NFL analyst makes interesting pro comparison for QB Chad Kelly
Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly is no doubt a talented gunslinger, and that’s further backed up by NFL analyst Daniel Jeremiah’s pro comparison for the Rebels’ signal caller.
In Jeremiah’s latest scouting column for NFL.com, he broke down Kelly. Jeremiah details what he likes about Kelly, what he needs to improve on and the biggest takeaway. And in that biggest takeaway is where he compares Kelly to former Vanderbilt QB Jay Cutler.
Kelly has an unquenchable thirst for the big play. He loves to attack down the field and that leads to big plays as well as turnovers. I’d love to see him dial it back just a little bit and show more concern for the football. I love his competitiveness and grit, but there’s a lot of growth that needs to take place in his decision making. He has a lot of similarities to Jay Cutler: big arm, aggressive nature, above-average athlete. However, I thought Cutler showed more poise under pressure when he was at Vanderbilt.
That’s an interesting comparison for Kelly, because the two are similar. While there may be some questions about the intangibles of both players, there’s no doubt Kelly and Cutler have pure arm talent and are above average athletes.
Like Jeremiah, I am also looking forward to the Rebels’ big-armed pocket passer taking on Florida State’s talented defense in the season opener.
Not only will scouts be watching to help project Kelly’s NFL future, but it’s also a game media pundits across the country will be looking at Ole Miss to determine if the Rebels are a contender or pretender for the College Football Playoff.
You can read Jeremiah’s full breakdown of Chad Kelly here.
I would say that Kelly’s NFL comparison is Drew Bree’s. But that’s just who he reminds me of.
Agree, now if they can only get the rest of a team back together !!!
I think he is closer to a Ryan Leaf or even a Jamarcus Russell. He has Ryan’s high opinion of himself and JaMarcus’s addictive personality.
And even with a depleted OL stats give us only allowing 3 more sacks and 120 less running yards.
Depleted? We did loose LT and a few Srs but we have a solid group. Rawlings did an outstanding job filling for LT and graded out the best of all lineman against Bama. They moved him to center some for spring, but with Conyers now healthy he’ll remain at center with Simms and Patterson at guard, Rawling playing LT and either Liggins or Bouldin at RT. Back ups include Rod Taylor(5*, #1 guard out of HS) who is healthy and raring to go, Tyler Putman’s (4* #19 tackle out of HS) knee is solid, both will produce this year and there’s Givens (4* #30 tackle out of HS) who backed up LT/Rawlings. Coming in, Little will make an impact for sure and Bryce Matthews could make some noise.. Our line will come together and Judd will have big numbers this year and look out for Swinney.