Malik Willis plays quarterback at Liberty University (It’s disgusting and It’s disgusting) for two years after moving from Auburn. He measured at 6.5 feet tall, and in Liberty’s biggest game of the year, in Mississippi, he threw less than 200 yards, three interceptions and dashed with less than three yards each time. perform. In addition, he plunged in about 900 in each of his two seasons at Liberty and more than 10 touchdowns. As a passer, he averaged more than eight yards per pass attempt and threw for more than 20 touchdowns in both seasons for a team that averaged 39 dashes per game. And for those who have been obsessed with hand measurements since Kenny Pickett’s disappointing 8½ inches, Willis’ hands are 9½ inches.
At this point, he’s the best consensus on this draft, and now some of the tall people on this draft are desperate for a quarterback that would normally talk to him for themselves. Especially after what he did on his professional day. Willis executes a scramble drill and releases a luminescence 65 yards away and then drops it right into the receiver’s arms to touch down, without taking his feet off his feet. There was a “whoa,” audible from the attendees.
ESPN’s Mel Kiper features Willis ranking 1 quarterback in this lower division for that position, and NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah has him as first and second QB, but says he has the most potential. Kiper had expected Willis to go to the Pittsburgh Steelers in pick 20. He said they really wanted him and would likely do what it took to pick him, even if it meant move up. As for the teams leading the Steelers in this draft, many of them need midfield, don’t think too much about this, draft Willis or make the Steelers pay big for your pick.
There have been many raw talents with little prospect to die early in the manuscript. The New York Giants are still struggling with Daniel Jones, who they picked sixth overall, the San Francisco 49ers dipped into the FCS to get Trey Jones with third overall pick, even the Buffalo Bills knocked Josh Allen out. out of Wyoming – it Not long ago, Allen was absolutely talented at full-back.
NFL teams always refer to themselves as quarterbacks because the position is far more important than any other position on the field. This is also the steepest learning curve, so time and patience will be needed. I don’t understand why a team lacking midfielders would consider this draft table, and not have Willis at the front of their mind. There are a number of excellent athletes ranked as top players in the 2022 draft. Aidan Hutchinson and Kayvon Thibodeaux will wreak havoc on opposing defenses, but it looks like only one can make the pitch. It was on Liberty’s pro day yesterday, and those are the types of play that can change the future of an entire team.
Aside from not being 6 feet 4, one of his problems is accuracy at all levels. Even though he completed more than 60% of his passes in both of his two starting years for Liberty, two of his first four years at FBS, there are reasonable criticisms of his accuracy at every level on the field. My counterargument, Josh Allen, who started two years at a small FBS school. He was absolutely a human built more impressively than Willis, 6 feet 5, 237 pounds, 10 inches hands and able to throw the ball as far as anyone who has ever played in the NFL.
But if we talk about accuracy issues, in the clip above, Allen missed the receiver when he threw that 80-yard pass. In the two seasons that began at Wyoming, he never completed more than 56% of his passes and never averaged more than 3.7 yards per take. The Bills helped him place seventh overall in the 2018 NFL Draft, and after some initial struggles, he could strike right in the playoffs against Patrick Mahomes. It took the Bills two trades to climb from 22nd in that draft to 7th but it didn’t cost them any future first rounds and now they are first-time Super Bowls contenders. first since Reebok Pumps flew. off the shelf at your local Foot Locker.
Between the No. 1 Jacksonville Jaguars overall picking the 20th-placed Steelers, there are eight teams that need a new quarterback and three more that should at least consider picking Willis and leaving him on the bench for the year. He can bring the Minnesota Vikings out of purgatory Kirk Cousins, or the Philadelphia Eagles back near the top of NFC East. The Detroit Lions and New York Giants have plenty of holes in the team that need to be filled, but they have veteran quarterbacks in their starting positions and their coaches can take the time to work through the tough spots in the game. his. Hell, the Giants had two top picks. They should be the team that everyone is nervous about drafting Willis – except for the fact that they’ve never spent a season with the starting black quarterback in franchise history.
The best-case scenario for Wiliis would be the Steelers and their stable of organization. However, he shouldn’t just be able to fall into their lap. Willis is a six-foot-tall quarterback who can throw a 65-yard ball accurately on the track, and is capable of making rearward runs like numbers on the ground. He could be contracted with a rookie salary. For example, one contract was charged $4 million less than his rookie season cap.
Clever play is aimed at Willis in this draft, and the other teams are solely responsible for themselves if he is picked by the Steelrers and brought them back to glory.
