QB Class Starting to Look Like S&@* - Page 13

BigCatDaddy · 02-25-2011, 06:38 PM

Anyone else disappointed with the way this QB class is starting to pan out after looking very promising?

Newton has gone Hollywood
Gabbert is scared to throw at the combine
Locker went to hell as a Senior
Mallett being the 2nd coming of Ryan Leaf

Ponder is starting to look like the prize QB in this draft to me at this point.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 03-01-2011, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

Ridiculous. If his upside was that high the Panthers would be all over him, and Buffalo and AZ would be trying to move up to grab him.

His upside is Ben Roethlisberger, minus the character issues. I'm not saying he'll hit that, but that's his ability level if he pans out.

You have him #1 on your board, so what do you think his upside is?

'Hamas' Jenkins · 03-01-2011, 10:12 AM

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I think Ryan has the highest upside, but the thing you have to remember is sometimes a QB is the whole of a QB is greater then the sum of his parts. Montana for example wouldn't be a guy that ever graded out extremely highly in a combine type atomosphere. Sometime guys have the tools, like Tim Couch, but just never quite put it together for whatever reason which is why I like to see a little more success out of a QB like Gabbert in college. You can only put so much on players around him. Ryan did a pretty damn good job with the crap they put around him at BC.

I think you are probably giving a little more credit then he deserves do to being an MU fan. If MU starts producing top of the line talent over a decade or so(like they have the last 3 years) you will be a little more critical of their NFL prospects I predict.

You might want to go back and see what I had to say about William Moore, for one. I was also super high on Colin Brown and Chase Coffman.

BigCatDaddy · 03-01-2011, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by jd1020

And Kaepernick is half the QB.

Newton is unquestionably going to be drafted in the first. You think teams are going to reach for Kaepernick in the first? If not, then your whole theory of Kaepernick being drafted before Newton is reeruned.

I said both go in the 2nd earlier in the thread with Locker probably in the 3rd.

jd1020 · 03-01-2011, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

I said both go in the 2nd earlier.

I dont really care where you think Newton is going to be drafted.

I dont think Gabbert is going to be drafted til, at earliest, #21.

I can do it too, see?

milkman · 03-01-2011, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

So is Mallett I doubt a team risk a fat contract and 1st round pick on such unstable guys. Coaches don't want to have to deal with the off the field crap these guys bring. Kaepernick brings what Newton does minus the baggage.

There's a difference between Newton's play for pay speculation and suggestions that Mallet used/s drugs.

Some team will take a chance on Newton.

Reggie Bush, a RB, went #2 overall even though teams were aware even then that there were rumors about his accepting "gifts" at USC.

This is a QB.

BigCatDaddy · 03-01-2011, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by jd1020

I dont really care where you think Newton is going to be drafted.

I dont think Gabbert is going to be drafted til, at earliest, #21.

I can do it too, see?

That is my point. I said I THINK both will go in the 2nd which I why I think Kaepernick goes before Newton.

I didn't realize predictions were off limit in draft threads. My bad.

milkman · 03-01-2011, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

That is my point. I said I THINK both will go in the 2nd which I why I think Kaepernick goes before Newton.

I didn't realize predictions were off limit in draft threads. My bad.

Predictions are not off limits.

But neither is ridicule when those predictions seem to be based in fantasy.

BigCatDaddy · 03-01-2011, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by milkman

This is a QB.

Which makes character even more important and he seems to have issues beyond the pay to play.

It's just a huge investment in taking this guy in the 1st and if you miss it might set you back 4-5 years if you aren't willing to cut your losses if he doens't pan out. I wouldn't risk that on this guy now.

jd1020 · 03-01-2011, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by milkman

There's a difference between Newton's play for pay speculation and suggestions that Mallet used/s drugs.

Some team will take a chance on Newton.

Reggie Bush, a RB, went #2 overall even though teams were aware even then that there were rumors about his accepting "gifts" at USC.

This is a QB.

To be fair to Newton, he has yet to be linked to accepting gifts. That's his father. I'm gonna guess when a team picks Cam that his father isn't going to be up there holding the jersey with him.

milkman · 03-01-2011, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Which makes character even more important and he seems to have issues beyond the pay to play.

It's just a huge investment in taking this guy in the 1st and if you miss it might set you back 4-5 years if you aren't willing to cut your losses if he doens't pan out. I wouldn't risk that on this guy now.

Since it's almost a given that a rookie salary scale will be in place when these guys sign, the risk is not nearly as high as it has been in the past.

milkman · 03-01-2011, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by jd1020

To be fair to Newton. He has yet to be linked to accepting gifts. That's his father. I'm gonna guess when a team picks Cam that his father isn't going to be up there holding the jersey with him.

That's why I referred to it as speculation.

BigCatDaddy · 03-01-2011, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by milkman

Since it's almost a given that a rookie salary scale will be in place when these guys sign, the risk is not nearly as high as it has been in the past.

That's impossible to say at this point and who knows what the scale might be. If they get something similar to the NBA then yeah you are right.

jd1020 · 03-01-2011, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by milkman

That's why I referred to it as speculation.

My bad, I thought you were using that for Mallets drug use.

Chiefnj2 · 03-01-2011, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

His upside is Ben Roethlisberger, minus the character issues. I'm not saying he'll hit that, but that's his ability level if he pans out.

You have him #1 on your board, so what do you think his upside is?

His college play reminds me of Alex Smith.

jd1020 · 03-01-2011, 10:32 AM

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His college play reminds me of Alex Smith.

Lets hope he gets drafted by a team that can actually work with QB's instead of **** them over royal, then.

I'd be willing to give Alex Smith more chances at starting. It's not like you are always questioning why he was drafted #1. He still shows flashes of being a #1 overall pick and he plays for the 49ers, a team that installed 5 different OC's in his 6 years there. The guy gets booed HARD in SF and he'll come right back out and make them cheer. I feel sorry for the kid. He can't win in SF.

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