Max Brosmer 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Minnesota Golden Gophers QB

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mcrow47 said:
I think this is a fair assessment of Max.

The good:

#1-Very football smart kid.
#2- Good leader
#3- Good decision maker
#4- Good accuracy overall
#5- Can be mobile enough
#6- Throws with anticipation

The weaknesses:
#1- For NFL purposes the biggest thing is the arm. He just doesn't have the zip on it for intermediate or long throws.

#2- Accuracy on intermediate/long throws isn't great.


IMO, there's a baseline for minimum arm strength for the NFL and he doesn't have it. However, players can improve that some and there have been other cases of QBs in the NFL that didn't have strong arms like our own Brad Johnson who had a very nice career.

My outlook for Max is he's likely late draft pick or UDFA and may bounce around practice squads and possibly gain a job as a journeyman backup. He seems like the type of guy that could make a really good coach one day and being in and around the NFL for 5 years could really help him there. OTOH, who knows , maybe we have him all wrong.
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I'm hopeful his smarts alone land him on a roster, he's a really heady kid based on what he did in such a short window here and should probably be holding a clipboard. He also appeared to help his stock in the senior bowl practices based on everything I read.
 

mngg11 said:
I'm hopeful his smarts alone land him on a roster, he's a really heady kid based on what he did in such a short window here and should probably be holding a clipboard. He also appeared to help his stock in the senior bowl practices based on everything I read.
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He may be the type of player that comes out of college and impresses so well with his grasp of the system so quickly and picking things up fast he might find his way on a roster as a rookie.

I mean, if you're keeping 3 and you want a guy there that could pick things up fast and get out there when injuries are crazy he might be that guy, Might now wow anyone with his throws but I have no doubt he can learn and execute a system that is catered to the fact he doesn't have a gun for an arm. If you put him in a system like the 49ers with Purdy he might be able to do some things.
 

Holy Man said:
Back up quarterback in the NFL might be the best job in professional sports. Excellent living, little contact, and always a fan favorite because you never get on the field. If he can be a holder, it might be even better.
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Downside: Very little job stability as a replacement-level player, unless you’re an experienced veteran.
 

mcrow47 said:
I think this is a fair assessment of Max.

The good:

#1-Very football smart kid.
#2- Good leader
#3- Good decision maker
#4- Good accuracy overall
#5- Can be mobile enough
#6- Throws with anticipation

The weaknesses:
#1- For NFL purposes the biggest thing is the arm. He just doesn't have the zip on it for intermediate or long throws.

#2- Accuracy on intermediate/long throws isn't great.
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I disagree on his mobility. I actually think his lack of mobility is his biggest weakness, even more so than his arm. He can move around in the pocket a little bit, but his limited ability to scramble or stay upright through contact/arm tackles in the pocket will be amplified in the NFL.
 

matt said:
I disagree on his mobility. I actually think his lack of mobility is his biggest weakness, even more so than his arm. He can move around in the pocket a little bit, but his limited ability to scramble or stay upright through contact/arm tackles in the pocket will be amplified in the NFL.
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I didn't mean that he was a mobile QB just that I think he can move around in the pocket enough. He's certainly not a good athlete for the position. He's definitely more of a traditional pocket passer.
 


hello-world said:
Profile makes sense. Thought it was funny that nobody was complaining about his arm strength this year. For all people complained about Tanner’s arm strength, he threw downfield far more often than Brosmer did this year
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I made many comments about his poor deep passing and was ridiculed for it.
 

gopherbadgerman said:
I made many comments about his poor deep passing and was ridiculed for it.
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You got ridiculed because you called him "crappy". Don't sugar coat your horrible take on Brosmer.
 






gopherbadgerman said:
Lol great research. He was playing crappy. But I guess you are 100% right. But don’t go back to all my posts when I said he was playing good later in that same thread. My whole argument was you could be good one half and bad one half.
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You were generally dour about everyone and everything leading up to and during the season. Your repeated commentary that our team was untalented when we ended up finishing eighth in the best conference in the country along with a winning conference record was annoying and inaccurate. Own your bullshit, dude.
 





I'm not buying into the "doesn't have an arm" narrative. Max has a very short, compact and quick delivery, which IMO is huge for the NFL. Many of his throws were completely flat-footed - he didn't even move his front foot. That's all arm strength.

That quick release is IMO a big deal in the NFL when you have secondary players who, when the QB starts a windup, will jump the route and make the interception. When QBs put a lot of heat behind a throw there's a wind-up and they take a step into the throw, meaning a much longer release (e.g., what AK did on every single throw every time).

For the NFL I'll take a quick, compact release every day over someone who can throw the ball five yards longer than another guy. The former is used on basically every throwing play, the latter on just a last-minute hail mary.
 


gopherbadgerman said:
I made many comments about his poor deep passing and was ridiculed for it.
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Not by me... though I liked him overall much more by the end of the year than I did in the beginning. Cannot make the deep throws though which is a must in the NFL.
 

Full Speed Ahead said:
I'm not buying into the "doesn't have an arm" narrative. Max has a very short, compact and quick delivery, which IMO is huge for the NFL. Many of his throws were completely flat-footed - he didn't even move his front foot. That's all arm strength.

That quick release is IMO a big deal in the NFL when you have secondary players who, when the QB starts a windup, will jump the route and make the interception. When QBs put a lot of heat behind a throw there's a wind-up and they take a step into the throw, meaning a much longer release (e.g., what AK did on every single throw every time).

For the NFL I'll take a quick, compact release every day over someone who can throw the ball five yards longer than another guy. The former is used on basically every throwing play, the latter on just a last-minute hail mary.
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I think a quick release is important in the NFL but does not make up for the fact that he lacks zip on the ball. Quick release only helps with timing passes and avoiding sacks, it doesn't help you throw harder.

There's no doubt he's the type of QB that can throw with a quick release on well timed throws. Some guys made the hall of fame on that like Drew Brees will. The issue is he so good at that he can overcome the arm strength? I don't think so. He will certainly have that as his strength but in order to be a starter in the NFL he would have to be one of the best timing throwing QBs in the league because he doesn't have Josh Allen's arm.

There's nothing wrong with Brosmer not being a starter or even being a UDFA, doesn't mean he can't have a nice NFL career as a journeyman backup type. It's just very unlikely with his skillset that he will play many games in the NFL. Hell, if he even gets on a team he accomplished more than 99.9% of us so that's awesome.

We will see though, there are things that can be done to get a little more power out an arm and that may help but usually that is marginal. But you pair not being a great athlete for the position and the arm it makes it pretty hard for him to project higher than a 6th rd pick for me.
 

Looks like Max really took advantage of the East/West experience. Would be awesome if he gets drafted on day 3 and backup QB in the NFL is one of the greatest gigs on earth. Get paid a ton of money and don't get hit.
 

mngg11 said:
You were generally dour about everyone and everything leading up to and during the season. Your repeated commentary that our team was untalented when we ended up finishing eighth in the best conference in the country along with a winning conference record was annoying and inaccurate. Own your bullshit, dude.
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I would venture to bet that I had more positive posts than negative ones.

But ok. I own the team was better than I thought they would be. I think PJ gets a lot out of the talent he has yes.
 


MNVCGUY said:
Looks like Max really took advantage of the East/West experience. Would be awesome if he gets drafted on day 3 and backup QB in the NFL is one of the greatest gigs on earth. Get paid a ton of money and don't get hit.
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Yeah, make millions to basically be another coach and break the glass sort of guy is not a bad gig. Then you can go into coaching if you want.
 

mcrow47 said:
Yeah, make millions to basically be another coach and break the glass sort of guy is not a bad gig. Then you can go into coaching if you want.
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I mean....I am sure most of those guys want to be playing but those career backups can play a long time, make a bunch of money, and now even make progressive commercials. :)
 

MNVCGUY said:
Looks like Max really took advantage of the East/West experience. Would be awesome if he gets drafted on day 3 and backup QB in the NFL is one of the greatest gigs on earth. Get paid a ton of money and don't get hit.
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Tarvaris Jackson (and his Super Bowl ring) says hi 👋
 


Full Speed Ahead said:
Tarvaris Jackson (and his Super Bowl ring) says hi 👋
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Jackson was a higher pick but good example of a guy who was able to cash an NFL check for 9 years while not playing much outside of 2.5 seasons.
 

MNVCGUY said:
I mean....I am sure most of those guys want to be playing but those career backups can play a long time, make a bunch of money, and now even make progressive commercials. :)
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I'm sure most of these guys go into the NFL wanting to work their way up to to being a starter but I think many also lose that train of thought by their 4th season if it hasn't happened and sort of settle into the "in case of emergency" sideline coach sort of QB. I would 100% expect Max to go at it like he's going to be a starter some day.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Looks like Max really took advantage of the East/West experience. Would be awesome if he gets drafted on day 3 and backup QB in the NFL is one of the greatest gigs on earth. Get paid a ton of money and don't get hit.
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If not, he'd be a great coach.
 

The only thing I've noticed that has given me some pause regarding his draft status is the lack of what I would call "suddenness" in his game. He's a great processor, but sometimes you just have to chuck it. He has the intangibles and enough of the physicality to warrant a shot.

As someone else mentioned, he's clearly a student of the game and could go the coaching route if a playing career at the next level isn't in the offing. Intelligent guy.
 



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