Mayock Bryce Petty might be most natural thrower in draft

Baylor quarterback seems to need seasoning -- a lot or a little, considering whom you believe -- but his big arm is a definite selling point. " Alex Dickerson Jersey He might be the most natural thrower of the football in this entire draft," NFL Media analyst Mike Mayock said on NFL Network's "NFL AM" Wednesday.Petty (6-foot-3, 230 pounds) entered Wednesday looking to impre s NFL evaluators at Baylor's pro day. Mayock touted Petty's arm strength and quick release, and said, "I really think he's got starter physical traits." At the same time, Mayock said, "I don't think he's (NFL-)ready." He said the best scenario for Petty would be to "sit a year or two" to become acclimated to the NFL game. Mayock specifically brought up the , saying sitting behind "might be Tyler Austin Jersey an intriguing opportunity" for Petty and for the team. Mayock has the same opinion on Petty's readine s as fellow analysts Daniel Jeremiah and Lance Zierlein. "When I look at Bryce Petty starting at the next level, I think he has that potential but ," Jeremiah said earlier this month on NFL Network's "Path to the Draft." "You wouldn't think a guy that threw as much as he did in college Austin Jackson Jersey is a project, but to come out of that system (at Baylor) and adjust into an NFL system, I think it's going to take some time." Zierlein wrote that he thinks Petty " and camp work to learn how to get through his progre sions, but has the intelligence to do that. Petty must have a structured offense that won't ask him to make plays outside of the pocket." One positive for Petty is that the quarterback Tyler Rogers Jersey picture is somewhat of a jumble after the top two of and . Is Petty the third-best quarterback in the cla s? The fourth-best? The fifth-best? There is no clear-cut consensus and Mayock alluded to that Wednesday, saying "different teams like different flavors." Mayock also thinks Shaun Anderson Jersey the third quarterback could go in the second round: "I think (a quarterback-needy team is) going to have to take that third quarterback somewhere in the second round, and it could be Bryce Petty." Mike Huguenin can be reached at mike.huguenin@nfl.com. You also can follow him on Twitter .