Matt Barkley QB Southern California

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Matt Barkley, QB, USC

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What are your thoughts on him as an NFL prospect?
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[Jetsman82]

USC's track record has to worry you in some ways, but Barkley is under a different regime than when the others came out. I think Barkley has a lot of good qualities about him, but is limited in terms of how great he can become. I was really high on Barkley coming into the season, but I haven't seen the big jump that I anticipated. He'll still probably be a top-10 pick though.

[Nobody]

He won't run a 4.7.

Also he is going to be a bust if he keeps getting so much unworthy praise and stays a first rounder.
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[Bo_Spice]

[Bo_Spice]

Matt Barkley's combine is going to make or break his draft stock. If he measures out well and puts zip on his passes all over the field I think he could be in contention for the first overall pick. If he comes in at 6'1" and doesn't spin the ball well I could see him falling out of the top ten.
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[Oaktown]

Wouldn't draft him in the 1st

He doesn't have ideal NFL qb size
Arm is decent but nothing special
Not very mobile
He is still throwing too many int's


He needs to sit for a year or two IMO. If he gets drafted in the top 3 and is forced to start he will struggle a lot.

[Bo_Spice]

Matt Barkley isn't very mobile in terms of picking up yards with his feet but he can move around the pocket and extend the play if he needs too. He's also good throwing the ball on those play action roll outs that have become a staple of the USC offense over the years.
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[khodder]

His decision making worries me at times. He has an arm that can make all the throws, it is now going to jump off the screen at you, but his arm is in the same bracket that Andrew Lucks is.

I like his ability to move inside the pocket and avoid the rush. He resets well, squares well and throws well on the run. He has a lot of responsibility in the offense that he runs, he has full command of the line of scrimmage and knows that offense inside and out mentally. He is very efficient when the field gets small (Inside the 10 yard line).

I was really big on Barkley after watching what he did in 2011, but he has been a bit careless with the football in 2012 thus far, he is making poor decisions and throwing the ball into spots he should not be. He has upside because of his mental ability and the ability to put the ball where it needs to be on any and all NFL routes (Except probably the 10-12 yard out from the opposite hash, though that is a throw rarely made in the NFL anyway).

Not a guy I would be comfortable taking in the top 5, but in that 8-12 range I would be happy taking him based on what I have seen in 2011. Not an elite prospect by any stretch, but the position he plays, the track record, the head on his shoulders, he is going to end up in that sort of a range.
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[Tugboat]

Personally, i never really understood the hype last year, and i still really don't.

Not to say he's not an NFL QB. He has a lot of the smarts and the tools you want, but my question is...is he a true franchise changing QB? And my answer right now, is no. I just don't see it.

Isn't spectacular in any aspect of the game. Has too many 'off games'. Has too many 'ooops mistakes'. Doesn't have a great arm, and seems to get rattled by heavy pressure. These things are excusable with a mid-round prospect...but i feel like more than anything, running a pro-style offense has inflated his value, along with running an insane group of offensive weapons to throw to.


Again, that's not to say he can't be an NFL QB. But i just don't see him as the sort of high-upside guy you'd want to pick top-15.

[goldfishwars]

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[coors]

Im really interested in seeing all of his measurements and numbers when the combine comes around before the draft.. because I personally have never really thought of Barkley as a QB with potential of going #1 overall like a good amount of people throughout this country believe. He just reminds me of a lot of other QBs to come out of USC... (Leinart, Sanchez, even a John David Booty and some Carson Palmer too). I think that USC QBs tend to get overrated.. and I think that same thing of Barkley.
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