Stanzi's decision making is suspect at best. He's missed many open WR's the last 3-4 wks. His interceptions have also been fairly bad, as he never anticipates or sees the safety coming from the opposite side his WR is coming from. He's thrown the same GD ball for picks twice this year and should've had another one today. His deep throws have also regressed the longer he's been a starter. I have zero explanations for this, but I can't believe other Hawkeyes haven't also noticed this. He also makes his pre-snap reads and very seldom seems to deviate from those, often deciding where he's going w/ the ball before he reads the safeties post-snap.
Also, Mel Kiper said Stanzi COULD play his way into the 2nd or 3rd round, not that he will be drafted there. The last 3 games he's done little to improve or hurt his draft stock, beyond not winning games. NFL personnel will start watching film on him and they'll see the same things I've written above, and his stock will drop, as it probably should. That doesn't mean he won't be successful or get drafted by the 4th round, but NFL personnel will dissect Stanzi like nobody ever has - it's their job.
And Jake Locker is arguably the most athletically gifted QB to come out since Mike Vick. He has legit 4.4 speed and a cannon for an arm. He's always been surrounded by subpar talent, namely at OL. The issue is he's almost never raised the play of his teammates, and he's never won many games, in large part b/c he just hasn't played well. This season is also likely the only time he'll go to a bowl game. His physical tools are unreal, but until he plays better, he'll never really showcase what he can do.
