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Darian Mensah comparison

AlexCane said:
I noted at Stanford (first time I saw Mensah live) that the arm strength is likely average at best. But ball placement is fantastic. The throw to Elijah across the hashes was pretty impressive. I am not sure how this affects his NFL draft status but as a college QB, he's fantastic regardless.
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Other than the 1st td pass to Toney, that was the best throw of the game
 
I need to see him do it against legit competition.

That being said, he throws a really pretty ball, with good enough wheels to get you 7-10 if all else fails.

Trevor Lawrence, but smaller and probably doesn't quite as have a good arm.

His mechanics are not quite A+, but he's definatelty B+ at the minimum. Hes made fairly good decisions, hes patient, he progresses through his reads when its not a toney play. He has a good rappor with Toney and Barake.

If we are directly comparing him to Hurricane only QB's, hes got the arm of Dorsey, the smarts of Walsh and the wheels of Vinny Testaverde. (No, hes not Cam Ward in that regard) I think hes much more accurate than Dorsey though.
 
Camerooski66 said:
I see LSU Joe Burrow in him tbh
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I said this from the first time I studied the tape. People said I was nuts, how dare I compare him to the hallowed Joe Burrow.. but the similarities are there. The biggest thing Mensah and Burrow share is the elite pocket presence. Not fast, not world class athletic, but somehow they just know how to dodge d-linemen and blitzers coming at them full speed. They’re unaffected by the pressure in their face. They’ll get the **** knocked out of them and still layer the ball perfectly in between the zones.
 
TerragonSix said:
I need to see him do it against legit competition.

That being said, he throws a really pretty ball, with good enough wheels to get you 7-10 if all else fails.

Trevor Lawrence, but smaller and probably doesn't quite as have a good arm.

His mechanics are not quite A+, but he's definatelty B+ at the minimum. Hes made fairly good decisions, hes patient, he progresses through his reads when its not a toney play. He has a good rappor with Toney and Barake.

If we are directly comparing him to Hurricane only QB's, hes got the arm of Dorsey, the smarts of Walsh and the wheels of Vinny Testaverde. (No, hes not Cam Ward in that regard) I think hes much more accurate than Dorsey though.
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He has a better arm than dorsey..
 
Funny enough if you been watching Mensah’s YouTube videos he mentions he’s been studying Bryce Young tape because he likes what he does in the pocket.
 
OldhamA said:
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.
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Thank you…. Was going to rebuttal with this, but I’m debated out for a day or two 😂
 
Mensah is way better than Love and Bryce Young.. terrible comparisons that don’t fully encapsulate the level of QB Mensah is and can be going forward.
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I don’t see the issues with his arm strength… he gets the ball down field and the WRs never have to stop their momentum to wait for it. That’s the biggest indicator to me. Yes he doesn’t throw every pass as hard as Cam Newton but that’s where he starts to differ from so many great QBs.
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It’s the perfect touch with the perfect velocity for the type of pass he’s trying to complete 9/10. Tom Brady is a better comparison and I’m not even joking.
 
I go with Tom Brady.
why?
A: people will argue with you.
B: What will make him elite is his ability to read the defense and know where to go, on time and accurately. Makes it look easy.
 
Canes2026Champs said:
I said this from the first time I studied the tape. People said I was nuts, how dare I compare him to the hallowed Joe Burrow.. but the similarities are there. The biggest thing Mensah and Burrow share is the elite pocket presence. Not fast, not world class athletic, but somehow they just know how to dodge d-linemen and blitzers coming at them full speed. They’re unaffected by the pressure in their face. They’ll get the **** knocked out of them and still layer the ball perfectly in between the zones.
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The dude seems to have eyes in the back of his head with how he anticipates the OLs blocks,
 
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