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Darian Mensah comparison

The guy he reminds me of most is Warren Moon. Super catchable ball, athletic enough, but not a runner, similar size, supremely accurate, both great deep ball throwers. The separator would be that Moon had a cannon strapped to his shoulder, while Mensah's arm is just really good.
 
bobbydigius said:
I think you are severely down playing Mensah's arm talent, I think its what will make him a top 5 pick. Agreed on Love though, he has elite arm talent. Also, arm talent isnt just being able to throw the ball on a frozen rope 40 yards.
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His 53 yarder to Moore looked like he didn't even try much, the ball just flys off his hand effortlessly
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
You guys made this one a lot in the summer, but I really like it a lot.

Jordan Love.

Both guys about 6'3, both California kids, both unheralded out of High School (Love to Utah State, Mensah to Tulane), both are rhythmic pocket passers but do have the ability to move and make off-platform throws. Neither has elite athleticism, but they're both plus athletes for the position. Neither have a rocket arm, but make their bones with accuracy and timing. Both throw a very catchable and accurate deep ball. Very poised in the pocket, very rarely look rattled.

Love went 26th overall in the draft and got a 4 year, $220M contract extension after his rookie deal. I think that's very much in the cards for Mensah as well.
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I do think Love has a twitchier arm but **** near everything else is extremely similar. And I was sky high on Love at Utah State, so it’s a comp I was hesitant to agree with at first. Dolphins taking Tua in a class where they could have Herbert or Love still ****es me off.

(I don’t buy that Mensah is 6’3 but that’s another topic)
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
You guys made this one a lot in the summer, but I really like it a lot.

Jordan Love.

Both guys about 6'3, both California kids, both unheralded out of High School (Love to Utah State, Mensah to Tulane), both are rhythmic pocket passers but do have the ability to move and make off-platform throws. Neither has elite athleticism, but they're both plus athletes for the position. Neither have a rocket arm, but make their bones with accuracy and timing. Both throw a very catchable and accurate deep ball. Very poised in the pocket, very rarely look rattled.

Love went 26th overall in the draft and got a 4 year, $220M contract extension after his rookie deal. I think that's very much in the cards for Mensah as well.
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Golsen82 said:
Anyone think he could be another CJ Stroud?
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No, Mensah has a well functioning brain. Stroud pretty clueless. No sense of guys closing in. No idea when or how to just throw the ball away.
 
Have seen Jordan Love a lot









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OrangeBowlMagic said:
You guys made this one a lot in the summer, but I really like it a lot.

Jordan Love.

Both guys about 6'3, both California kids, both unheralded out of High School (Love to Utah State, Mensah to Tulane), both are rhythmic pocket passers but do have the ability to move and make off-platform throws. Neither has elite athleticism, but they're both plus athletes for the position. Neither have a rocket arm, but make their bones with accuracy and timing. Both throw a very catchable and accurate deep ball. Very poised in the pocket, very rarely look rattled.

Love went 26th overall in the draft and got a 4 year, $220M contract extension after his rookie deal. I think that's very much in the cards for Mensah as well.
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Love does not throw a very accurate deep ball. Mensah is way more consistently accurate off platform.

I liken him to Drew Brees in his ability to let routes develope before delivering an accurate pass, while avoiding pressure long enough to complete the pass. He makes it look like he's being pressured when he's really just waiting for his spot.
 
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NCCanefan said:
Mensh has a stronger arm than Pennington. Both really accurate.
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Pre-shoulder cuff surgery?

I do think Pennington is one of the biggest 'what ifs' in my time watching football. Dude was an absolute stud and people only remember the broken down version of him when his arm was hanging on by a thread.
 
Sam Bradford. Super efficient with low key athleticism. Bradford's Heisman year, he threw 48 touchdowns and only 6 picks. In the NFL Bradford set the passing eff. record in '16 at 71.6. Mensah like Bradford will kill many NFL secondaries with his accuracy...
 
BlueLightning said:
Sam Bradford. Super efficient with low key athleticism. Bradford's Heisman year, he threw 48 touchdowns and only 6 picks. In the NFL Bradford set the passing eff. record in '16 at 71.6. Mensah like Bradford will kill many NFL secondaries with his accuracy...
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All comparisons are going to be imperfect. I don’t hate this one.

NCCanefan said:
No, Mensah has a well functioning brain. Stroud pretty clueless. No sense of guys closing in. No idea when or how to just throw the ball away.
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Like Memnon said, better pocket presence. I believe this comp has been made by some of the cfb podcast circuit people too. I could see it.

As far as the arm debate goes, Mensah probably has average arm strength, but the way some people describe it you’d think he had Dorsey or Jacoby Harris arm.


At any rate, I really think he might turn out to be the best QB we’ve ever had.
 
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