Originally posted by okdkid:What a legend. An absolute legend.
College legend
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Sep 16, 2017 at 9:41 PM
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Sep 16, 2017 at 9:42 PM
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Originally posted by ChaunceyGardner:
Originally posted by okdkid:
What a legend. An absolute legend.
College legend
About to be the undisputed #1 QB in the 2018 NFL Draft.
Sep 16, 2017 at 9:44 PM
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Originally posted by okdkid:Originally posted by ChaunceyGardner:Originally posted by okdkid:What a legend. An absolute legend.
College legend
About to be the undisputed #1 QB in the 2018 NFL Draft.
He really looks like a s**tty pro QB
Sep 16, 2017 at 9:49 PM
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Originally posted by ChaunceyGardner:
Originally posted by okdkid:
Originally posted by ChaunceyGardner:
Originally posted by okdkid:
What a legend. An absolute legend.
College legend
About to be the undisputed #1 QB in the 2018 NFL Draft.
He really looks like a s**tty pro QB
oh totally the absolute worst
Sep 16, 2017 at 9:52 PM
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Stock at a stand still IMO. This game didn't hurt or raise Darnold's stock, with that said he's still the #1 overall pick as of right now.
Sep 16, 2017 at 9:55 PM
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I really don't know what people where hoping to see but Darnold was terrible. Are you really hoping to see that performance translated into pro football? He sucks
Sep 16, 2017 at 9:58 PM
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Originally posted by ChaunceyGardner:
I really don't know what people where hoping to see but Darnold was terrible. Are you really hoping to see that performance translated into pro football? He sucks
LOL
Sep 16, 2017 at 9:58 PM
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Good showing in OT
Sep 16, 2017 at 10:34 PM
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I hope he goes first. Then we have a shot at Rosen
Sep 16, 2017 at 10:54 PM
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Sam's mettle is indisputable.
Sep 16, 2017 at 11:15 PM
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Originally posted by ChaunceyGardner:I really don't know what people where hoping to see but Darnold was terrible. Are you really hoping to see that performance translated into pro football? He sucks
The first thing I said to myself as Darnold was driving down the field with 45 seconds left to tie the game against a good defense while dropping dimes in OT from a pro style set was "in no way does this translate to the pro game".
Sep 16, 2017 at 11:28 PM
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I always try to be open-minded and objective as possible in my player evaluations. There's no denying the kid is a playmaker at the college level. He plays with big balls. But being a playmaker in college doesn't necessarily mean you'll be one at the NFL level.
It's going to be interesting to see how his game translates. I still have trouble looking past his mechanics. They're bad. I can't think of a single quarterback in recent history that has been successful in spite of terrible footwork and throwing mechanics as Darnold has. His set up+release is identical to Blake Bortles.
I think the long throwing motion is going to catch up to him at the next level where the throwing windows are a fraction of what they are in college.
It's going to be interesting to see how his game translates. I still have trouble looking past his mechanics. They're bad. I can't think of a single quarterback in recent history that has been successful in spite of terrible footwork and throwing mechanics as Darnold has. His set up+release is identical to Blake Bortles.
I think the long throwing motion is going to catch up to him at the next level where the throwing windows are a fraction of what they are in college.
[ Edited by Heroism on Sep 16, 2017 at 11:29 PM ]
Sep 16, 2017 at 11:33 PM
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Originally posted by Kolohe:
Stock at a stand still IMO. This game didn't hurt or raise Darnold's stock, with that said he's still the #1 overall pick as of right now.
2019...I bet he goes back for another season.
Sep 16, 2017 at 11:35 PM
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Originally posted by Heroism:
I always try to be open-minded and objective as possible in my player evaluations. There's no denying the kid is a playmaker at the college level. He plays with big balls. But being a playmaker in college doesn't necessarily mean you'll be one at the NFL level.
It's going to be interesting to see how his game translates. I still have trouble looking past his mechanics. They're bad. I can't think of a single quarterback in recent history that has been successful in spite of terrible footwork and throwing mechanics as Darnold has. His set up+release is identical to Blake Bortles.
20 year old sophomore...he has time to refine all of that...
Sep 16, 2017 at 11:43 PM
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Originally posted by Heroism:
I always try to be open-minded and objective as possible in my player evaluations. There's no denying the kid is a playmaker at the college level. He plays with big balls. But being a playmaker in college doesn't necessarily mean you'll be one at the NFL level.
It's going to be interesting to see how his game translates. I still have trouble looking past his mechanics. They're bad. I can't think of a single quarterback in recent history that has been successful in spite of terrible footwork and throwing mechanics as Darnold has. His set up+release is identical to Blake Bortles.
Welp, a QB prospect with the single worst mechanics in NFL draft history was taken #10 overall this past draft. Mechanics matter little.
Production and promise is all that matters.