Not going to focus on race but you included two quarterbacks who were pure pocket passers and not at all comparable to Milroe in Akili Smith and Jamarcus Russell. The only commonality between the three are that they’re all black. More lazy analysis man. I notice you didn’t mention Marcus Mariota and Paxton Lynch didn’t get grouped in there? 4/8 of the remaining playoff teams have quarterbacks with similar physical dual threat traits to Milroe in some capacity in Daniels, Hurts, Josh Allen and Lamar. Yes, Alabama still recruits at a top level, but NIL has bridged the gap a lot more than it was ten years ago. That point went straight over your head obviously. I haven’t even completely made my mind up on Milroe but I find it funny that you absolutely trash him and then make a thread on Jordan Travis lol.
Travis to me could become a Tyrod Taylor type. Which is not a knock, a healthy Tyrod is a solid QB, he could even start for a team and do all right. I would go as far as to say he may end up starting for us at some point in 2025 and do a decent job. Tyrod Taylor did OK for Buffalo as a starter. Of course Travis could also be waived, but I am thinking ceiling is Tyrod Taylor without getting hurt after a few games every year. Which could give us the best QB play since Pennington. It would be actually pretty exciting to watch after years of garbage play we endured. Still for a franchise QB I do want find find someone better eventually, but if he does become a Tyrod Taylor, he could be a solid bridge QB for some time. I am worried about his injury and how it will impact him mentally given the setbacks, and whether he is injury prone. But would be cool if he could win a back-up job to start the season.
Nobody can even legitimately say he could be a Jets active roster quarterback without seeing him in NFL action. Then, being a starter is a big jump and a franchise quarterback is something else entirely. Having said that, I'd like to see him actually on a practice field at least.
A guy like Travis, or any QB for that matter, needs development. Sitting on the bench isn’t development. Development is detailed meetings with coaches going theough play designs, working on play packages, finding what fits the skillset of the player and matching it in play design, reps in practice…. Putting this effort into one player means taking those reps away from another. A new regime is going to be implementing their offense and working tirelessly with the starter to get it all implemented. There will be little to no time for a new regime to develop a player unless it’s certain that player is gonna play, such as a high round draft pick of their own. In the case of Travis they’re just not going to be investing the time into him. That’s why I said it was reckless for Douglas to draft him. Douglas was in a make or break year with a coaching staff on the hot seat as well. We needed a player that could contribute immediately at every pick and are literally the last team in the league that should’ve been stashing 6th round QB prospects. Travis will probably be cut, maybe bounce around the league to a couple teams. If he’s lucky enough to stick around practice squads for a few years he may eventually get a shot.
