Wentz aces pro day … Because of bad weather, as many as 14 teams weren’t able to make it North Dakota State earlier today to watch QB Carson Wentz’ pro day. They missed a show. Of course, every team gets a tape of the workout so nothing really lost, but Wentz certainly looked the part of a near elite QB prospect who should be the first QB picked this coming April. NFL.com’s Gil Brandt, for example, called Wentz’ workout ‘one of the best ever, while the league is suddenly abuzz with whispers about comparability to Andrew Luck and Cam Newton. Wentz went through a 65-pass scripted workout that had only three balls hit the ground and on two of those the ball went off the intended receivers fingertips. At the end of the formal workout, Wentz threw another half dozen or so passes after after Cleveland assistant Pep Hamilton sprayed the ball with water as he did with Cal’s Jared Goff last week. In fact a couple of those latter passes came out funny, but overall Wentz appeared to get more on the ball than Goff, whose lack of handsize has been questioned. Even more impressive than the overall accuracy were Wentz’ movement skills and ability to throw off his back. Indeed, just about every throw Wentz made today was off some kind of movement. He also displayed a very quick, easy, compact delivery. In the end the only knock on Wentz’ day was that maybe he put a little too much air on some of his long throws. Ironically, the only NFL head coach to make it to Fargo today was Cleveland’s Hue Jackson whose Browns are expected to target Wentz with the second pick in the this year’s draft. And while they are no doubt cheering in Cleveland, we think we may have detected a yelp or two coming out of Tennessee where the Titans continue to let the rest of the league know that this year’s top pick is available for the right package and Wentz’ strong performance had to have team’s like Dallas at #4, San Francisco at #7, Philadelphia at #8 and maybe even Los Angeles at #15, who are thought to be at least thinking of taking a QB early this year, sitting up and taking notice. Stay tuned.
