Analyst Says QB Prospect Is A ‘Tricky Evaluation’

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The 2024 NFL Draft is a few weeks away and teams are starting to make moves to prime themselves to pick the players they want.

Teams like the Minnesota Vikings have maneuvered to add more draft compensation, while free agency also helped solve pieces of the puzzle for other organizations.

The most interesting position group to look at ahead of the draft is the crop of quarterbacks as there are a few that could immediately make an impact as a starter.

However, one name that evaluators have begun to warm up to is Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy, who some believe should go higher than originally projected.

McCarthy led the Wolverines to the 2023 CFP Championship, though he wasn’t asked to throw the football much because of the team’s strong run game and defense.

Evaluators like Ryan McCrystal admitted that it’s been difficult to properly assess him because he wasn’t asked to carry the Michigan offense, via Sharp Football Analysis.

“He is a tricky evaluation because Harbaugh forced him to be a game manager,” McCrystal said.

"He is a tricky evaluation because Harbaugh forced him to be a game manager"@LordReebs & @Ryan_McCrystal delve into J.J. McCarthy's potential as a top 2 pick in the NFL Draft. https://t.co/YGjWz0l7Oq pic.twitter.com/lsgvbdJ28T

— Sharp Football Analysis (@SharpFBAnalysis) April 7, 2024

As McCrystal noted, former Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh made sure that McCarthy didn’t have to play out of structure too often and let the run game and defense dictate the game.

However, on the rare times that McCarthy had to create plays on his own, he showed real flashes with his arm.

Some have argued that McCarthy should be one of the first signal-callers taken in the draft, though it remains to be seen which team is more likely to gamble on him and his lack of collegiate production.

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