Would Tommy play QB in the NFL if ...

who told u chip kelley called him? i'm calling bs. no power5 teams recruited him as a QB except the huskers. he had suitors at other positions but he picked the huskers for a chance to play QB.

 
If Tommy shows a good amount of improvement in his mechanics and grasp of the offense then he will probably at least earn a shot. He is a bit rough around the edges, but when he is on he is pretty damn good.

I think an off-season of tutoring from Langsdorf could go a long ways in his future.

 
Matt Vrzal, on Nick Bahe's show today said someting about Tommy I thought was very insightful:

Tommy falls in love with the rush and the sensation of the big play. You've got to work with him to try to develop that rush and value of the short to intermediate controlled route, where that is just as important to him as that 50-yard bomb or that 75-yard corner route that works out great.
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This is something we're seeing some with Tommy, but it was also something we saw quite a bit with Taylor Martinez. I wonder if it's still a carryover from the previous offense to some extent, where that offense was more about the "big play."

 
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Tommy Armstrong is a great athlete and should play in the NFL. But, I don't think it will ever be as a QB. Right now, he lacks the ability to stay in the pocket, do the reads and throw on time and accurately. His mechanics are bad. He throws best on the run and he is a big threat as a runner. I don't see any coach, including Farve, getting his instincts, reflexes and mechanics changed this coming summer.

Armstrong would be the perfect QB in our old option and I formation run offense. He would be a great running back, wide back or wide receiver in the pros. He does not have the experience now as a receiver but he is a solid athlete with speed.

 
If he could fix his decision making and field vision his accuracy would go up and picks would go down. (Thanks captain obvious). Combine that with needing to improve his mechanics and I don't see it happening.

Wait, I thought POB was our QB next year?
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I'm surprised so many people just dismiss this question with a simple "no". Sure, I have my doubts as to whether Tommy could improve his passing skills to equal those of Joey Ganz. (The premise is pretty unlikely.) Ganz was accurate (65%) and didn't throw too many picks over his career (18/585 or a pick out of every 32.5 passes). But if Tommy did improve his passing skills to equal those of Ganz, I can't imagine that he'd go undrafted. Seems like he'd be a shoo in to make a roster somewhere. Especially given the number of athletic QBs in the NFL these days.
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