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Mel KiperMel Kiper

I will retire if Jimmy Clausen is not a successful NFL quarterback

If Jimmy Clausen is not a successful quarterback in the NFL, I'm done. That's it. I'm out... I want eight years.

Jimmy Clausen lasted only a few seasons as a backup and spot starter with a poor record. Mel Kiper did not retire.
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Mel KiperMel Kiper

Josh Allen is a franchise quarterback

I had to defend the guy to the hilt the entire way through the process when everybody was beating up Josh Allen. I defended him. And here we are. Franchise quarterback.

Josh Allen became an All-Pro and one of the premier franchise quarterbacks in the NFL.
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Mel KiperMel Kiper

The top of the 2018 quarterback class was significantly better than the 2019 class

Those quarterbacks [2018 class] were better than any of the quarterbacks this year in my opinion. As a group of quarterbacks, the top guys were better.

The 2018 class featured two MVPs (Jackson) and a perennial MVP candidate (Allen), along with a solid starter in Mayfield. The 2019 class has been much weaker overall.
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Mel KiperMel Kiper

9 inches is the absolute cutoff point for NFL quarterback hand size to be successful

Nine's the cutoff point for usually having success moving forward. So, yeah. I think there is a validity to that. Outlier would be Tony Romo, and you don't draft outliers.

Burrow and Mahomes are near this cutoff, and while many successful QBs have larger hands, it is a correlation scouts use rather than an absolute law.
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Mel KiperMel Kiper

The Steelers and Raiders will not draft cornerback Greedy Williams because he doesn't tackle

The two teams that you would think would take a corner and would look at [Greedy Williams], probably won't because you think Steelers. Do you think Greedy Williams when you're the Steelers? Do you think Greedy Williams when you're John Gruden and the Raiders? ... You can't have a corner who doesn't tackle.

Correct. Neither team drafted him; he fell to the Browns in the second round.

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