Hookers draft projection

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Volfan1000 said:
3rd to 5th round because of his injury this past season.
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Currently Hendon is trending to 2nd round in half or over half mock drafts I'm seeing. The more his game is studied by evaluators, the more they like him. I've said this for a month or longer. Hooker will not fall below 2nd round. It just takes one GM to fall in love with him, and he has many eyes on him now. I'm sticking with mid 2nd round. Gone by the start of 3rd fo sho.
 
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With the injury I’m not sure Hooker will be drafted high, but if he does go mid to late rounds some lucky or smart nfl team is going to get a steal.

Hooker is legit. He made a ton of big time throws last season. He was a big reason why the TN offense was so dangerous. If not for injury he very likely goes 1st rd. If his recovery goes well and he gets drafted into the right fit, I think he will get a legit chance to start in the nfl.
 
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white65 said:
I hope he goes to well established team. Some many QB's are thrown into the fire and never get a real chance.
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My family are Vikings fans and badly want him hoping he falls. Not likely but hoping. They’d love him to back up Cousins then take over for the long haul with lots of weapons around him.
my son’s dream draft has Hyatt in the first and Hooker in the 5th with the rest going defense.
WR, TE would be glorious for Hooker longterm in that scenerio.
 
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DirtyDawg said:
With the injury I’m not sure Hooker will be drafted high, but if he does go mid to late rounds some lucky or smart nfl team is going to get a steal.

Hooker is legit. He made a ton of big time throws last season. He was a big reason why the TN offense was so dangerous. If not for injury he very likely goes 1st rd. If his recovery goes well and he gets drafted into the right fit, I think he will get a legit chance to start in the nfl.
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I think he will go in the 2nd round. Even at that position, he would be a steal.
 
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Jeez Louise guys, it's to the point now where NFL teams basically need 4, maybe 5 QB's available at any given moment. 49'ers anyone? They ended up with Mc Caffery ( sp. ) as the QB because they flat ran out of quarterbacks. If Hooker's knee heals well, he's gonna get a job SOMEWHERE. As much as I love Josh Dobbs, Hooker is a better QB right now.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Still makes me sick that Levis is likely gonna be a top 10 pick and will get drafted before Hooker. Hooker is a much better QB.
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Have you guys EVER seen as many draft analysts make excuses for a qb as much as they are for Willie boy Levis? The only thing more questionable is actual talk of AR 15 (Anthony Richardson) being seriously discussed by almost all as a top 10 pick and even suggested by some as a top 5 pick. I know he balled out against us, and on a few other occasions, but c'mon. AR is a classic case of "should have absolutely stayed one more year". Now, obviously he will get paid getting drafted this year......but what no one discusses is this: coming out this year, poorly prepared to actually survive and thrive in the NFL, he is risking "bust" outcome due to draft dynamics. Top 10 qb picks are now almost always forced to see the field prematurely in most cases thanks to injury, fan demand, or awareness by ownership of investment made. And that so often creates fan disillusionment and soon sends them to the bench, then practice squad, then out of football without giving a chance to "develop". So often these poorly prepared but talented qb's just have to fall to the perfect franchise to work out long term.
 
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HiltonHeadVol said:
Have you guys EVER seen as many draft analysts make excuses for a qb as much as they are for Willie boy Levis? The only thing more questionable is actual talk of AR 15 (Anthony Richardson) being seriously discussed by almost all as a top 10 pick and even suggested by some as a top 5 pick. I know he balled out against us, and on a few other occasions, but c'mon. AR is a classic case of "should have absolutely stayed one more year". Now, obviously he will get paid getting drafted this year......but what no one discusses is this: coming out this year, poorly prepared to actually survive and thrive in the NFL, he is risking "bust" outcome due to draft dynamics. Top 10 qb picks are now almost always forced to see the field prematurely in most cases thanks to injury, fan demand, or awareness by ownership of investment made. And that so often creates fan disillusionment and soon sends them to the bench, then practice squad, then out of football without giving a chance to "develop". So often these poorly prepared but talented qb's just have to fall to the perfect franchise to work out long term.
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AR in the Top 10 of this NFL Draft?
AR wasn't even the tenth best college football player in Florida last season.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Neither AR nor Levis deserve to be anywhere near too 10 picks in the draft. They are below average QBs.
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I would say Levis is average.
That's not a stretch.
He is far more of a QB than AR.

AR never mentally looked like a QB.
He isn't half the passer Tebow was in college. AR was the QB for the Gators for the same reason we chose the best athlete on the playground to always play QB in backyard pickup games.

Can he read a defense? Can he check down receivers before he runs?

He is a very impressive physical specimen, but he didn't show me any of the awareness and intangibles that make a good college QB, much less translate his toolbox to running an NFL offense against NFL defenses. He is the Great Value version of Tim Tebow.

The NFL has changed a lot since Tebow's NFL entrance, but I think it has changed in ways that make it more difficult for this type of athlete to be a great NFL QB. AR has NFL talent, but it is not passing and running this type of elite and complex offense. He might be better at another position.
 
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IT's behind a paywall, but article this morning in the IndyStar about how the GM for the Colts is really high on Hooker and wouldn't mind trading around to pick him up early in the 2nd round...Colts would literally be taking 2 QBS with their first two picks, which is weird.
 
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IndianaVol said:
IT's behind a paywall, but article this morning in the IndyStar about how the GM for the Colts is really high on Hooker and wouldn't mind trading around to pick him up early in the 2nd round...Colts would literally be taking 2 QBS with their first two picks, which is weird.
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I find it hard to believe they'd take QBs 1&2.
 
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HiltonHeadVol said:
Have you guys EVER seen as many draft analysts make excuses for a qb as much as they are for Willie boy Levis? The only thing more questionable is actual talk of AR 15 (Anthony Richardson) being seriously discussed by almost all as a top 10 pick and even suggested by some as a top 5 pick. I know he balled out against us, and on a few other occasions, but c'mon. AR is a classic case of "should have absolutely stayed one more year". Now, obviously he will get paid getting drafted this year......but what no one discusses is this: coming out this year, poorly prepared to actually survive and thrive in the NFL, he is risking "bust" outcome due to draft dynamics. Top 10 qb picks are now almost always forced to see the field prematurely in most cases thanks to injury, fan demand, or awareness by ownership of investment made. And that so often creates fan disillusionment and soon sends them to the bench, then practice squad, then out of football without giving a chance to "develop". So often these poorly prepared but talented qb's just have to fall to the perfect franchise to work out long term.
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Hooker is 6'3", 217 pounds. His 40 time was 4.77, no vertical jump

Richardson is 6'4", 244 pounds and his 40 was 4.43 with a vertical jump of 40.5" (which is astounding, by any measure)

Comparing the draft status of Richardson and Hooker is pointless. Richardson is a far better athlete but not nearly as polished and poised as Hooker, especially in a pocket passing offense. Hooker could start relatively soon for the right NFL team, with a line that can protect him. Richardson is a project, but with tremendous upside in the right offensive scheme and can be a dual threat more than Hooker. I cannot think of a team where both would fit, not in the short term anyway, and so its truly apples and oranges.
 
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