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Originally Posted by SNR
Tim Tebow scored lots of points against a tough set of SEC defenses. Tebow > Sanchez, right?
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Two national championships and a Heisman say yes. Because, at this point, that's all you've got to go on. Besides, I hear that Florida is going to be running pro sets this season and have been working on Tebows release. We'll see. Until both play in the NFL and establish themselves, it's hard to judge other than guess. I think Sanchez is an excellent pro prospect, but he doesn't give you anything that Cassel doesn't other than being smaller, less athletic, substantially less experience, has had minor injury problems and will take a few years to understand and play effectively in the NFL. I'd take Cassel over Sanchez or Stafford in a heart beat because of that. He gives the Chiefs a young quarterback that can step in a play right now. Neither Stafford or Sanchez provide that, and neither has anything that Cassel can't provide better at this point.
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Just look at the history of Texas players. When Derrick Johnson is one of your pro "successes" in the past few years, then YES, your school sucks at producing players who have success in the NFL
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Okie dokie, let's look at the last ten years:
1998: No UT player drafted in the first round
1999: Ricky Williams - Dope smoker deluxe, but the dude could run and run well.
2000: No UT player drafted in first round
2001: Leonard Davis & Casey Hampton - Both Pro Bowlers
2002: Mike Williams & Quentin Jammer - Williams a bust, Jammer has started every game but two for the past six seasons for the Chargers
2003: No UT player drafted in first round
2004: Roy Williams & Marcus Tubbs - Williams in the Pro Bowl; Tubbs a bust out of the league.
2005: Cedric Benson & Derrick Johnson - Benson put up his most productive season last season, and Johnson has been the Chiefs starting LB since he was drafted
2006: Vince Young & Michael Huff - Young looked good for a bit, then snap. Jury is still out. Huff started every game first two seasons, then got benched five games into last season.
2007: Michael Griffin & Aaron Ross - Griffin started all games last season, and ended up with 75 tackles, 11 pdf and seven interceptions. Looks to be a stud. Ross started 15 games last season, 52 tackles, 8 pdf, 3 interceptions and a td on one of those.
2008: No UT player taken in the first round.
Doesn't look all that bad to me. A couple of Pro Bowl guys, a bunch of solid players and starters and just two certified busts. Seems like the UT boys have actually done pretty good. So, what's the problem again with Texas players?