{"id":134426,"date":"2025-06-16T13:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/134426\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:28:10","slug":"todd-mcshay-breaks-down-oklahoma-qb-john-mateers-nfl-draft-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/134426\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd McShay breaks down Oklahoma QB John Mateer’s NFL Draft outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"

NFL Draft expert Todd McShay broke down John Mateer,<\/a> detailing the good and bad about the intriguing 2026 prospect. The Oklahoma<\/a> quarterback transferred in from Washington State<\/a> after three years and a breakout 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n

McShay even called him \u201cbreathtaking\u201d when it came to the tape study. It\u2019s hard not to see why, considering the 29 touchdowns, over 3,000 passing yards and over 800 yards rushing with 15 touchdowns to boot.<\/p>\n

Dual threats in, as long as they stay healthy right? Mateer career Washington State and now could carry the Sooners\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cMateer is a breathtaking prospect to study\u2014in all the ways,\u201d McShay wrote<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s an undersized playmaker with undeniable suddenness and speed. He has a snap release with energy on the ball no matter the arm angle or body contortion on delivery. I absolutely love his competitive fire and toughness, and also appreciate that when buying time (which is frequently) he\u2019s always looking to advance the offense rather than bailing\/drifting\/retreating. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe routinely executed the most challenging of throws and he often delivered in clutch moments in 2024. He carried WSU\u2019s offense last season and he\u2019s a massive upgrade at the position for OU in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n

That being said, McShay wrote about the negatives surrounding Mateer as well. It\u2019s not like the quarterback can\u2019t fix these issues, but they\u2019ll be something to watch in 2025 and moving forward through next year\u2019s NFL Draft process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat said, Mateer\u2019s footwork can be an unmitigated mess at times and his erratic ball placement is a direct reflection,\u201d McShay wrote. \u201cIn addition, Mateer\u2019s frenzied style of play leads to a lot of poor decisions, despite his solid TD-to-INT ratio last season.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a new stop in Norman but the same OC. My hope is that Mateer has drilled in his footwork and has worked diligently to play within structure with more patience in the pocket and sound decision-making based on progression reads.<\/p>\n

\u201cImproving in both areas this season will be a must for Mateer as it pertains to his NFL draft stock. Simply put, Mateer\u2019s challenge is to bottle up the magic while dialing down the turbulence. As it stands, I would comfortably say he\u2019s a Day 2 prospect heading into the season but I\u2019m highly intrigued by his skill set, competitiveness and playmaking ability, and I believe there\u2019s a good deal of growth in his future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mateer and Oklahoma open the season August 30th against Illinois State. It\u2019ll be fan\u2019s first chance to see him in action in Norman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL Draft expert Todd McShay broke down John Mateer, detailing the good and bad about the intriguing 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,15521,6,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-134426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-john-mateer-22-little-elm","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114693282641712092","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}