Michigan guard J.J. McCarthy is being considered as an NFL Draft prospect.
ESPN analyst Louis Riddick said earlier this week, “I’ve talked to some of our guys behind the scenes and I’d say they even think J.J. McCarthy is a top-five pick.” . “I’m telling you, he can be in the top five.”
ESPN reporter Jeremy Fowler has also heard that McCarthy’s draft number is going up.
“I think there are still teams that are better than Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy than a lot of people on the outside think,” Fowler said. “And I wouldn’t be surprised if he was picked in the top 10.”
Questions about McCarthy’s professional potential despite ranking third in the nation in total QBR (89.2), sixth in pass completion percentage (72.3) and ninth in pass efficiency (167.42) There are skeptics who believe that Louis Riddick took to social media to set McCarthy straight and give him a hard reality check. “If your initial ‘opinion’ about J.J. is McCarthy talking about him not being the focus of the offensive approach at Michigan, you’re talking about yourself and your inability to predict future performance, or You’re talking about things you don’t want to do,” Riddick said. “If you really studied him, you’d understand why so many people in the NFL are so optimistic about his potential.”
Riddick kept cooking from there. An Ohio State fan intervened and told Riddick that McCarthy’s read wasn’t good. Riddick’s response immediately hit all the X’s and O’s on this question. “Does he read a lot?” Are there play calls/allowances for them? how do you know? – asked Riddick.
But wait, that’s not all. The same Ohio State fan later claimed that McCarthy had a poor driving attitude. McCarthy had to miss Michigan’s 45-23 win over Ohio State in 2022, when he threw three touchdowns and looked set for another. Riddick also didn’t leave this fan alone and surprised him with a new fact.
McCarthy’s outlook should not be polarizing. He went 27-1 as a starter and didn’t have to throw the ball 50 times as Michigan often held large leads thanks to its historically good defense. What McCarthy should be judged on is how he handled his opportunities.
He caught the ball when it fell into his hands. For example, 48.10% of McCarthy’s third-down attempts resulted in a first down, which is better than Caleb Williams (42.31) and Drake Maye (39.29), but better than Jaden Daniels (48, 21). times). Last season, McCarthy went 36-of-49 for 544 yards, six touchdowns, zero interceptions and a 47.5 percent first down rate with gains of three and seven yards, according to Associated Press reporter Josh Dubow. left behind.
Riddick gets it, we at Mazen Brew get it, the NFL scouting community seems to get it too, but the rest is just noise. McCarthy is destined to be a top-five pick in the draft and has a long career in the NFL.
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