NFL Network's Tom Pelissero posted up his weekly column on NFL.com this morning and had this interesting note in it about Josh Rosen, UCLA and NFL scouts:
WHY will UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen be one of the most fascinating evaluations whenever he enters the NFL draft? Just in the past few days, I've had a scout text me out of the blue to say how ridiculously talented the outspoken true junior is, while one longtime NFL executive told me he can't imagine drafting Rosen because of personality issues. This has gone on all fall. Take those October evaluations for what they're worth, especially when dealing with a program like UCLA, which is notoriously uncooperative with NFL scouts. Rosen has a lot of fans as a QB, but it reminds me a little of the debate that swirled around Connor Cook a couple years ago. Teams will spend a lot of extra time and resources trying to figure out if they're comfortable with the guy.
Thought the underlined portion was very interesting, considering Jim Mora has always prided himself on being an NFL guy and putting guys in the NFL. So I asked around a little, and here's what guys in the NFL think of the way Mora deals with league scouts, per a source:
"They don't put their own film in the system, won't talk about players, make everyone go through their strength coach ... been that way for years under Jim Mora. On the short list of visits scouts hate along with Michigan State, Auburn, etc."
WHY will UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen be one of the most fascinating evaluations whenever he enters the NFL draft? Just in the past few days, I've had a scout text me out of the blue to say how ridiculously talented the outspoken true junior is, while one longtime NFL executive told me he can't imagine drafting Rosen because of personality issues. This has gone on all fall. Take those October evaluations for what they're worth, especially when dealing with a program like UCLA, which is notoriously uncooperative with NFL scouts. Rosen has a lot of fans as a QB, but it reminds me a little of the debate that swirled around Connor Cook a couple years ago. Teams will spend a lot of extra time and resources trying to figure out if they're comfortable with the guy.
Thought the underlined portion was very interesting, considering Jim Mora has always prided himself on being an NFL guy and putting guys in the NFL. So I asked around a little, and here's what guys in the NFL think of the way Mora deals with league scouts, per a source:
"They don't put their own film in the system, won't talk about players, make everyone go through their strength coach ... been that way for years under Jim Mora. On the short list of visits scouts hate along with Michigan State, Auburn, etc."
