Selling: Davis Webb is first-round QB
One of the biggest NFL Draft rumors going around right now is that Davis Webb is going to be selected in the first round.
It must be noted that I actually likes Webb quite a bit. In fact, I’ve argued in the past that he deserved more respect than he was getting. That being said, none of that is to say i’m of the belief that Webb should be drafted in the first round this April.
Yet based on conversations Webb has had with NFL teams, he is being told he’s a first-round quarterback.
The only way this works is if a team like the Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers or New York Giants — teams that have franchise passers but which also need a successor — end up selecting Webb later in the first round.
Throwing this kid onto a team that has no quarterback, letting him play and expecting him to survive the first few years, then blossom into a franchise passer is just nonsense.
Webb has zero experience operating in an pro system. He’s a product of the Air Raid system Sonny Dykes ran at Cal, which is the same system he came up in during his time with Texas Tech. This system, generally speaking, is horrible at preparing quarterbacks for the pro game. Just take a look at what the spread has done for guys like Robert Griffin III or even Jared Goff, who played for Dykes at Cal before becoming the first overall pick last year — disaster.
Webb has plenty of arm talent, has ideal size (6-foot-5, 229 pounds) and the athleticism to develop into a fine NFL quarterback. But he’s nowhere near ready to step onto the field and lead an offense against an NFL defense.