Stinger226 Posted yesterday at 09:41 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:41 PM This is laughable. He states a casual talk at a event that Poles said they really liked JJ McCarthy and thought about taking him. This timeframe is predraft, let me see, do GMs say things to mislead people or tell franchise secrets with the #1 pick with virtually a stranger? Who even has balls to pretend this is a serious story? Once they met with Caleb they totally created a lovefest with him and didnt even meet with other top 5 QBs that went in the first round that year. Go by what people do , not what people say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted yesterday at 09:45 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:45 PM we were always taking Caleb, but I wouldnt be surprised at all if we had JJ as our #2 ranked QB. I did. Nix is really good too, but his age had him at #3 for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted yesterday at 09:51 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:51 PM 13 minutes ago, BearFan PHX said: we were always taking Caleb, but I wouldnt be surprised at all if we had JJ as our #2 ranked QB. I did. Nix is really good too, but his age had him at #3 for me. Agree with all that. Forget about QB names, no GM is going to give away franchise secrets to strangers at a casual event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted yesterday at 09:55 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:55 PM 10 minutes ago, Stinger226 said: Agree with all that. Forget about QB names, no GM is going to give away franchise secrets to strangers at a casual event. of course, and there were no other names - it was Caleb 100% the whole time. But this isnt the first time Ive heard that JJ was #2 on our list last year. And it makes sense. He is a lot like Tyson Bagent - a REALLY good QB without the monster arm. Sort of the opposite of Justin Fields. Int he end you need all those things to succeed, but its an interesting experiment to see which incomplete skill set fits in the NFL better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted yesterday at 10:09 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 10:09 PM 19 minutes ago, BearFan PHX said: of course, and there were no other names - it was Caleb 100% the whole time. But this isnt the first time Ive heard that JJ was #2 on our list last year. And it makes sense. He is a lot like Tyson Bagent - a REALLY good QB without the monster arm. Sort of the opposite of Justin Fields. Int he end you need all those things to succeed, but its an interesting experiment to see which incomplete skill set fits in the NFL better. I got the timeframe wrong, this was not predraft it was much later. It was well after the draft, but it is a non story saying we were close to taking JJ instead of Caleb. We took Caleb, and did show a lovefest before the draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago 2 hours ago, Stinger226 said: I got the timeframe wrong, this was not predraft it was much later. It was well after the draft, but it is a non story saying we were close to taking JJ instead of Caleb. We took Caleb, and did show a lovefest before the draft. I feel like the most likelihood here is that when we looked at trading out of #1, JJ would have been the pick. I dont think they ever would have taken JJ over Caleb with the first pick. But its not hard to imagine that the Bears liked JJ better than Jayden Daniels or Bo Nix. I would have agreed with that, if Caleb didnt exist for example. But Caleb has a MUCH MUCH higher ceiling than JJ of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted 21 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 21 hours ago 1 hour ago, BearFan PHX said: I feel like the most likelihood here is that when we looked at trading out of #1, JJ would have been the pick. I dont think they ever would have taken JJ over Caleb with the first pick. But its not hard to imagine that the Bears liked JJ better than Jayden Daniels or Bo Nix. I would have agreed with that, if Caleb didnt exist for example. But Caleb has a MUCH MUCH higher ceiling than JJ of course. totally agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongo3451 Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago 17 hours ago, BearFan PHX said: He is a lot like Tyson Bagent - a REALLY good QB without the monster arm. JJ has a really good arm. (Not elite) I've seen it in person. Quick release and very accurate in tight windows with good zip. My comparison is an athletic Curt Cousins and/or Matt Ryan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 2 hours ago, Mongo3451 said: JJ has a really good arm. (Not elite) I've seen it in person. Quick release and very accurate in tight windows with good zip. My comparison is an athletic Curt Cousins and/or Matt Ryan. oh he definitely has a quick release, and he reads defenses really well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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