Malik Willis in 2026?

Yeah, but in the same regard if you learn a system deeply you understand the steps and maturation needed to go deeply into a system. If you never learn past surface level, you don't get to see if the player has the ability to learn any system deeply enough to succeed in the NFL. Just a thought. Doesn't make it right lol

 

I hold Willis' early career against him, simply because he could easily revert to that. No thanks.

 

You can't really operate an offense at "surface level". There has to be a deep knowledge of the offense or the quarterback is severely limited as to what they can do and how much of the field they can operate in.

Say a quarterback goes into the transfer portal and immediately becomes the starting quarterback for that school. If the quarterback plays at a very high level and you can see that the QB goes through progressions and is processing information quickly, you know that they were able to get to that level in just one year in an offensive system. Again, showing the ability to quickly learn the language of the offense, the playbook, all the checks and protections if they do that, and the ability to retain all that information and be able to know where everyone is on the field and being able to operate the offense at a high level in just one preseason shows that a player can do things quickly.

Sometimes, it is the player that has only played in one system their entire college career that is harder to identify how quickly they can catch on to a new offense because it may have taken them 5-6 years in an offense before they really thrive in it.

The teams are also able to learn a lot from the interviews with the quarterbacks. They can drill them on their depth of offensive knowledge and how quickly they can learn things and be able to understand it and repeat it back to them. There is also something to be said for being in the room and getting a good idea of how a young man is built, their character, and if they truly love the game. There is obviously no perfect way to identify who can and who can't play in the NFL at a high level. They try to get as much information as possible and put the puzzle together.

 

It is for a Qb, for other positions no it's not.
Again, In not saying it can't be done, but why swim against the flow.
Have You ever stood behind a OL??? The average height of a OL is 6'5". This is not even bringing into the account of the DL. At under 6'2" a Qb will always have to be looking for passing windows for the rest of their lives, or play shotgun always. Why automatically make it more difficult for our next Qb.

 

Nothing he has done has shown he has actually changed. A few game mean nothing. I can show just as many good games from Mason Rudolph, or any backup Qb. People have a tendency to forget the difference between playing backup, and starter.

 

I agree, if you have to win a race, let's start with a fast car with the best chassis. It's hard enough to win when you actually have that.

 

Exactly

 

He's 6 foot. Unless he grew taller from his last actual college football measurement. Which I guess could happen, but not likely.

 

Awesome if He was a RB. LoL

 

Wills was raw coming out of college. Vrabel did him no favors and he wasn’t the only QB to look bad in TN. He looked much better in GB.

 

I don’t want a reversed Justin Fields situation with us making the wrong decision. We game planned around his strengths and made him look a serviceable QB. Jets took the bait and paid the price.

Another point to consider is the Packer’s WR squad. No superstar, but that group is solid. Willis is not going to see the same with us and may regress to his true form

 

Exactly what I said before. Don't fall for the bait.
Also we can find as many good games by backups throughout the history of time as Willis has shown. Being a backup,and a starter are two different things.

 

I have been as critical of him as anyone, but I wouldn't hate it if they brought him in with Matt LaFleur as a package deal. Given that LaFleur is still with the Packers at this point, that probably isn't happening.