Texas needs to be great and become the Ohio State of Texas if at all possible.
They've got to start holding their own when it comes to producing NFL talent.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (A weekend UT football could have done without...)
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They've got to start holding their own when it comes to producing NFL talent.
I think he's going to be a complete bust. Not because of him going to the Bengals either.
If Joe Brady had not come to LSU and they ran the same offense as they did in 2018 does he even get drafted?
He parlayed one great season into the #1 pick and I'm happy for him, seems to be a helluva person. The only elite skill he seems to have is game IQ and maybe he can turn that in to a solid career but we'll see.
I'm not real high on any of the first round QB's in this draft. I think Tua has a decent yet unspectacular career and that might be the best of any of them.
Well, couldn't we say that about any quarterback playing in that shitty 2018 offense?
Tua's arm strength is most certainly not a "monster plus." I literally can't find a a draft/scouting report that remotely describes his arm strength in that matter. Not sure how anyone watched Tua would say his arm strength is a "monster plus." Is it adequate? Sure. Is it above average? Certainly could be argued it is. "Monster plus?" No friggin' way.
Like @MuggyMug, besides durability, I seriously question him because he had a stupid level of talent around him and was throwing into wide open windows. I also think his delivery has a bit of a hitch and he doesn't always get on top of the ball when he throws. Make no mistake, i really like Tua has a CFB QB and I think he's a nice enough young man. But nothing from him screams top 5 NFL draft pick as a QB. But as I've said many times before, literally no position causes teams to reach and overvalue prospects like QB. Not even close.
from his NFL.com scouting report... the first one I looked at.
It's a real stretch to take that and translate it to "monster plus." A REAL stretch.
A google of Tua's arm strength:
"His biggest flaw is a physical limitation: average arm strength"
https://nflmocks.com/2020/01/07/2020-nfl-draft-report-tua-tagovailoa/
Arm strength "7 of 10."
https://thespun.com/sec/alabama-cri...ranking-joe-burrow-jordan-love-justin-herbert
"“It’s a good arm, but it’s not a great arm,”
Get back to me when somone comes close to describing Tua's arm strength remotely to what you did.
If Ingram catches the ball and Orlando does not blitz on 3d-17. it is very likely that Texas would have won that game. Mistakes like that cost games, but that is how close we were to beating the LSU team that had five first rounders.
Like most of us, you have a hard time finding any fault with yourself. But this column did not have to be written the way it was. I think it likely that you hurt Texas' chances of landing some ot the blue chips who are considering SEC schools. I don't believe that is an appropriate use of this site, nor what we all pay our subscriptions for.
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The NFL analysts look at every tiny detail about a player. They are the true experts in evaluating talent and they all viewed Burrow as an exceptional talent that fit the NFL model for a great quarterback. He may struggle because of the talent around him, however.
That was in response to the specific post. I was giving examples of things that "could have" gone our way one direction. But, they didn't. Many things could have happened last season, as in any season, that would have changed it around for better or worse.
I don't think you can single out Sam's "we're back" declaration as something he should forever regret, though it may have been ill-advised.
so obvious that last year was so shitty he had to fire both coordinators and additional unit coaches?
I've got some issues with Tua that I think are concerning, but 6-0 quarterbacks don't go in the top 5 without rockets for arms.
It's the least worrisome thing for me about him. I've seen him make enough laser throws to feel good about that part of his tool set.
You think it'll be my column that ends up doing the most damage?
I'm not sure that there's any use in my continuing with you in this. Nothing I can say is going to change your mind. Thanks for bringing the clarity I needed into the equation.
Sure.
The question then would be what would the margin be on results from those other QB's who played in that offense with that group of players?
He's not elite physically. He doesn't have an elite arm. He doesn't have elite speed. He MIGHT be elite mentally. I think he's probably an A+ teammate and leader.
We'll see. I like to see good guys succeed an he seems to be a very good human being.
This is what I got out of Ketch's ten thoughts: Why am I even bothering donating money and having season tickets if our program is going to be stuck in the land of mediocrity due to the overwhelming dominance of the SEC. I'm not disagreeing at all with Ketch or being sarcastic. Big decisions by the people that run ESPN, NCAA and all the conferences combined with horrible decisions made by our BOR, President and ADs have produced this fate. Our next NC, if there ever is one, will be by pure luck. Draft shows we just don't have the players to compete and might not be able to compete for the 5 stars from here on out.
You should really back off that narrative because it's a bad one. You've now used two descriptions of Tua's arm strength that literally nobody else has.
That was the most draft coverage I've watched in years. Was it because I was stuck at home with no sports to watch? Maybe, but I really enjoyed watching the players, coaches, GMs, and families reacting from their homes.
I don't think it's that gloom and doom, but there is a real urgency in the moment that something has to start happening to change the momentum of things very soon.
There's a cumulative impact that you have to stop if you're Texas.
+1
They will want to find a way to take some of what was forced on them and use it in the future when it isn't forced on them.
