miniMUNCH, you would get the award for one of the better sports posts of the day, but there are two big problems.....
Aaron Rodgers isn't an accurate passer? Do me a favor and look up his completion percentage, then check back with us....and the Mike Williams part of your post? There isn't a corner in the NFL who can cover him? Ask Champ Bailey about that, then get back to us.
Don't get me wrong, I like Mike Williams, and I think he'll be a good player - but he's much closer to Keyshawn Johnson than he is to Randy Moss. He simply doesn't have the elite speed to be in the category of "can't be covered one-on-one". Randy Moss is the only receiver in the NFL in that category right now, period. Don't forget that corners in the NFL are much stronger than corners in the Pac-10. While he should have success pushing free at the line, his speed will not enable him to pull away from people who will try to jam him, even if he's successful in getting into his route - again, I like him as a WR, and a top 12 pick, I'm just trying to temper the high praise you heaped on him there...
This is hard for me to say being an OSU grad, but Braylon Edwards is a great WR - I think he's the best WR in the draft and a sure-fire impact player from day 1.
I like the rest of your post, but to be completely honest, I'm not sure either of these 2 guys are franchise QB's.....The 'telford' system has produced some guys who looked great in college, but have been average at best in the NFL - and the career charts of Kyle Boller and Aaron Rodgers look very similar, which isn't a great thing...
Smith can play, and he is more mobile than Rodgers by far (sofaking, they are no where close in mobility - even if there 40 times were similar, there really is a huge difference), and apparently he's quite intelligent - I think if they were in last year's draft, they would have been picked behind Manning, Rivers, and Big Ben - likely in the 12-16th picks range.
OH, one last thing......Tim Rattay is not very good - poor arm strength, poor size, poor mobility, poor health.....basically he's not very good - he had a few good games the previous season when they still had TO, but clearly most of that was on TO, not Rattay. The 49'ers do need a QB, I'm just not sure that either of these guys are the best pick for them right now. I think they should trade down, several times if possible, and accumulate as many picks in rounds 1-4 as possible...trouble is there isn't much demand for the top pick this year!
) After watching highlights of both, Rodgers seems to throw the ball with much more accuracy and more velocity, as opposed to Smith, who to me has only average arm strength. Rodgers also throws a much better deep ball. Both are almost equal in mobility, as they both ran a 4.6-4.7's in the 40s at the combine. They're both very smart QBs as well. Smith rarely makes mistakes and is able to read defenses and pick them out, the same with Rodgers. But on overall skills, I'd give the nod to Rodgers.
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