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Nassib shows ability to improve
Kurt Warner liked Geno Smith during the throwing drills, and Syracuse's Ryan Nassib "showed a bigger arm than I expected," but no one was getting raves. (Mike Mayock talks about this year's draft class)
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2013 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Ryan Nassib, QB, Syracuse
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"Geno Smith is athletic, but he's not necessarily an option quarterback. (Syracuse's) Ryan Nassib is sneaky athletic, but he's certainly not an option quarterback.
After Smith and Barkley, quarterbacks like Syracuse's Nassib, Oklahoma's Landry Jones, North Carolina State's Mike Glennon, Arkansas' Tyler Wilson and Tennessee's Tyler Bray are in the discussion for the remainder of this year's top-rated passers. There's no consensus about the pecking order just yet, but that gives everyone the opportunity to significantly improve their stock in the coming two months of scrutiny and debate.
"Maybe there is no Luck or Griffin this year, but there's quite a few talented quarterbacks who have done some great things in college and it's really who's going to separate themselves here or on their pro day and in the interviews,'' said Nassib, who is known to be on the radar screen in Buffalo, which is now led by his collegiate coach, Doug Marrone. "It's going to be a pretty tight race and I just hope that at the end of the day, I put myself in the best position where hopefully I'll get put in together with some of these other guys.''
But that position isn't likely to be in a read-option offense. The NFL may have to wait another year for their next emerging quarterback star in that dual-threat attack.
"We did some read-options this past season and I feel as if the NFL's going to make that transition, as it has been,'' Nassib said. "I feel like I'm pretty prepared for it. I know I'm not much of a runner by trade, like some other guys, but I feel like I'll be able to make some good decisions, and get some yards when I have to.
I'm not going to be able to pull a ball down and run for 60 like some guys might be able to. But one thing about my experience running the read zone, maybe you don't have to run. Maybe I can throw the ball instead of having to run. Because if that's what the read says, that's what you do.''
In the NFL these days, plenty of the youngest and most impressive quarterback stars seem to do plenty of both.
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The Eagles last went to the Carrier Dome a decade ago, in the same week that Boston College announced it would leave for the ACC. With Syracuse fans mocking the Eagles by chanting “A-C-C!”, Syracuse grabbed an emotional 39-14 victory.
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