Welcome to ttwarrior4's Profile Page

@eleasvlisides3 

I reside in BIG10 country and have watched Michigan and McCarthy plenty - and not just the high profile games.

I will admit that I went overboard by saying McCarthy was "hidden" at UM. It's not on him that he's the QB for a program with a historically conservative offensive approach. He executes the conservative game plan given to him, and does it well. He's undoubtedly a winner. I also recognize that he's been very successful when situations called for creating outside of structure, a timely deep pass, or a clutch big play. (Especially in '23.) But here's the critical point: Those situations were exceedingly rare relative to an average college QBs career, and the efficiency at which he succeeded in those rare situations is plainly unsustainable at the NFL level. 

McCarthy has a decent arm and decent athleticism, but neither are close to elite, top-of-the-draft traits. He was rarely asked to deviate from those play-action, over-the-middle, one-read quick hitters. Honestly, his touch and timing even within that game plan were spotty, and his throws outside the numbers were often an adventure. 

McCarthy is slight with average traits. Sobering context and serious projection are needed when evaluating his next-level upside. It's reminding me too much of the Mac Jones predraft stuff, when it was all, "Don't concentrate on his limitations - concentrate on what he can do and the fact that he's a winner!", and I fell for it.

@Mr. Bitter 

With that assessment I would assume you havent watched much of Michigan football this past.  JJ has shown he can control the pocket, has touch on his short to intermediate throws, goes through is progressions faster than a guy Penix, has the athleticism to make plays with legs, is one of the best play-action QBs in college football and has a very accurate deep ball.  His draft stock will continue to climb if he declares at the combine and his pro day. 

@ttwarrior4 

Just the annual overhyping of QB prospects. A few misinformed "experts" shoehorn an obvious Day 2 prospect into the top 5 of their January mocks and others blindly follow suit. Will Levis, Malik Willis, Sam Howell, Desmond Ridder...I mean, I remember when bums like Matt Barkley, Geno Smith and Ryan Nassib were regularly found in the top 10 of early 2013 mock drafts. It's just silly.

McCarthy is a gamer with decent tools, but it's obvious to the average observer that he was hidden at UM. Unfortunately, it will probably take a Charlie Campbell Hot Press-type bucket of cold water to snap folks back to reality.  

@ttwarrior4 

The database has only 3 picks for the contest for week 6 and none for weeks 7 and 8.  Its 5 picks every week. 

I know the screen can be finicky about getting the 5 picks in so occasionally I'll grant a player a pick or two but it doesn't look like there are any picks for weeks 7 and 8.  Only so much I can do

@ttwarrior4 

Looking into this now

@ttwarrior4 

Or Emari Demercado and Donald Parham