Before the first half was over vs. Alabama on Saturday, Carson Beck had already thrown multiple interceptions, something he had never previously experienced in any single game during his first two seasons as Georgia’s starting quarterback.
Yet — despite two more turnovers after halftime, including a late game-sealing interception — the overall 439-yard (54% completion), three-touchdown, three-interception showing from Beck during the 41-34 loss to the Crimson Tide may have actually ended up being a positive for him in the eyes of NFL scouts, specifically the mental resolve he showed while bouncing back from the worst half of his college career.
“What he did from first half to second half was really impressive because with what happened to him in the first half, there’s not many people that can overcome that,” an NFL scouting source told CBS Sports. “It’s hard. He looked much looser in the second half. He gave his players a chance to make plays. So if anything, he helped himself because you’re going to make mistakes in the NFL.
“You’re going to have a bad quarter. You’re going to have a bad half. But are you going to let it turn into a bad game? The snowball effect can’t happen at quarterback. It’s got to be stopped at some point. He did a good job of that. He nipped it in the bud and turned things around.”
It wasn’t just that one NFL scouting source either. The consensus feedback shared by four NFL scouting sources on Beck coming out of that game is essentially the same it’s been for the better part of the last year — that he’s a late first-round to second-round type prospect.
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Author : Matt Zenitz
Publish date : 2024-10-02 18:33:24
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