View Poll Results: What are your TOP 2 Draft Clases?

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  • 2008

    6 33.33%
  • 2009

    1 5.56%
  • 2010

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  • 2011

    4 22.22%
  • 2012

    15 83.33%
  • 2013

    1 5.56%
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Thread: 2013 QB Class

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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by pinkdogg32 View Post
    Oh sorry, didnt realize this was a personal matter. You and Mike must be "close".
    What do you mean by "close", child? I don't know this "Mike" you refer to. Please educate all us posters.
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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    How would you rate the last few drafts compared to 2012 QB Class:

    2008: Ryan, Flacco, Brohm, Henne, Flynn,
    2009: Stafford, Sanchez, Freeman
    2010: Bradford, McCoy, Tebow, Clausen
    2011: Newton, Ponder, Locker, Gabbert, Dalton, Mallet
    2012: Luck, RG3, Tenehill, Wilson, Weeden

    VS:

    2013: Geno Smith, Matt Barkley, Landry Jones, Logan Thomas, Tyler Wilson, Tyler Bray (J),
    This whole class has such questionable decision making. I find myself liking 2nd or even 3rd rounders better than the top guys.


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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by IlluminatusUIUC View Post
    I think people are underrating this year's draft class. Which is strange because usually they are overrated compared to the previous years'. Take Matt Barkley. He's a 4 year starter with a 2.5:1 TD/Int ratio, a >62% completion % in a pro style offense, and he set the passing TD record at a school that has produced multiple Heisman winners. And he might be the third QB off the board. In 2011 people were talking themselves into taking Blaine Gabbert, who completely and obviously sucked. I'm confident we can find a winner this year, whether that be Manuel, Barkley, chasing Smith, etc.
    Really? You've got the final answer on Gabbert after a total of one and less than a half years? How did Brees look in his first few years?

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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by X-Era View Post
    Really? You've got the final answer on Gabbert after a total of one and less than a half years? How did Brees look in his first few years?
    Yes, I do. Brees at least had some success to look back upon at Purdue, back when the Big 10 was actually good. Gabbert, however, looked horrendous in a wide-open Mizzou spread that made Brad Smith and Chase Daniels look like Heisman candidates. 16 TDs/9 ints as a Big XII spread QB?! The guy was horrid in college, but he's big and strong and draftniks needed a 3rd QB to hype. So suddenly he went from a marginal QB to a possible franchise QB? C'mon. He's a 3rd-5th round prospect who got hilariously overdrafted and it shows every sunday.


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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by IlluminatusUIUC View Post
    Yes, I do. Brees at least had some success to look back upon at Purdue, back when the Big 10 was actually good. Gabbert, however, looked horrendous in a wide-open Mizzou spread that made Brad Smith and Chase Daniels look like Heisman candidates. 16 TDs/9 ints as a Big XII spread QB?! The guy was horrid in college, but he's big and strong and draftniks needed a 3rd QB to hype. So suddenly he went from a marginal QB to a possible franchise QB? C'mon. He's a 3rd-5th round prospect who got hilariously overdrafted and it shows every sunday.
    SMITH CAREER PASSING STATISTICS
    G-GS Co.-Att. Pct. Yds. TDs INTs Rating
    2002 12-12 196-366 53.6% 2,333 15 6 117.34
    2003 13-13 211-350 60.3% 1,977 11 7 114.11
    2004 11-11 191-369 51.8% 2,185 17 11 110.74
    2005 12-12 237-399 59.4% 2,304 13 9 114.14
    Totals 48-48 835-1,484 56.3% 8,799 56 33 114.10


    DANIEL CAREER STATISTICS
    PASSING RUSHING
    G-GS Comp.-Att. Pct. Yds. TDs INTs Rating Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long
    2005 10-0 38-66 57.6% 347 1 2 100.68 39 57 1.5 1 8
    2006 13-13 287-452 63.5% 3,527 28 10 145.06 147 379 2.3 4 25
    2007 13-13 372-534 69.7% 4,170 33 10 151.90 104 284 2.7 4 39
    Totals 36-26 697-1,052 66.3% 8,044 62 22 145.75 290 720 2.5 9 39


    BLAINE GABBERT STATS Passing Rushing
    Statistics Att Comp Pct Yds TD Int Rating Att Yds Avg TD
    2010 475 301 63.4 3,186 16 9 127.0 112 232 2.1 5
    2009 445 262 58.9 3,593 24 9 140.5 103 204 2.0 3
    2008 13 5 38.5 43 0 0 66.2 6 22 3.7 0
    Career 933 568 60.9 6,822 40 18 132.6 221 458 2.1 8

    So I can see an argument for Daniel but Smith? Really? Anyone who watched him knows he was far from horrid. In fact he was good enough to have a NFL front office draft him high in the first round. Yet Smith and Daniel went 4th round and undrafted respectively. Must be you knew something that 32 teams didn't.

    No QB prospect should be judged after only one season.

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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by trapezeus View Post
    but barkley doesn't win the big games...he strikes me as anything USC has produced the last 10 years or so.

    I don't like that the big names this year have all won nothing and tend to choke in the big game.
    Peyton Manning could never beat Florida. Meanwhile, if not for a pass interference penalty, Ken Dorsey would have multiple national titles. I think the big game argument could be overstated. That said, remember that USC has been post-season ineligible since 2010. If not for that, Barkley would have had a shot at the Pac12 title last year against an Oregon team they had already beaten.

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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Miyagi View Post
    Play nice.

    I'm just as annoyed by the constant "look how the Bills screwed up" threads, but there's no rules being broken here. If you don't like it, don't read it, don't respond.
    This is NOT a look at how the Bills screwed up thread. No where do I mention the Bills.

    This is a Genuine question: How does this Draft Class comare to the others? I dont watch college football so I only have draft knowledgable fans I can ask. How would you stack them up.
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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by X-Era View Post
    SMITH CAREER PASSING STATISTICS
    G-GS Co.-Att. Pct. Yds. TDs INTs Rating
    2002 12-12 196-366 53.6% 2,333 15 6 117.34
    2003 13-13 211-350 60.3% 1,977 11 7 114.11
    2004 11-11 191-369 51.8% 2,185 17 11 110.74
    2005 12-12 237-399 59.4% 2,304 13 9 114.14
    Totals 48-48 835-1,484 56.3% 8,799 56 33 114.10


    DANIEL CAREER STATISTICS
    PASSING RUSHING
    G-GS Comp.-Att. Pct. Yds. TDs INTs Rating Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long
    2005 10-0 38-66 57.6% 347 1 2 100.68 39 57 1.5 1 8
    2006 13-13 287-452 63.5% 3,527 28 10 145.06 147 379 2.3 4 25
    2007 13-13 372-534 69.7% 4,170 33 10 151.90 104 284 2.7 4 39
    Totals 36-26 697-1,052 66.3% 8,044 62 22 145.75 290 720 2.5 9 39


    BLAINE GABBERT STATS Passing Rushing
    Statistics Att Comp Pct Yds TD Int Rating Att Yds Avg TD
    2010 475 301 63.4 3,186 16 9 127.0 112 232 2.1 5
    2009 445 262 58.9 3,593 24 9 140.5 103 204 2.0 3
    2008 13 5 38.5 43 0 0 66.2 6 22 3.7 0
    Career 933 568 60.9 6,822 40 18 132.6 221 458 2.1 8

    So I can see an argument for Daniel but Smith? Really?
    Well, you conveniently left off Smith's 4200 rushing yards and 45 rushing TDs. That does change the picture slightly.

    Anyone who watched him knows he was far from horrid. In fact he was good enough to have a NFL front office draft him high in the first round. Yet Smith and Daniel went 4th round and undrafted respectively. Must be you knew something that 32 teams didn't.

    No QB prospect should be judged after only one season.
    I did watch him. I follow Colorado so I used to watch lot of Big XII football. He was mediocre in a system that lets unimpressive QBs put up video game numbers. McShay got one look at him throwing passes in shorts with no pass rush and fell in love with his build. But he's got terrible pocket awareness and can't read defenses.

    I always love the "Oh you must be SO much smarter than the paid professionals" line. Highly paid professionals gave JaMarcus Russell $40 million dollars. They can and do make mistakes and overrate themselves.

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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    I voted 2009 as one of the best 2. Yeah, I know it wasn't, but the Bucs drafted Freeman so it was a GREAT draft for Bucs fans.

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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by IlluminatusUIUC View Post
    Well, you conveniently left off Smith's 4200 rushing yards and 45 rushing TDs. That does change the picture slightly.



    I did watch him. I follow Colorado so I used to watch lot of Big XII football. He was mediocre in a system that lets unimpressive QBs put up video game numbers. McShay got one look at him throwing passes in shorts with no pass rush and fell in love with his build. But he's got terrible pocket awareness and can't read defenses.

    I always love the "Oh you must be SO much smarter than the paid professionals" line. Highly paid professionals gave JaMarcus Russell $40 million dollars. They can and do make mistakes and overrate themselves.
    ANY prospect could be a mistake. No one has the final answer on Gabbert yet. No one. It's so easy to slam a player after a bad first year. It's a hell of a lot harder to look past it and admit that they still could become good.

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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by X-Era View Post
    ANY prospect could be a mistake. No one has the final answer on Gabbert yet. No one. It's so easy to slam a player after a bad first year. It's a hell of a lot harder to look past it and admit that they still could become good.
    Based on...? Having been good in the past isn't a guarantee of future success (Why hello there, Tim Tebow), but the lack of past success is a huge indicator. How many QBs are as mediocre as Gabbert in college and amount to anything in the NFL? If he couldn't get it done against Big XII defenses, NFL defenses are gonna stomp him. And they have. And they will continue to.

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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    I'm not impressed with Smith or Barkley.
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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Give me 2012, with 2011 being a close 2nd.

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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by Sell Local Ralph View Post
    We will. But will it be the right one? Will we move up to get the right one if need be? We cannot have "I don't want to give up a pick to move up 2 spots so I'll blow the next 5 years + by taking JP ****ing Losman"
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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by IlluminatusUIUC View Post
    Based on...? Having been good in the past isn't a guarantee of future success (Why hello there, Tim Tebow), but the lack of past success is a huge indicator. How many QBs are as mediocre as Gabbert in college and amount to anything in the NFL? If he couldn't get it done against Big XII defenses, NFL defenses are gonna stomp him. And they have. And they will continue to.
    Please find where I made that claim. I'm not making emphatic statements. Because I know that quite often leads to being wrong.

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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Quote Originally Posted by X-Era View Post
    Please find where I made that claim. I'm not making emphatic statements. Because I know that quite often leads to being wrong.
    I didn't say that you did. I was explaining my conclusion.

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    Re: 2013 QB Class

    Draft a quarterback?

    i thought you said cornerback?

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