Jon, time to eat your words a little bit.....

[smoot27]

Gotta go with Persa. The blitz was effective in slowing down Gabbert. Whenever we blitzed Persa we got scortched. And both of them took what we'd give if we didn't blitz. We had no answer against Persa though, and he didn't make one of the most boneheaded plays I've ever seen.

Persa>Gabbert.

Gabbert is a likely 1st day draft selection while Persa won't sniff that. We lost the Northwestern game because our offense was horrible (2-14 on 3rd down conversions), not because Persa was unstoppable.

Persa was 32-43, 318 yds, 2 tds 1 int vs. Gabbert 41-57, 434 yds, 1 td, 2 int. Not a real difference.

Gabbert also played a tougher schedule than Persa this season and played well against a good Texas A&M team and Oklahoma. Persa padded his stats against terrible teams and looked mediocre against the good teams he faced with exception of an Iowa team that has a history of making spread offense qb's look good.

 

[JonDMiller]

I'd say Iowa lost to NW mostly because Persa was making unreal throws time and again...that was a huge deal. To a man, the Iowa players say he was the best they faced all year.

Gabbert's game was real good, as he and Mizzou were content to do the underneath stuff and move down the field. I dont know that they challenged Iowa deep other than once or twice.

Foles can hurt you deep. NW doesn't try that too often either.

 

[hawkfan340]

Slowing down? Gabbert completed 72% of his passes for 424 yards.

They are both great QB's. At the college level you will take either one of them.

Yeah, but those are his overall stats. When we brought pressure it got to him a bit. He got a little happy feet and missed some throws. We really started blitzing in the fourth quarter, and in that quarter he completed 64% for 65 yards, 8 rushing yards, 1 pick-six, and no Mizzou points in that quarter. Mizzou entered that quarter with the lead and lost by three.

We also tried to bring pressuer against Persa in the fourth and that lead to some big plays for NW. In that quarter he completed 65%, 153 yards, 33 rush yard, 2 TDs, and 1 pick. NW entered that quarter down 10 and won by four.

I agree that they're both great QBs and I would put Gabbert second on the list of QBs we faced this year, ahead of Pryor, Robinson, Foles, and Chappell. But I would have to say Persa was the better college QB. I do agree that because of his size/skill set, Gabbert will make the better pro.

 

[treychase]

Gabbert can make all the throws.
But he has some serious weaknesses also...
Don't even know if he can take a drop because they do everything out of the gun.
Entire offense is timing, he's just throwing to spots.
Dude is terrible throwing on the move, maybe one of the worst I've ever seen.

My guess would be a high draft pick but he's not a franchise QB.

 

[SteveGarvey]

Persa is a good qb but I think we're looking at what was likely a career-game against us and comparing that to a qb who will likely get drafted sometime in the first round of the NFL draft. For comparison, which round will Persa eventually end up being drafted?

If you're talking about which qb had a better game against us then, yes, Persa is right up there with Gabbert, maybe ahead of us since his team won.

 

[94HawkMA]

Gabbert is a good QB. He had an exceptional OL to throw behind. How will his game translate to the NFL? I don't think he will be a great NFL QB. He does not throw well on the run or under pressure and NFL QB's need to do this all the time.

 

[hawkfan340]

Persa is a good qb but I think we're looking at what was likely a career-game against us and comparing that to a qb who will likely get drafted sometime in the first round of the NFL draft. For comparison, which round will Persa eventually end up being drafted?

If you're talking about which qb had a better game against us then, yes, Persa is right up there with Gabbert, maybe ahead of us since his team won.

No one is debating which will make the better pro. But if you give me NW's players (or Mizzou's players for that matter) and let me go up against other college players, I'd rather have Persa because of his versatility and can make 90% of the throws that Gabbert made.

When he could stand tall in the pocket, Gabbert looked unstoppable, but when we got pressure on Gabbert, he looked so-so at best. But no matter what the defense tried to dictate to Persa, he made his offense work.

 

[smoot27]

To a man, the Iowa players say he was the best they faced all year.

A win versus a loss can skew perception. The stats don't prove this argument. Other than an inconsistent Iowa team, Persa had no quality wins and played a very weak schedule. Gabbert at least proved himself against favorable opponents.

 

[ThunderHawk]

Gabbert is an NFL first round pick. Probably top 10 pick.

Persa and Foles will be lucky to get a sniff on the second day.