Wyo2dal wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2017 6:16 am
I would say completely opposite of a realistic article. He paints Josh as being a mediocre QB from a small school with low talent level.
No mention of not attending football camps or the fact he didn't grow into his body until jr college.
If he had the facts and started facts id agree but there only thing he knows about Josh is what he had seen on tape and the fact he wasn't a 5 star high school kid. That article is the complete opposite but if you take all the articles and pin them together you get a really good idea about Josh and what he is capable of.
He has as much potential to be the next Andrew Luck just as he has the same potential to be the next Blake Bortles or he could be right in the middle.
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We must have read different articles. The only thing I really have a quibble with is the beginning when he refers to the hype around Allen. I think he overstates it significantly. He is being talked about consistently as a first round, Top 10, type pick next year, but he is not being discussed as the best QB prospect this decade or something. The general consensus is a raw, talented, prospect with high upside. More along the lines of Trubisky than Luck.
In terms of the rest of the article, all the things about Josh's career to date were just laying out the facts (where he played, who recruited him, and what his numbers were last year). Not much to argue about there.
The evaluation portion is more subjective, but it sure rang true to me. He is big, strong, fast, and can make very challenging throws due to his arm strength. He also exhibits good leadership traits as he notes. The criticisms, which included footwork, decision making, and relying on his arm to much all seem pretty valid to me.
Last year's offense, as great as Brian Hill was, seemed to be mostly a case of "Josh Allen giveth" and "Josh Allen taketh away". He completed probably 5 throws better than any UW quarterback I have ever seen, but he also had some of the worst decisions you will ever see. His rawness was evident in the cases where he didn't see wide open receivers and when he threw deep back across his body when the defense was baiting him into it (BYU game being the most obvious example).
The good thing for Allen is that he can learn and improve his footwork and decision making. That matches the main conclusion to the article, which is that if Allen is the exact same player this year that he was last year, he is probably not as high level of a prospect as the current projections, but if he improves in those elements he could be a very high draft pick next year. That's what the projections (and Wyoming fans hopes for the season) are banking on.