Friday, April 1, 2011
Draft Steal: Christian Ponder
Gabbert Who? CP7 would be staying in Florida if Parcells was still in Miami.
Bill Parcells uses four famous criteria when evaluating QBs in the draft:
1. He must be a senior, because you need time and maturity to develop into a good professional quarterback.
2. He must be a graduate, because you want someone who takes his responsibilities seriously.
3. He must be a three-year starter, because you need to make sure his success wasn’t ephemeral and that he has lived as “the guy” for some period of time.
4. He must have at least 23 wins, because the big passing numbers must come in the context of winning games.
QBs in this draft based on this criteria.
Quarterback | Is he a Senior? | Did he Graduate? | How Many Starts? | How Many Wins? |
Cam Newton | NO | NO | 14 (1yr) | 14 |
Blaine Gabbert | NO | NO | 26 (2 yr) | 18 |
Ryan Mallet | NO | YES | 32 (2 ½ yr) | 22 |
Jake Locker | YES | YES | 41 (4yr) | 15 |
Christian Ponder | YES | YES (Grad Degree) | 36 (3yr) | 24 |
Looks like Christian Ponder might be the sleeper QB of this year’s draft. If the Parcells rankings are not enough, look at the following numbers showing smarts, pocket presence, and accuracy.
Quarterback | INT/TD Ratio | Sacks | Comp % |
Cam Newton | 30/7 (1) | 23 (2T) | 66.1% (2) |
Blaine Gabbert | 16/9 (5) | 23 (2T) | 63.4% (4) |
Ryan Mallet | 32/12 (2) | 25 (5) | 64.7% (3) |
Jake Locker | 17/9 (4) | 19 (1) | 55.4% (5) |
Christian Ponder | 20/8 (3) | 23 (2T) | 68.8% (1) |
If you add these rankings up you get the following order.
Cam Newton: 5
Christian Ponder: 6
Ryan Mallet: 10
Jake Locker: 10
Blaine Gabbert: 11
The RFH Collective is officially on the CP7 bandwagon and advises everyone reading this to follow suit.
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