Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Nipping this weekend's hypocrisy in the bud...)
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Lil Jordan would have received so much pub if he would have returned. I really hope he succeeds, but he sure made it harder on himself. What these kids need to realize is that the NFL is a cutthroat business. They don't give a rat's ass about marginal players. It is all about production.
That defeats the Hail Mary strategy here.....basically selling at cost to move the inventory twice as fast.
I feel for OB Juan....he is sitting on a lot of inventory.
What is interesting to me is how varied the opinions are on the defensive line performance during the spring game. Ketch and Alex both thought that the defensive line starters had little to no impact. SBNation's Ian Boyd, on the other hand, said that Roach and Graham played at a very high level during the spring game and is very bullish on both. I tend to agree more with Ian on this point, but I guess we'll see come the fall.
I can name a half dozen QBs that I would prefer Sam over that had more than one year in the nfl.
Freakin aggy receiver tannehill?
My eyes. Specifically watching how they played their assignments and the push they got against the first string OL.
Kerstetter and Okafor were both physically dominated by Roach, and neither could sustain a block for long against him. This allowed the linebackers and safeties to be virtually unblocked in run support.
How many 5 stars were available to be drafted? I’m curious to see your percentage breakdowns. I know very few 5 stars out there so the percentage will be high.
Ehlinger has two more years (and he'll probably need them both) to change the thinking that he's a Teebow reincarnate. That comparison pours out of every announcers mouth (and with such a power running game for a QB, those are fair comparisons.)
But the comparisons are a double edged sword. Yes Teebow was an elite college QB, Heisman winner, etc, so they are quite complimentary, but his style didn't work in the NFL. So Sam will need Ingram to pick up those goal line carries if he wants to be considered a more NFL type QB. It doesn't matter how fine tuned his passing game becomes, if he keeps being a bruising rushing QB, those are the plays that will stick in an NFL evaluators mind.
I was chuckling because neither is remotely recent. Stafford's last year was 1987. Gardere's last year was 1992.
The curious thing about Gardere is, while his career overall was very pedestrian, he is the only QB in the 113 year history of the Red River Rivalry/Shootout to beat the other school 4 times. OU fans were yelling "G-R-A-D-U-A-T-E" after the last one.
I could see that when Texas played OU. Murray had time to grow the tea, harvest it, dry it, and brew it before drinking it before choosing a receiver back there on several plays. hell my maiden great aunt could have completed most of her passes with that kind of protection.
It's why I have questions about Murray at the next level. He'll rarely have as clean of a pocket at the next level as he pretty much had on every play at this one.
Actually, you could make the legit argument that his offensive line was better last year than it will be this year.
Agree. Every year a mod throws out the first round talk for a player or players that will never sniff the first round. Just wonder who all will be given that label this year.
How do you create a dumpster fire in the NFL?
It starts when team execs ask this question: Which college coach who got fired last year do we think should lead our professional team? Who else was on this short list? DJ Durkin and Bobby Petrino?
