Texans trade for Mallett

[Arky]

Originally Posted by barrett

I totally agree it depends on the QB. Small school QBs can succeed, big school guys can fail. Spread guys can succeed, pro style guys can fail. All of that is true. I'm not saying he CAN'T do it in the NFL because he's a small college spread guy. I'm saying he doesn't look like the same guy in the NFL because he is no longer at a small college running the spread.

If a small school guy succeeds in the NFL, it will be because he has the traits an NFL QB needs. Those are not necessarily the same traits that a QB needs to succeed at UH (or any other college). So the reason NFL Keenum doesn't resemble UH Keenum is because he is playing a game that is different on almost every level.

I see your point but you initially reduced it to "he was just never that good". Keenum *was* good at the college level.

....... Being confident and completing %70 in college does not mean you are capable of doing that in the NFL.

Yes, but it makes you a more attractive candidate for the NFL than Joe Blow who struggled at the college level...