So where are the Locker fans?

[Titty Meat]

Does his performance vs BYU change your mind? To me theres no doubt he's a Cassel clown.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Sully

Wow.

You should probably sit the next few plays out, Champ.

[Joe Seahawk]

I would chop off my pinky finger to have Locker drafted by the Seahawks. I'm serious..

When was the last time you used your pinky anyway?

[Mecca]

There's really no way Gabbert should even consider coming out at this point. If anyone thinks Mallet is a questionable prospect that should send up the flag to Gabbert to wait it out.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

No. No they're not. See, Jake Locker actually ****ing STARTS for his team. I can't even believe you're trying to sling this shit. I'm going to chalk you up as trolling.

I guess we'll see what happens in a few weeks it's not like the Pac 10 has impressive defenses.

[POND_OF_RED]

Originally Posted by RustShack

Yeah, Gabbert was good when he wasn't playing against a good defense.

Vs Texas, Nebraska & Oklahoma State: 47-103, 581 yds (172.7 yds/gm), 2 TDs, 5 INTs

Vs everyone else (10 games): 215-342, 3012 yds (301.2 yds/gm), 22 TDs, 4 INTs

Originally Posted by RustShack

In his 5 games(excluding Iowa) before getting hurt he had 1,000 yards, 8 TD's and 0 Int's. It isn't great, but it was also without three of his top 4 Wr's. The second game of the year against Iowa was ugly with 4 INT's... but that was again without his WR's and his first real game in a spread offense. After he broke his throwing hand he finished the those games with 935 yards 6 TD's and 8 INT's.

This year though he has all three of those WR's back, one who stepped up pretty big last year, and a much better TE this year. Not to mention its his second year in the spread offense(our OC who game from Rice broke nearly every offensive record there after a down first year including having a top 5 offense in the Nation) and this is the first time AA has been in the same offense two years in a row.. not to mention its also his Senior year. Like I said, hes poised to have a big year.

He was very impressive last week(outside just a few throws) against NIU who is ranked higher than ISU, went to a Bowl game last year, and they have the #1 defense in whatever conference they are in.

Get your homer goggles off man, they're killing brain cells. You think hobbling around on a nearly broken ankle had anything to do with the stat lines in those 3 games? You can't seriously say shit like that and then follow it up with a pro Austen Arnaud post within the hour. The only good defenses AA faced last year were Iowa and Oklahoma State (injured against Nebraska). Let's take a look at the stat lines for those games:

24/49, 267 yards, 1 TD, 7 INT's.

Real impressive. Everyone fear the Cyclones aerial assault.

Also, saying Gabbert looked like shit last week doesn't hold much weight when you say Austen Arnaud looked very impressive with his 0 TD's and 2 picks against a team that you don't even know what conference they're in.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

To me, Gabbert and Mallett have the same ceiling, while Gabbert has a much higher floor.

Good way of putting it.

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Luck is the most pro-ready.

Gabbert and Mallet both have more upside. Mallet's taller, although anything over 6'4 is really irrelevant, and Gabbert is much more mobile.

I don't think there is any way we draft top 12 with the schedule we face this year. Cassel will look just good enough for True Fans to argue he needs another year.

When he falls on his face in '11, maybe then we'll be in a position to go after Gabbert.

I'm really hoping he stays through his senior year.

I don't think there's a chance they pay Cassel that bonus.

Plus, most of the really bad teams in this league have their QBs. Tampa has Freeman. STL has Bradford. Carolina just took Claussen. Oakland might stick with Campbell based on this year. Denver just invested in Tebow. Detroit with Stafford.

The only real bad teams in the league that need QBs are Buffalo, Cleveland and us.

I think we'll have a shot at one of the QBs. Now whether Pioli takes a shot at one is another story.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by BossChief

Well, with all due disrespect to Cassel, its not his offense. Weis' scheme calls for a bunch of RAC and even in the spread Gabbert couldn't crack 60% passing.

Red Flag right there.

He completed 59% of his passes last year while playing 1/2 of the season with a high ankle sprain on his plant foot. In his first game this year he completed 71%. It's just going to be "wait-n-see" as to which is the real Gabbert, I guess.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Agreed. Aside from one play against Illinois, he shows tremendous poise. He's also not afraid to take one in the mouth. The dude is a tough sonofabitch.

He stayed in the pocket MUCH better in the second half, for sure. But he had happy feet the entire first half.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by RustShack

After watching Gabbert last week I wouldn't touch him. I guess it could change by draft time... but if he keeps playing like that he can **** off.

Yeah, 34-48-0 (71%), 281 yds, & 2 TDs...scary awful.

[Chiefnj2]

Mallett has played horribly against good teams. Last year against 4 ranked teams his completion % was 34%, 44%, 35%, and 43%. He had 7 games under 55%. I don't know why people think he's accurate unless you focus on games against cupcakes.

[beer bacon]

QBs play worse against good defenses. The best QBs to play Nebraska last year were probably Landry Jones, Colt McCoy, Gabbert, and Nick Foles. They all had horrible games. Jones had 0 TDs and 5 INTs. Colt had O TDs and 3 INTs. Gabbert was 0-2. Foles only had one INT, but he also only had 50 passing yards.

[Sam Hall]

I'm afraid billay is setting up Nebraska for failure next weekend at Wazzou.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by Sam Hall

I'm afraid billay is setting up Nebraska for failure next weekend at Wazzou.

If you were playing Wazzou, it would be a guaranteed win. But it's UW, so we'll see.

[DeezNutz]

To get back to the Gabbert/Mallett thing for a moment, at present, I don't think the two are very comparable, beyond physical size.

The former has demonstrated far more polish. And anyone who saw last week's game should know this. It was simply an outstanding performance, and Gabbert made numerous throws that an average (at best) NFL QB could only dream of. Huh, I think I know someone who fits this description...