If NFL teams like Dwayne Haskins, why is it discounting gaming boards? | Bleacher's report

One of the strangest stories of this preliminary season is the apparent collapse of Ohio state quarterback Dwayne Haskins on a board game, a slide that makes no sense.

He's a guy who had 4,831 yards and 50 touchdowns last season. This is an undisputed leader, a very honest person and clearly one of the most talented project players. At the NFL Scouting Combine, Haskins demonstrated a knowledge and passion for the game that impressed in his interviews.

In many ways, Haskins is the kind of player that NFL teams would create in a test tube and deploy in the field.

But something odd happens, and that goes beyond the debate in the NFL circles to find out if Haskins is talented and inexperienced or just too brutal to commit an offense at this point. In simple terms, the signs suggest that the Haskins' stockpile is in free fall.

A qualifier here that is important: it's the NFL project and the two certainties of life are that the sun will rise and the NFL people will lie about the project.

Nevertheless, it seems logical that when the NFL announced the list of potential candidates who will participate in the draft in Nashville later this month, one of the biggest names has been missing. It was Haskins.

Normally, when a big name like Haskins does not show up to the repechage, it's because that player's camp thinks that he might experience a rushing fall and that his players do not want that to happen. ### He is embarrassed on national television. The people of Haskins are probably going to deny it, but in general, that is true.

There is also what Matt Miller, B / R's writing guru, recently told The rich show of EisenHe has heard that Missouri quarterback Drew Lock could overtake Haskins.

All this leads to a question: why?

After talking to half a dozen news officers and coaches, some answers become clear.

"Can he move enough when [the] Pocket changes? "asked an NFC coach in a text. A super kid! Teach. Agility issues and limited exposure [with] down-the-field throws. "

It's one of the smartest coaches (and people) I know. If he expresses these concerns, then I guess it's an emerging conviction – or already established – throughout the League about Haskins.

"I like it a lot," added the coach. "He will learn but will take time, the best place would be a [year] or two behind a veteran starter. Jacoby Brissett would be a good comparison. I liked Brissett. I'm a little worried about Haskins. "

Byron Leftwich, the former quarterback of the Jaguars, who is now the offensive coordinator of the Buccaneers, also compared my ideas.

There is nothing wrong with becoming the next Leftwich or Brissett, but patience is no longer an abundant resource in the NFL. The teams will not want to take several years to prepare Haskins if they place it in the top 10. They will want a more immediate production. This could explain the so-called slip.

Other sources in the NFL fear that it will take years for Haskins to develop the mechanics and footwork necessary to achieve the essential task of the quarter game: accurately connecting deep passes.

Curiously, what the teams say about Haskins privately does not correspond to what the analysts proclaim publicly. Former NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky, now of the ESPN, spoke to many people when he declared to the John Keim Report podcast, he believes that Haskins can be a talented player in the NFL.

"He has a very good intelligence in the NFL," Orlovsky said. "You talk about a kid who can go up to the line of scrimmage and who knows exactly what's going on and understands:" It's the pressure. You must understand it. This is the weakness of the defense. "And communicate all this: very brilliant.

"He makes the appropriate shots I do not like when people say," A quarter who can do all the throws. "I've been around the defenses that can make all the shots, you have to make them appropriate." This kid's band is very impressive. "

Although Orlovsky compared Haskins to Philip Rivers, he also stated that he feared that the Haskins "would feel a little quiet" from time to time, which means that in some areas he did not not resumed the match as he should have.

So what is Haskins? A promising QB who has a lot to learn or a signalman able to dissect a defense? It depends on who you ask, it seems. But know this: Haskins' criticism could also be a smokescreen of teams hoping it will fall on them. It's far from unprecedented.

It is too early to say what it is going to be. He certainly has star qualities. Now, it's just a question of whether a team is patient enough to allow them to flourish.

Mike Freeman covers the NFL for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter:@mikefreemanNFL.

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