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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 3655386, member: 237"]
Kid is a playmaker with his feet wow. Looks faster than Dungey was to me but has that instinct and ability to break tackles and make guys miss. His tape shows improvement in pocket awareness as the season progresses. He was stepping up into the pocket a lot more later in the tape than earlier.

Throwing the ball he reminds me of Rex quite a bit in both throwing motion and how some of the throws either had too much on them or too little. He isn't super accurate but definitely is a lot more accurate than Rex. Deep balls weren't awful but took too long to get there. As a passer there is something to work with there for sure. He isn't as fast or as good of a passer right now but his game most reminds me of Lamar Jackson. A very poor man's version of Lamar of course but the acceleration when he takes off jumps off the tape and this was against strong competition in the Big 12 and and SEC. Before I get eviscerated I am not saying this kid is going to be Lamar - just in the style of play and how he runs.

Something else that is exciting is that with Tucker and Lutz you have two backs with really good vision. Add in a QB on the RPO who is a serious threat and you are going to get LBs and Ends gambling more which can really help the running game. Dino/Gilbert can use tempo with the running game a lot more and then use the shorter/intermediate passing game mixed in and work on adding more from there. It is exciting to think about how the running game could look with this kid if he wins the job or a share of the job.
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