QBs for the last 30–35 years.

Maybe that org is just lucky.

Uqbar wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 9:24 pm QB Joey Harrington

SkullCrusher wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 8:35 am <cut>

There are tons of QB's that have flamed out, doesn't matter measurables, it can happen.

Who would you suggest otherwise?
He actually does has the measurables, the smarts and dedication that makes him look easily like the best QB available.

Don't tell me we tanked to not draft a QB.
Arvell Reese, LB, OSU

Don't tell me QB Moore after last week.
Not that one week makes a decision, because you can use the whole season and it still comes up Mendoza.
No matter how you slice it, it comes up Mendoza.

Attyla wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 8:47 am There are plenty of guys who did not have "elite arm strength" but were successful. Brady, that one is obvious. But Montana did not either. Brees was not great in that area. Matt Ryan was average at best. Manning's arm on the deep passes was maybe a bit over average. Chad Pennington had a noodle but his career was derailed by bad coaching and injuries. Ironically, Pennington had a winning record overall and actually won a couple playoff games.

Oaktown Superman wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 8:58 am I live ~ 60 minutes from Marshall University, so I watched Pennington in college and dude was the real deal, imo. As you said, he got injured and was never the same. I think he suffered two shoulder injuries to his right shoulder, his throwing shoulder. He wouldn’t have been elite, but I think he would’ve been good enough to get a team to the Super Bowl.