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We've entered the lying season so be careful who you listen to and who you read. Some crazy shit is beginning to show up on the web.
We've entered the lying season so be careful who you listen to and who you read. Some crazy shit is beginning to show up on the web.
Be careful. Mirer can’t throw to the left side to save his life. Eventually NFL teams will figure that out. I know, next Joe Montana, blah blah. I don’t buy it.Just in...
I heard the Pats are going to draft that Mirer at QB instead of the guy from Wala Wala. They say he can scramble so that should work well.
Be careful. Mirer can’t throw to the left side to save his life. Eventually NFL teams will figure that out. I know, next Joe Montana, blah blah. I don’t buy it.
Lane Kiffin: Bill Belichick is unique among NFL coaches in researching draft prospects
Lane Kiffin, the longtime coach who has is currently at Ole Miss and has coached at several big-time college programs in addition to a stint as head coach of the Raiders, says there's one NFL coach who stands apart in his effort to learn about draft prospects: Bill Belichick.profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
Sometimes I wonder if BB doesn't put too much stock into what college coaches have to say about their players.
Buddies or not, it's Urban Meyer's job to promote his player, after all. Meyer seemed to do that too much at Florida. In 2010 he steered BB to draft Jermaine Cunningham ahead of Carlos Dunlap and that same year Brandon Spikes and Aaron Hernandez were drafted by BB. Spikes turned out ok as a thumper but he couldn't cover a lick.
Even Saban has steered BB wrong in the past - Cyrus Jones ring a bell?
I've been hearing whispers that Parsons has some off-field issues and this is what I found:A lot of mocks including yesterday's on NFL network. Have patriots selecting LB parsons from Penn State.
That's the key right there. Percentages actually drop drastically per round. That is why drafting a QB in round one almost always produces a starting caliber QB versus the other rounds.Lots of first round draft picks don't have successful careers, and the percentages get worse round by round.
This is a logic flaw. Nothing about percentages dropping yields the result that the percentages of the first round are very high, let alone nearing 100%. The first bolded statement is true even if only 40-50% of first rounders become quality starters.That's the key right there. Percentages actually drop drastically per round. That is why drafting a QB in round one almost always produces a starting caliber QB versus the other rounds.
This is a logic flaw. Nothing about percentages dropping yields the result that the percentages of the first round are very high, let alone nearing 100%. The first bolded statement is true even if only 40-50% of first rounders become quality starters.
I don't know the percentage of first round QBs that produce starting quality players but I doubt it is almost every one. Most do become starters because of the money being aid and hope, but many never become starting quality QBs.
Just my thoughts amid flashbacks to Philosophy 101. (Philosophy 401 asks if a starting caliber QB is the same as a starting quality QB.)
Patriots seen as the ‘perfect fit’ for Alabama quarterback Mac Jones
No team will get more out of Jones than the Patriots, thinks SB Nation’s James Dator.www.patspulpit.com
that, tooAgreed. Plus there's also this - worthy of a 1st round pick is different than a 1st round pick. I doubt if Kellen Mond would be more successful if he were taken in the 1st vs being taken in the 5th.
I think my post might have been misleading. I was not saying that every first round pick is starting caliber but that the history of the league shows that the majority of the starting caliber QBs in the league were taken in round 1. In other words, QBs drafted later than round 1 fall off precipitously in terms of becoming a quality starter. That does not mean it cannot happen. Heck, we got Brady in round 6 but the odds is what I was talking about.This is a logic flaw. Nothing about percentages dropping yields the result that the percentages of the first round are very high, let alone nearing 100%. The first bolded statement is true even if only 40-50% of first rounders become quality starters.
I don't know the percentage of first round QBs that produce starting quality players but I doubt it is almost every one. Most do become starters because of the money being aid and hope, but many never become starting quality QBs.
Just my thoughts amid flashbacks to Philosophy 101. (Philosophy 401 asks if a starting caliber QB is the same as a starting quality QB.)