BEST QB SHOWING AT THE COMBINE, THE RIGHT STUFF

Here it is, last chance for the quarterbacks up for the NFL draft to impress the scouts.  Which quarterback or quarterbacks do you think will make the best showing at this year's combine and why? 

Do you want to mention someone not on the list?  Please go right ahead.   Do you feel that there is someone that does not deserve to be in this poll?  Please, express your opinion.  Matt Ryan is the front runner, and Brian Brohm still has an injured ankle.  Joe Flacco, Chad Henne, and John D. Booty all had good showings at the Senior Bowl.  Colt Brennan and Andre Woodson struggled in the same game but still may end up high on someone's list.  All QB's have the height, winning records, and the arms to get drafted.   Do they have the Right Stuff to make it in the NFL? 

Outside of those 5 QBs, I think everyone else - Ainge, Flacco and Brennan - will fall to the 4th round or lower.

Too much defensive talent in the draft to pass over for a questionable QB in rounds 2-3-4. Defense wins championships.

Matt Ryan has the most to gain and lose; I look for him to go all out.   I voted him to have the best outing based on what I saw from him in 3 of his last 4 games.   In retrospect it was smart for him to sit out the Senior Bowl.

B. Brohm needs to heal his bum ankle and stay healthy or he will drop come combine time.   No scout will keep him high if Brohm cannot stay healthy in this time off.

Booty and Henne, if they have strong showings they will move up, and their draft status will too.  

Colt Brennan can move up if he has a great combine but I look for Flacco to overshadow Colt and a few others with his arm strength and speed.  Flacco is the darkhorse of the QBs this year coming out of Delaware with his arm, being 6' 6'' and 238 lbs.

I have still not seen A. Woodson except for his poor performance at the Senior Bowl and I think that he will have to stand out in the combine to move up, maybe he has impressed some scout that has his eye on him but I have yet to see it or hear it.  AInge is a little better but he will be about the same in the combine as Woodson based on the latest game result.  The bottom four still need a lot of work and patience.  I have no idea where any of them will be drafted; I do believe that come draft day some teams will take QBs in the first round and the drafting of QBs will be based on combine performance as the biggest key.  

I will not be surprised if the 1st and 2nd round is dominated by defensive players this year.  Today, right now I'm expecting defensive players to push most of  this class of QBs to the 2nd and lower rounds.  

There were some defensive players that showed off how good they were yesterday.  Cromartie from TennState had an awesome game as did that d-player from USC #49 whodaguy Ellis, S., then Jackson, Jones, & Laws.  If I am drafting, I'll go with the best lineman and defenders first.   I like the bluecollar trenchmen that do the blocking & tackling.

I'll be watching what I can catch of the combine.

UGAFan618, I'll agree with your top three.  I too think that Ryan is the 1st QB taken in this draft.  What I do not understand is why you have Ainge ahead of Booty, is this because he is taller or form an SEC School?  Booty has won a lot of big games and the games SC lost this year he did not play, broken finger.   Henne looked better in his final bowl game & in the Senior Bowl than Ainge except for that one final drive.

True I agree that Colt has fallen off quite a bit and he may not get drafted to the dismay of UH fans; unfortunately he may not have the arm that people thought he had compared to the other QBs in the draft.  I like that you moved Flacco up high, Flacco may burn some impressions into the scouts during this combine.  

Brohm needs to get healthy quick to show that he can be the 2nd QB taken, I am not sure about taking him second even when healthy.  

If most people have Booty at five or lower he may be underrated and one of the best late picks in the draft.

 letsgobows, if Colt does go by the 4th round or sooner he will be in some decent money.  I believe that he has to turn some heads at the combine or there is a good chance he will go in a later round or not at all.   It has been a strategy for many teams to not draft a player that they want or are interested in that is on the board in the late rounds and then invite them to camp later for a tryout.

This way they get the player to come into camp without a contract.  It would not be a big deal if a lot of teams pass on Colt while they can fill other more pressing needs and then pick him up for a song and dance by an invite.   He has a good chance to get on with a number of teams or he may decide that being a 3rd stringer is not worth it and head North of the border for a year or two.   He needs to put on weight and muscle, 186 is too light.  If he can show up at the combine with more weight, and not lose any speed this will be to his benefit.  Right now he has to go in ready to impress.

 czt1dave, Colt did not do well, as you now know he had an int and a sack, both were bad.  He did not do much for the South or show much of himself.  He had three passes that were lame ducks that did not go anywhere near the receivers.  He was tapping the ball and not getting it out fast...... hence the term 'burping the baby'.

Based on what Colt has shown and done the last month I want to know what the fans are thinking that voted Colt #1 on this poll to do well in the upcoming combine. 

What are Colts plans for training before the combine? 

Time is running out and he will be put through the drills again & again.   The competition is gearing up and it looks like the standards will be higher at the combine.

I've watched the combines on NFL Channel before, they will work the snot out of anyone; there is no substitute for speed and strength, any short comings will be magnified here.   

dave, congratulations on being the first american that has questioned my spelling without telling me the proper way of spelling words such as "defence, offence, colour, favour, honour...."  yes i learned to speak english in england.  now living in canada (yes i do watch and have played hockey) i can tell you that canadians s