Freeman no because he is from K-State :)

Davis is a possibility. The guy has been a starter since his freshman year so that is a plus but I really don't enough about him to say yes or no.

Also just playing devil's advocate here you could make the case much like Bradford, Sanchez has faced inferior defenses. I went and looked up Pac-10 defensive rankings and besides USC only one other team finished in the Top 30 and that is California at 27.

McCoy next to Bradford:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71944411@N00/3190111562/

If Vontae Davis is available as the #3 pick in the second round, depending on who is on the board also, I would definitely be happy with the pick. I'm decently happy with our current secondary, but another terrific prospect at CB is not going to hurt my feelings in the least. I honestly don't see any way that he is going to be available in the second round though.

As for Freeman, I'm not at all interested. He seems too much like Thigpen in that he has a strong arm, but lacks accuracy and the touch needed to play in anything other than a spread offense.

Croyle: 6'2" 206.

And the Texas site lists the same info. about McCoy, so it must be accurate.

I'd say they're built quite similarly, except that Croyle is more solid.

Nate Davis.

Good grief, man. We're talking QB's here, though I know you included a TE in the discussion earlier (Tebow).

And Freeman operated out of a pro-style offense, so I'm not sure about your analysis in the last line.

Sorry I prefer defensive players... Only Davis I've been watching is Vontae.

If someone comes in talking about an AIDS tree, just ignore it.

By the way, maybe you can enlighten me on this. I mean this seriously, and not with any sarcasm.

The whole idea of changing someones position at the pro level doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. A quarter back and a TE are so different that I can't see taking any risk whatsoever on converting a player from QB to TE.

So he's built like a TE, do we know if he can block, run pass routes, or catch for that matter?

About all we know is he can improvise when under pressure, has decent accuracy, good leadership, and the ability to run an offense.

Urban Meyer's offense in no way, shape or form prepares a college QB for the Pro Style offense of the NFL.

Alex Smith? Chris Leak? Any of his backup QB's?

Not one has found success. Of any kind.

Tebow has weird mechanics, an awful throwing motion and no experience behind center. That's doesn't say "NFL QB".

It says "College QB".

We also know that he can't throw worth a damn, relatively speaking.

He's a great college player, no question, but what he does well (skill wise) will not translate well to the NFL. That's why I'm not really kidding with the TE comments. He's a great athlete, so this type of change might be a reality.

Can't we say the same for Pete Carrol? Other than Carson Palmer who has been slightly injury plagued, who has performed well from USC? Cassel might be good, but after years of understudy under the Patriots it's hard to say what led to his success.

No, we can't say the same.

JD Booty was a 5th round choice of the Vikings. Leinart was drafted to run the West Coast offense, not the vertical offense employed by Whisenhunt. Cassel may have never stepped on the field during his 4 years at USC but he did practice in a Pro Style offense during that time and spent years on the Patriots roster.

These "spread monkeys" as Mecca refer to them can't find success in the NFL because they were never taught to read defenses under center and don't have the true earmarks of a franchise QB (footwork, accuracy, arm strength and the ability to play behind center).

All of USC's recent QB's may not be Pro Bowlers but they do know how to run an NFL offense.

The same cannot be said of Urban Meyer's quarterbacks.

Typically QBs like that become Safeties. (Cromwell, Lynch).

Albert Haynesworth and John Henderson played on the same college line...

Vontae Davis is a top 20 pick so just give up on that now..

And please stop pining for spread monkeys that's begging for failure.