...in the NFL.
Looking at Nico and where he is in his development, he should print out this article and read it every day.
Here's my favorite part:
He [Matt Hasselbeck] shares a scene from the NFL Scouting Combine a few years back. Two groups [scouts and coaches] were watching the same QB prospects run through the same drills and coming away with completely different evaluations. “So the scouts are all excited. They’re asking each other, ‘Did you see that throw?'” Hasselbeck says. “And the coaches are like, ‘He’s holding onto it too long. That’s a sack. Interception. Sack.'”Several current and former quarterbacks pointed to a scouting process that prioritizes the wrong things. The ability to “make any throw from any platform” — common scouting lingo — belies the fact that the so-called intangibles are what ultimately determine success. Luck says he wouldn’t draft a quarterback without elite processing capacity — and humility. “Can you make a mistake and not repeat it? And more importantly, can you own up to it?” he says. “Because that’s the job.”
The highlight-reel, 65-yard pro day throws against no defense that light up social media? Ignore those, according to QBs and coaches. That’s not what wins on Sundays.
“Accuracy over arm strength for me,” Arians says. “And are they coachable? If they do the regular stuff we design, I’m happy. But for some reason these kids are used to being Superman in college and refuse to throw it away. That’s where it gets sideways.”