MorKnolle said:
I'm not sure I could definitively say he's a better prospect than McNabb or Vick or even McNair, but they also came out in much deeper drafts. I also don't see Vince falling out of the top 10 (I currently have him at #10 to the Cardinals), but I see it as being much more likely with recent apparent developments in the free agency market.
Hmmm....I don't know McNair's college stats but they would be hard to properly compare anyways because of the college competition, however, though these stats aren't perfect, looking prospect to prospect, I think that VY compares very favorably to Vick and McNabb as a prospect (not to mention the intangibles of the championship and competitiveness).
Vince Young (last college season), Drafted ???? 6 5 230 lbs
3036 passing yards
65.2 completion percentage
325 attempts for 212 completions, 9.3 av yards per attempt
26 passing TDs with 10 INTs
155 rushes for 1050 yards, 6.8 av yards per attempt, 12 rushing TDs
Mike Vick (last college season), Drafted 1st, 60, 214 lbs
1439 passing yards
54.19 completion percentage
179 attempts for 97 completions, 8.0 av yards per attempt
9 passing TDs with 7 INTs
113 rushes for 636 yards, 5.6 av yards per attempt, 9 rushing TDs
Donovan McNabb (last college season): Drafted 2nd, 62 240 lbs
2326 passing yards
60.85 completion percentage
281 attempts for 171 completions, 8.3 av yards per attempt
23 passing TDs with 6 INTs
155 rushes for 510 yards, 3.3 av yards per attempt, 8 rushing TDs
As for the draft depth, it is hard to really say how deep this draft is other than saying that the Vick draft was a really weak QB draft, and though the McNabb draft was deep with QBs, some teams picked wrong that year. Like Cincinnati and Cleveland (though I guess the argument can be made that they went to worse situations than McNabb did and never reallly had a good chance to succeed):
Akili Smith (last college season), Drafted 3rd, 63, 220 lbs
3763 passing yards
57.95 completion percentage
371 attempts for 215 completion , 10.1 av yards per attempt
32 passing TDs with 9 INTs
82 rushes for 184 yards, 2.2 av yards per attempt, 4 rushing TDs
Tim Couch (last college season), Drafted 1st, 6'4", 220 lbs
4611 passing yards
71.54 completion percentage
601 attempts for 430 completions, 7.7 av yards per attempt
38 passing TDs with 17 INTs
74 rushes for -116 yards, -1.5 av yards per attempt, 1 rushing TD
I can understand why people might not want the Texans to take VY, but I don't understand why people think that VY should plummet in this draft given that his QB stats kick most college QBs stats, even of the players who ended up having remarkable pro careers, and VY's college career was beyond remarkable.