Peyton Manning or RGIII your choice

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Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I agree that his athleticism is the 'x' factor here. But arm talent has a lot of definitions, and I think Tannehill only fits the most narrow definition (that his arm is talented enough to spin a clean football anywhere within 12 yards). Where as Osweiler and Weeden have stronger arms that can drive the football and do so impressively from multiple planes.

By arm talent I mean the ability to drive the ball with velocity on the litmus test NFL throws: deep comebacks, deep dig, bang 8 (skinny post), deep out.
Tannehill can make all these throws with better velocity then most in this draft class save for maybe Foles and Osweiler.
To my eye Tannehill can make these throws with ease while on the move where as Foles and Weedens accuracy/velocity is affected/diminished with movement.

Originally Posted by GT

And, again, I have Tannehill ranked higher than those two guys, so obviously physical skill set doesn't much matter in my rankings compared against what you can do with it. But it's hard to imagine his supporters being right on him if they are using his "rawness" to justify a high draft grade. I think Osweiler is incredibly raw, but I wouldn't take him in the first ten picks because of that.

You lost me a little here.
Why do you have Tannehill ranked higher then those guys?
Also, something must have been lost in the translation because I don't rate Tannehill highly because he's raw.
Rather its his rawness that prevents him from have a higher grade for me.
That and a tendency to throw at a lower arm angle sometime 3/4 to sidearm motion.
If feel like he doesn't fully extend his throwing arm which doesn't allow him to maximize his throwing height which results in more batted balls then a QB his size should have.