Chiefs draft: Cardale Jones is worth considering

Jones does have some issues, and we’ll point them out there

• Jones has a severe lack of experience. He only started a handful of games at the collegiate level, providing minimal true in game learning and experience.
• Touch and short term accuracy can at times leave him. There are time when Cardale Jones throws appear right out of the Brodie Croyle playbook. On one play on a wheel route to a running back, Jones pass was still rising as it flew over the running back and into the crowd behind benches.
• Footwork and release point need continued refinement and become more consistent.  This goes back to the aforementioned issue of touch and accuracy. If he can improve his footwork and release point consistency, his accuracy will improve, and he will become a better passer.
• Gunslinger mentality. There are times when, like many strong armed quarterbacks, they will either wait for a deep pass to become open, ignoring a shorter pass, or will force a ball deep, leading to in-completions or interceptions. While confidence in an arm is important, Jones sometimes displays a willingness to let his arm to make poor decisions.

Jones is obviously far from a finished product, but there are intangibles and tools available to him that simply don’t exist with a lot of draft-able quarterbacks, especially signal callers that you don’t have to use a first round pick on. Jones will need a year or two of technique refinement before you can fully ask him to start and be the man. Thankfully, the Chiefs could afford to give Jones the time to develop without rushing him to the field.