Quotes from Sports Illustrated Article
“He’s so talented, he’s big time, the type of cat that goes No. 1 overall,” one AFC exec said about Herbert. “He has everything you want. … Physically, you see it with him throwing at practice—he has a hose. He’ll have a top five or six arm in the whole league coming in.”
Used to be a different body part when they said you have a "hose"...Just saying...
“If Daniel Jones can go sixth, and Daniel’s good at a lot of things, but not great in any one are, [Herbert] and Tua are both first-pick-in-the-draft type talents,” ex-NFL quarterback/Elite 11 head coach Trent Dilfer said.
Listed at 6' 6" and 233 pounds, Herbert is athletic with a big arm, and he can add more to his frame. A few criticisims: There’s some inconsistency in his accuracy at times (which teams think can be cleaned up), he’s spent his whole life in Eugene, Ore. (which has raised questions about whether or not he’s sheltered) and his personality is reserved (can he be an Alpha in the locker room?).
But overwhelmingly, there’s more good than bad here.
“He’s got traits you don’t find—a big man with twitch, he’s like Trevor Lawrence that way,” Dilfer said. “There are very few guys that size that have twitch like he does. He’s an exceptional athlete, very compact and efficient with how he moves. He’s explosive. He’s a really good thrower of the football. He’s not a great passer yet, but he can become one. There just aren’t many holes. He’s a phenomenal prospect.”
Palmer says that Herbert physically brings to the table what Josh Allen did in 2018, and he’s been a better player than the former Wyoming star. Bottom line, If Herbert stays on the course he’s been on—watch the end of the Ducks’ comeback win over Stanford last year to see Herbert at his peak—he’ll be worthy of being the first overall pick.
