Darron Thomas to enter draft.

Could certainly be interesting if he is available late.

4 months ago wetzelcoal 11 comments 0 recs |

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He strikes me as a "point guard-type" QB

He’s a little thin and seems to “push” the ball a little bit, but played a conservative passing game and was able to make plays with his legs. I’d give him an invitation to camp.

by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Jan 15, 2012 11:51 AM PST reply actions

And here's a post from Kip at SDB suggesting he might not be a huge reach at #11/#12

…while Thomas could perhaps be labeled a bit of a game manager, he is capable of carrying an offense on his back from time to time. Thomas has a lot of similarities to Robert Griffin, and is, in my opinion, easily superior as a prospect to Ryan Tannehill. Robert Griffin could go as high as #2 overall, and if you buy into the source Rob cited the other day, there is a very real top 15 buzz for Ryan Tannehill right now.

http://seahawksdraftblog.com/darron-thomas-declares-for-the-2012-nfl-draft

Rotoworld is initially calling him a late-rounder with a chance at going undrafted:
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/7470/darron-thomas

by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Jan 15, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions

Kip

by Nate Dogg on Jan 15, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions

Well this is a fun new thing I'm doing.

Kip’s reaching quite a bit there I think. Thomas would have to really impress at the combine and even then I can’t imagine him going any higher than the third. The comparison to Griffin is pretty absurd.

by Nate Dogg on Jan 15, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, I mentioned it was Kip

I think Osweiler and Thomas in the 1st are big reaches, but so is Tannehill and so were Locker, Ponder and Dalton. The point that Kip is making is that the new CBA reduces the risk of drafting QBs high so “reaches” on them may be more common in the future.

by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Jan 15, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions