Is JJ McCarthy The Distraction Of The Draft Or A Real Top 3 QB? | Pat McAfee Show 

If Maye, Williams, Daniels, Penix, & Nix would have played at Michigan, they would have been used the same way and it would have been for the better. J.J. already knew how to gun sling but Harbaugh taught him to control and manage games something the others don't know how to do. This is why scouts are interested. You need your flamethrower to be able to control and manage games as well as ball out. That's J.J. Michigan was all about winning the natty not stat pad. J.J. and most of the starters played just over two quarters the first 7 games. They knew when it was time to make a big play J.J. would get it done in the big games and he did. He elevated Michigan to the top. They don't win it with Cade McNamara or any of the other Michigan QB's.

Good take. Hope he does good man

@@glennpelton4887 no way. JJ was a hand off specialist. Lol. Penix throws a way better deep ball. So does Daniels. JJ was back there winging clean pocket passes out of bounds. He works hard and could get better but right now those guys are all better than him.

Recently got hired to a scouting development team for an NFL team (NDA can’t say who) consensus around is JJ is going top 10 & Penix is expected 3rd round or later.

@@joeperry2065penix beat two top 25 defenses and got his clocked cleaned by the first top ten defense he played in 2 years and McCarthy beat 7 top 25 defenses

Drake Maye with Michigan would be unstoppable

@@pcrbrthey were literally unstoppable with JJ tho?

JJ was 27-1 so he was unstoppable

Drake Maye would have gone insane on that team lol. Literally almost every O linemen on the Michigan team got invited to the combine. Maye is the only top 6 ranked qb in the draft that didn’t have a single o lineman get invited to the combine. The only other person on offense at UNC that got invited was Tez Walker, but he was ineligible until October compare to McCarthy who had 10 other players on offense get invited to the combine.

@@samhaggerty3377 The problem is he didn't even throw for 3k yards and he played extra games because of the playoffs. From the Penn State game onwards he threw for an average of like 150 per game. He benefited heavily from the best Oline in college football and one of the best running offenses. You have to ask the question did he elevate his team or was he elevated by his team? I don't think per his stats he deserves to go in the 1st round much less top 10 or top 5.

MHJ is a cardinal. Not two ways about that. Sucks as a patriot fan but we need JJ.

Nabers or Alt to Chargers? either guy will be great

Harbaugh loves JJ. He wouldn’t use him like that.

Nah. Everybody knows Harbaugh likes big tough tight ends that can block well and still catch the ball . Brock Bowers .

😂 harbaugh sci-op

Yeah it’s almost like Michigan hosted a pro day in the last week where scouts gms and everyone on NFL teams saw jj and talked to him in person…

Just like Will Levis last year. Levis had the rocket arm though and played on a terrible team though so I could kinda see the projection.

That's because, after the workouts, everyone realized how talented the guy really is their coaches and They see, but we don't.

More like 10/90.

It is wayyyyyyy less than 50/50

​@calebhoffman6368 first round qbs historically "hit" at about a 35%, hit rate ( hit being multiple pro bowls) its less than 50/50 i agree but it's also a much higher hit rate than after first round 6% in rounds 2-3

When Jim Harbaugh Who Went to a Super Bowl. Won the national championship. Coached Andrew luck. Says he reminds me of his self. That's all you need to know.

​@@garymartin1045LOL....so he'll be a great coach? Yeah, that's absolutely NOT all I need to know.

J.J. has a High football IQ. Teams know this. Plus, he eats, drinks, and sleeps football. He's obsessed with being great.

@@glennpelton4887 oh you know him personally? Cuz that’s what they say about 90% of the QB’s taken in the first round during draft/combine season.

Unless it’s like a Joe Burrow/Andrew Luck/Kyler Murray type of thing

Tom Brady, last pick, you're right.

​@glennpelton4887 How does one eat Football? Seems difficult to digest...

Glazing ? How old r u bro hyping n glazing is the same thing so use it the correct word lol.

Only middle schoolers use the term "glazing"

@@DocNininiSomething tells me you talk to enough middle schoolers on the internet to know

Jj McCarthy average arm crazy he mentioned as top pick Lamar jackson won Heisman went #32 pick mention McCarthy as #2 pick this is sick

JJ McCarthy better then penix?

Not always true. There are many elite QBs who played for mid teams in college and ended up being successful. Most notably Patrick Mahomes. Despite averaging literally 5 wins over 3 years at Texas Tech the intangibles were there and it was clear that they would translate to the NFL (at least to some degree). There aren't many QBs who would be taken 10th overall after averaging 5 wins over 3 years. The problem with prospects like JJ is they are elevated to a significant degree by their (dominating) team so assessing what is an intangible vs the product of a well oiled machine can be very difficult. I think he is a talented QB but not worthy of a 1st round pick based on all the available info. He's probably closer in talent to Zach Wilson than Mahomes lol

@@mccowc0wyep. McCarthy beat 7 top 25 defenses last year and you wanna run your mouth

@@Jrm-xs9qilol Michigan beat those teams. I think there is a dozen QBs in the nation that could have done what JJ did lol. Just goes to show how good that team was

@@calebhoffman6368 🥱 no they couldn’t of simple fact based off your hypothetical bs and with every egotistical QB that you ranking above JJ. Caleb couldn’t read defenses, the QB from Oregon played zero top ten defenses along with penix and the QB from LSU is the only guy along with McCarthy that I can accept because the SEC and big ten are more elite than the PAC 12

​@@calebhoffman6368People love to talk, but when Jim Harbaugh talks I'm gonna listen, he says He's gonna be good. He'll be good. Remember Andrew Luck

Definitely is

@@Travis_leehe sure can hand the ball off.

@@luisalejandro2335 bro u clearly don’t know football

@@Travis_lee I’m a Michigan fan and love JJ for winning us the natty but he’s just not that guy at QB… he’s nowhere even near an actual first round talent and will be an NFL bust but he will probably go in the first because QB hype

@@Adambomb942 bro ur so dumb

Outside of Penn state and Ohio State they played 10 other games of absolute mid during the regular season. Yes they played Bama and UW in the playoffs but that doesn't discount the rest of the regular season. The B10 defenses outside the big 3 are wildly overrated. The B10 has the most amount of teams with offenses in the bottom quadrant in all of college football. People conflate that with good defense when half the B10 offenses are hardly operational lmao

@@mccowc0wlol you 💯 were closing Michigan leading up to the bama game. Loser!!!!

Pro style is pushing it lol. He was asked to do about 20% of the other prospects

@@softjones3128 I'm not a ohio state fan but my god michigan are the most insecure fanbase in the country lmao. Congrats on winning a natty, glad the "winningest college football team" could join the 21st century, only needed a few scandals to do it

@@mccowc0wMcCarthy beat 7 top 25 defenses try again bum

Or the Giants, could see either team doing this lol

😅

I think it makes them the Kansas City Chiefs.

Yep and McCarron was a 4th round pick.

Except JJ has a canon and runs a 4.5

No way, if you can't see the talent difference between the two, then that's on you. AJ was a game management QB, and JJ was forced to be a game management QB

@@Silencedfixer *4.48

@@fullofmuscledownunde Even better

Jim Harbaugh is a great coach. He doesn't need to hype anybody.😮

He def shouldn’t start week 1 but I think the most important factor for him to be able to have any success is if he’s drafted by a complete team that just needs a game manager to win. I think a lot of Brock Purdy with JJ. Even if JJ sat for the first half of the season I think he could grow a lot more than people realize

Yeah, I think Pat Mahone's sat A year.

99% of rookie QBs would benefit sitting a year.

And what about Mahomes who averaged 5 wins at Texas Tech over 3 years?

Neither did Patrick Mahomes or Josh Allen

Unironically a good fit for the Falcons but he'll be gone far before they can get him because of his crazily over inflated draft stock

No, that was because Harbaugh got suspended at the last second.

@@npr0106 That had nothing to do with it, the offensive coordinator was the head coach who works exclusively with JJ and he didn't trust him. I saw JJ throw 3 interceptions in only 13 passing attempts against Bowling Green... I'm not impressed

The right tackle was getting absolutely destroyed

@@btmusicman5589 JJ threw FOUR interceptions all year in 15 games and completed over 72% of his passes, and so you cherry-pick the worst game of the season to suggest that he is a poor decision-maker? If you actually watched the UM-PSU game like you claim, you'd know that Chop Robinson was eating UM's line for breakfast and wreaking havoc on passing downs in the opening quarter. The coach knew that UM could just grind out the game against PSU and thereby avoid sacks and high-risk plays, which is exactly what happened. You can think JJ is overrated, but don't be a total troll about it.

He won a natty. What have you done? Bum

Just bc he didn't have to do much doesn't mean he can't. He's got a good arm, good vs pressure, & great on 3rd down. He's also a year or two younger than all the other guys. He's going top 3 without a doubt

You obviously don't watch much college football

@@peteg2715no shot in hell he goes top 3 unless there’s a massive reach. He’s at most a late first to mid second round pick. Bet my nuts he falls like Levi’s and gets scooped by a good team

"Comparing his first-half passing attempts to other 2024 draft quarterbacks, McCarthy led the pack with 199 attempts, excluding screens. However, his involvement in second halves diminished due to Michigan consistently holding significant leads. In fact, in 11 of their games, Michigan had a lead of 21 points or more, leading to McCarthy not even playing in seven fourth quarters. McCarthy has attempted just four passes in the fourth quarter, completing all of them for a total of 46 yards.' You never watched his full games and the NFL level play making he has, quick highlights don't do him justice

​@peteg2715 time in position is not the same as repetition at a position. He was never the focal point of any defense he faced and how would he fare against an nfl defense that shuts off the run game and makes him throw it 30+ times?

But pick a number at 199 has work.😮 Tom Brady. Also Michigan man.

Pretty sure he did better then penix and won a natty and also beat bama Went undefeated he doesn't paint his nails or wear pink lipstick so puts him miles ahead of the lgbtqb As long as he dont go to the vikings or the broncos or the giants

@@leonitis0961 Michigan was a better team then Washington that’s why they won. It had nothing to do with JJ. That’s why they just run the ball all the time. I have no clue what you are referring to when you say paint your nails and lgbtqb, please keep what you do in your private life to yourself. With your logic I’m sure you would choose Tebow as your qb over Brady or burrow. 🤡

Yea especially from Michigan right?

Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Russell Wilson, C.J. Stroud? Fun Fact: The last time an Alabama Qb won a superbowl was in 1977.

Bro threw in rattler and thought we wouldn't notice

@@mccowc0w rattler>mccarthy. Mccarthy got carried by that team

It comes down to two things. Intangibles and did this guy elevate his team or was he elevated by his team and to what degree.

Every year?? McCarthy isn’t a regular Joe. Levis wasn’t either.

Just look at the replays running in the RU-vid .... 1 throw vs OSU and the rest vs MSU, 1 of the 3 games above 250+