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Troy Smith was never going to make it in the NFL with his arm and child-like mindset.
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I’m guessing this was in response to my post on a different thread about past Ohio State quarterbacks who didn’t succeed in the NFL? Smith didn’t have an exceptionally strong arm by NFL standards, but he had enough arm, much stronger than JT Barrett for example. And although he was out of shape for the national championship game, he always drew high praise for leadership; his teammates on the Baltimore ravens actually petitioned the coach to start him at one point. His player profile is very similar to Jalen Hurts; it’ll be interesting to see how he does in the NFL once he gets a shot to start.
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Comparing fields to haskins and suggesting haskins is a better thrower makes me want to shoot myself. Haskins blows and I’ve never understood the hype for him
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I would say they were comparable throwers coming out of college, but as I noted elsewhere, Haskins’ arm talent was already regressing before he entered the draft, and based on what I saw him in Washington, it continue to regress after he entered the NFL. If you compare present day Haskins to Fields, then Fields is clearly the better thrower. But I tell you, back in 2017 when he was still fighting for the job, Haskins showed some of the best pure arm talent I’ve seen in a college player. He failed in the NFL mostly due to a lack of work ethic.
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Like watching Philip Rivers throw. Looked like a 90 year old man
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