Interview with Josh Rosen

[Gandhi]

A couple of days ago ESPN published a, in my opinion, fantastic interview with Josh Rosen, and I thought I would post it here so you can all read it if you want.

You can read the article by clicking here.

The interview has also been recorded, and you can hear it if you click here. In the end of the audio there is an interview with the author.

 

[Jetstream Green]

Great question and answer, it showed an inquisitive but actually humble mind in my opinion. I do not have a problem with Rosen and his quote 'attitude', I just get an impression that his toughness on the field outside the contemplative might be an issue. I would still draft him

I'm Muslim by heritage, and I used to attend Mass too, but it was partly to impress a Catholic girlfriend. Now I'm agnostic.
[Laughs] Same. But agnostic and atheist are loaded words -- people get scared, like, "Whoa!" Look, I don't know, and I don't think it's possible to know. Don't tell me how to live my life, but I'd love to hear about how you live yours

 

[Solar7]

I dislike the notion that he might be "too smart" for the position.

 

[Matt L]

is this the actual audio or other people reading the Q&A?

 

[Jetstream Green]

There is something though which to me is totally out of whack with people's perception of a leader and Rosen, because the greatest leaders where free thinkers because they have to adapt to the individuals around them in order to lead them, they have to be open to all personalities to direct them to a precise objective... but some people look at Rosen and this attribute and think he does not have the capability to lead men, well then that person making that observation is obviously one of the sheep and not the lead dog

 

[Gandhi]

is this the actual audio or other people reading the Q&A?

It’s two other persons recording it. In the end of the audio is an interview with the author, but Josh Rosen doesn’t appear at all in the audio.

 

[Gandhi]

There is something though which to me is totally out of whack with people's perception of a leader and Rosen, because the greatest leaders where free thinkers because they have to adapt to the individuals around them in order to lead them, they have to be open to all personalities to direct them to a precise objective... but some people look at Rosen and this attribute and think he does not have the capability to lead men, well then that person making that observation is obviously one of the sheep and not the lead dog

That’s a great observation, Jetstream, and one I believe could be decisive.

When they selected Robert Nkemdiche they specifically underlined that he was a free thinker and how that trait was one of the reasons they liked him so much.

Both with the picks of Nkemdiche and D.J. Humphries they highlighted the fact that they are big personalities and not like everyone else as reasons why they would fit in the organization.

When Steve Wilks was introduced, Michael Bidwill specifically mentioned emotional intelligence as a trait they really liked about Wilks. As I have wrote in another thread, I studied emotional intelligence a little bit some years ago, and though I am nowhere near to being an expert, I do know that the gist pretty much is that you can sort of analyze other peoples actions, that you can understand those actions and that you can use that knowledge to get a relation with that person. It’s a skill that is required to be a leader, so to speak.

Now, keep in mind that I obviously have no idea if the above was a preference to Bruce Arians, Steve Keim or Michael Bidwill. Also, another common trait in the picks of Nkemdiche and Humphries was that they were great athletes with enormous potential, and that might point toward Josh Allen being their preferred quarterback prospect. I do believe, though, that one of Josh Rosen or Josh Allen is their favorite.

 

[Matt L]

It’s two other persons recording it. In the end of the audio is an interview with the author, but Josh Rosen doesn’t appear at all in the audio.

that's what i thought. I had to turn it off because it sounded so strange to me.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

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[Southpaw]

6. Arizona Cardinals (via mock trade with Colts [from NY Jets])
Josh Rosen, QB, UCLA. The Colts tinker with the idea of Quenton Nelson here but opt to move back again with Chubb off the board. The Cardinals get aggressive and are ecstatic to land Rosen.

 

[JeffGollin]

I don't think the issue with most football players is Free Thinker vs. Robot, but rather Decisiveness vs. Slow to Act.

But while it may be true that some very bright players might "think too much" - if we assume that all bright guys trip all over themselves, mentally, we're likely to overlook a future pro bowler or two.

 

[pinetopred]

His mental makeup doesnt scare me, it's more the commitment to playing football that does. The concussions are my biggest red flag he is not very mobile bigger stonger faster guys will be hitting him soon I could easily see him having a couple more and walking away in a year or two and you will be drafting the QB of the future again soon. If you could take those questions out of conversation I would take him 1st overall with little doubt in my mind that he is the best QB in this draft, but you can't so IMO he is probably the biggest risk of the top 4 and that's coming from someone who doesn't think Allen will miraculously find accuracy.

 

[Russ Smith]

My take on Rosen has always been he has all the physical and mental tools to be a great QB. I had issues with him at UCLA in a few areas, he was not nearly as accurate on the deep ball as you wish for. Not that UCLA had great WR's mind you but virtually every game you could go back and say that's a big play, that's a TD right there, and he'd miss the throw. For a non mobile big QB with a great arm, you like that he hangs in the pocket to make plays downfield, but if you're not going to hit them, it's a major negative.

The other thing is his injury history scares me, the concussions obviously but the shoulder too.

I don't worry about him too much in terms of what he says he speaks his mind but he's not a bad kid at all. I'd talk him making political commentary any day over some of the stuff Baker Mayfield has said for example.

The last concern is and I say this every year about QB's, you worry about a guy who's had a private QB coach for years and how much room they have to improve. Rosen is the opposite he didn't have ANY private coaching, and that's why NFL teams keep saying they're not sure if he loves football or not, but as his HS coach said it's really they don't know Josh. Rosen was a tennis player, very good very competitive from about 6 years old to 12 years old. Tennis at that age for the really top level kids is a MAJOR grind. hours and hours of private coaching and drills and hours of practice. He got to the point where the youth USTA development people were pushing his parents to home school him so he could get into some tennis academy and luckily for him his parents asked him if he really liked playing tennis and he said no.

So the reason he didn't have all that private QB coaching is his parents had already seen the negative impact of that stuff and they didn't want to repeat it. Football was the first time in years he was actually having fun. So the people who ask if he loves football have him bass ackwards. But it does mean in some ways, he's less prepared than your average kid his age coming into the NFL.

 

[SissyBoyFloyd]

Looks more and more like Rosen might fall out of top ten. If so, we need to move up ahead of Bills to get him. Maybe ahead of Miami also. Our first and both thirds might do it.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

6. Arizona Cardinals (via mock trade with Colts [from NY Jets])
Josh Rosen, QB, UCLA. The Colts tinker with the idea of Quenton Nelson here but opt to move back again with Chubb off the board. The Cardinals get aggressive and are ecstatic to land Rosen.

Put me down for this move.

 

[Russ Smith]

Looks more and more like Rosen might fall out of top ten. If so, we need to move up ahead of Bills to get him. Maybe ahead of Miami also. Our first and both thirds might do it.

Depends who you read, in some circles he's one of the kids rising up the board not falling.