2018 NFL Draft: What the top QB prospects must prove at Scouting Combine

Josh Allen has the strongest arm in the 2018 NFL Draft. That’s the foundation for the hype he’s received as a candidate to go No. 1 overall, but it’s also a trait that can’t quite outweigh Allen’s relatively underwhelming accuracy.

Allen is tall, athletic, and has a big arm, but he’s also one of the most inaccurate passers at the top of the 2018 NFL Draft—an issue he’ll need to address at the Scouting Combine.

Allen is a 6’5″ quarterback with a big arm, but he’s also a quarterback who completed a mere 56.3 percent of his passes in 2017. It’s bigger than numbers, but the game film shows a player who struggles to put the ball where it needs to be.

There’s something to work with, which is often enough, but Allen desperately needs to throw the ball with more accuracy on short and intermediate routes.

Allen doesn’t need to ace the drills, but he must show that he is indeed capable of making all the throws. If he simply shows improvement over his game film, the upside conversations will grow louder and NFL general managers will become more intrigued.

Allen is as much of a project as any quarterback in this draft class, but if he throws with accuracy at the Scouting Combine, he’ll be a legitimate candidate to go No. 1 overall.