2010 NFL Draft: Minnesota Vikings Select Alabama-Birmingham QB Joe Webb With the 199th Overall Pick

How cool

From ai.com:
http://blog.al.com/offthevine/2010/04/joe_webb_is_still_waiting_to_h.html

“JOE WEBB
Height, weight: 6-3, 226
40-yard dash: 4.43
Bench (225 pounds): 21*
Hand size: 10 ¾
Arm length: 33 ¾
Vertical jump: 42 ½ *
20-yard shuttle: 3.91*
Career passing numbers: 468-792-25, 5,771 yards, 37 TDs
Career rushing numbers: 2,774 yards, 24 TDs
Career receiving numbers: 32-471, 4 TDs
*Better than any wide receiver who participated in the NFL Draft combine”

Kind of a beast. A 42 inch vertical!

Maybe we’re gonna try and run it more next year? Seems like the only thing this guy could do that would fit.

At least you’d have an outside chance of getting a legitimate quarterback.

I think he might play wide receiver. He’s very athletic and we have room for a wide-out.

I posted this before on another thread but its worth noting again here due to relevance. Here is Mr. Webb’s scouting report:

He isn’t a natural passer and struggles to read coverages. Webb lacks the ability to go through his progressions. He doesn’t display a confident throwing motion, has a tendency to short arm throws underneath and fails to keep his feet under him when asked to drive the ball downfield. He has a tendency to fall off on a lot of throws and is squeamish in the face of pressure. He fails to keep his eyes downfield when scrambling. He lacks ideal accuracy and touch on all levels of the field. He has a lazy delivery and will drop his elbow. Webb fails to generate much power from his lower half. He isn’t a strong-armed passer and lacks the touch and anticipation skills to fit the ball into tight areas. He fails to diagnose coverages, will force the ball into traffic and isn’t safe with the ball.

With late 6 round guys, you can’t ever expect much. So I’ll try to refrain from being to negative here (unlike my thoughts on some other of our picks…). But I think its a safe bet to say this guy was most likely drafted as a WR judging by his already proven ability to suck at playing QB.

And after reading this from Jeff Legwold of the Denver Post. . .I think they might be on to something. . .

At 6-feet-2, 223 pounds, Webb was hand-timed by some scouts in attendance at 4.44 in the 40-yard dash, had an astounding vertical jump of 42 inches and an 11-foot-5-inch standing broad jump. Just for reference Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson had one of the best combine workouts in recent memory for a big-framed wide receiver and his vertical was 42 at the 2007 combine to go with an 11-7 broad jump. Webb’s vertical would have been the best among the wide receivers who were at the combine (Webb was not there), and his 40 time would have put him among the fastest and his size would have made him among the biggest. So, in short, with that kind of explosiveness somebody will try to find a position for this guy to play. It’s not like he doesn’t understand the game. He threw for at least 2,200 yards and rushed for at least 1,000 yards in each of his two seasons as the Blazers’ starting quarterback.

If he can run routs he may be a good WR. He can do a bit of everything it seems.

We should looked for Erik Cook. 2 Brothers on the line…