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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5159899, member: 405"] Great write up on Kyle as a rising NFL draft prospect. First guy mentioned in this article from The Athletic: [HEADING=1][B][URL='https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/college-football/player/kyle-mccord-lwq6Dg8PQoqfYvh8/']Kyle McCord[/URL], QB, [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/college-football/team/syracuse-orange-college-football/']Syracuse[/URL][/B][/HEADING] McCord (6025v, 221v) is a cool customer who knows where to go with the football and delivers with timing. A lot of what the [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/college-football/team/ohio-state-buckeyes-college-football/']Ohio State[/URL] transfer does well are things that have helped [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/nfl/player/brock-purdy-0ItM9ROZC8mOtKOv/']Brock Purdy[/URL] be successful in the NFL. Through two games this season, McCord is completing 69.4 percent of his passes and is the only FBS passer with 700-plus passing yards and eight touchdowns. Most importantly, he has the Orange at 2-0, including a notable win over [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/college-football/team/georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-college-football/']Georgia Tech[/URL]. This play from Saturday is impressive on a number of levels. First, McCord is reading left to right in his three-step drop, quickly scanning the field. He stays in rhythm at the top of his drop — his back foot hits and he rips the pass down the seam. His ability to be decisive within rhythm has my full attention. The next part of this play is the recognition. McCord anticipates the middle of the field being open with the boundary safety (No. 7) sorting through route combinations and the mismatch of the slot receiver (No. 5) against a Georgia Tech LB (No. 0). The receiver isn’t open when McCord starts his delivery, but he has a knack for finding those seam windows. And then there’s the throw. McCord rips the seam with perfect touch and loft to clear the underneath linebacker and hit his target in stride. He doesn’t have a [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/nfl/player/matthew-stafford-H0tJFcdflWXgxumn/']Matthew Stafford[/URL]-type arm in terms of pure velocity, but consistent rhythm with his feet and timing allows him to fire strikes with accuracy. Did Ohio State make a mistake by swapping out quarterbacks (McCord for [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/college-football/player/will-howard-L3sHGizji8FZcJT8/']Will Howard[/URL]) this offseason? I’m not going to say that, because the Buckeyes’ coaches have a lot of respect for McCord as a passer and leader. But they were looking for more of a playmaker at the position — one who also can affect the defense with his feet. McCord’s average mobility and inconsistent results when forced to create outside of structure can be limiting factors against top defenses, but he deserves more credit as one of the most decisive and efficient pocket passers in college football. He’s a rising NFL prospect. [/QUOTE]

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