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ESPN analyst
Ron Jaworski offered up an evaluation of Boston College quarterback
Matt Ryan's NFL draft prospects today, and it's fair to say that Jaworski likes Ryan a lot:
Jaworski called Ryan "the elite quarterback in this draft," and he twice compared Ryan to Bengals quarterback
Carson Palmer. That lofty comparison prompted Jaworski's colleague
Chris Mortensen to ask him if he really meant that. Jaworski replied, "The arm strength is a lot stronger on Carson Palmer, but mechanically, the fundamental breakdown of the quarterback: delivering the football, footwork, hip snap, accuracy, I compare him to Carson Palmer."
NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock has made another lofty comparison, likening
Ryan to Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. I think Mayock and Jaworski are the best NFL analysts in the business, but I just don't see Ryan as that kind of player. During the 2007 college football season
I wrote that Ryan can make all the throws, but he can't make them consistently. He sometimes struggles with his accuracy, and he sometimes wilts when he's being blitzed.
Ryan has the potential to be very good, but to compare him to Palmer or Roethlisberger is to set up the fans of the team that drafts him for disappointment.
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