We’re talking about his ability to judge QB talent for the NFL. His coaching success contributes to this. He may be a good judge of talent for his system (Chang, Brennan) but his QBs did not fare well in the NFL. I don’t know his ability to select talent at the NFL level (you never hear about a pro QB that was picked by June), but his opinion on pro QB talent is minimal. That’s why I don’t tout his opinion here. It’s okay for us to agree to disagree.
It's not that simple. Put your guy, Lawrence, at the Jets and we'll end up seeing a QB put up numbers like Brennan. There is no other professional league that depends so much on a team (and its ingredients) to the point what one might consider "the best prospect" ends up on the trading block in a couple of years. Your reference to Brennan leaves out he was at Washington under Zorn and they couldn't decide on a QB over a stretch of several years. Brennan's success, or lack thereof, is directly attributed to that staff. Campbell, no it's Martel, no it's Beck. That's their QB room over those years.
It's literally boiled down to this. We sit here and discuss draft opportunities often with the caveat, "depends on which team he lands with" but on the other hand dismiss a QB's performance in the league with no regard to which team he landed with. That, to me, makes little sense: moving goal posts seldom do.
But hell, let's set aside June for a second. When it comes to mechanics and pocket feel it's Mac, hands down. That's been proven on the field of play.
Completion percentage, yards per attempt, TD to INT ratio, and QB rating; all of these from last season point to Mac over Trevor. While the NFL drafts on potential, in this case comparing the two isn't based on potential, it's based on what's been seen.
Back to the crux of the matter. Jones says Mac is a better prospect because he has a better deep ball. Is that arguable? No. We saw that on the field against (not using my words here) "weaker competition in the ACC."
You don't care for Jones or his style? That's your opinion. His coaching acumen with quarterbacks and offenses? If you're knocking that, in my opinion, it's more personal feelings. He wouldn't have been coaching in the league of it were a question.
