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Makes sense. I thought you were talking about level of production in the NCAA. Yeah the SEC will have more NFL players no doubt. Especially when you exclude OSU from the Big10.

Last year the Big10 had better defenses overall than the SEC. I think that Stroud actually played the tougher defenses (last year) especially since Young didn’t play UGA or Alabama (obviously) who seemed to be the only 2 decent SEC defenses last year. The Big10 had like 5 defenses in the top 10 and 7 in the top 25. I think the SEC just had a down year in terms of defenses. Now don’t get me wrong Stroud had MUCH better WRs last year to possibly offset that.

He definitely left some to be desired, but that defense was a historic one. He looked great the first game. I still think Stroud’s most recent one was the most impressive.

I agree. Young played them twice the previous year and looked solid so I was just double checking.

I mean Rivera isn’t doing any better in Washington. He is a great person, great DC, and just and average HC. He is just clueless on offense, very conservative, and will always favor his vets to a fault.

Which UGA game for which QB?

I want Downs in the 2nd or Boutte in the 3rd. I think we need another WR especially after hearing about Chark’s recent ankle surgery.

It’s really hard not to like him as a prospect. Seems so grounded and simply oozing with physical talent paired with high intellect.

I can say no to a RB (no matter how great) much easier than AR. However with what we gave up we need to go with the safest pick IMO.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/blaine-gabbert-1.html Definitely not! You need to apologize to Stroud for that one!

I tend to agree. You can start AR day 1 and just keep it fairly simple like we did with Darnold under Wilkes with a few more RPOs and QB runs mixed in there. It shouldn't be a wide open playbook, but I think it can be successful.

It would be so tempting. If he hits his ceiling he will dominate this league. I would stick with Stroud because I think his floor is solid and his ceiling his high, but damn it would be tempting....

Depending on where AR and Hooker land, I agree about this being a sneaky good class. I think Stroud and Young are going to find success. AR and Hooker will need a good staff around them to find it, but have some nice traits (especially AR).

No one is. People simply think his size is a concern, but that doesn't mean he won't be great. The Young fanboys are very defensive...

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-draft-betting-odds-ohio-states-cj-stroud-is-a-big-favorite-to-go-no-1-to-carolina-161012929.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAB4QYz2yjxERyj9qEsLhopfIA1bX7ZE6UN2rwfLqBdrnegHbeErAil2SedJJEO98gPtoMYOImGIcsPM_TL3Rdcp9V_Xoe6smPfUvKwv3t5MH-QB5diO6RW4cOdXwk4SlEbJsVh3wg5hThNtRxQWYvwTgcmvQzK_dX6sZjkxf7lHy

I bet he will make one hell of a coach one day.

I mean at the time the plan was probably very vague like "explore all options" so who knows?

Any one of them should have our fan base excited, but at the end of the day winning is the most important. That's what I learn Stroud out of the 3. Lowest risk with still a very high ceiling. No one should be upset if he is the pick.

Yeah he isn't far behind Young in processing and going through reads if at all IMO. So you basically get that without the size risk. The biggest negative about Stroud to me is he has always had elite WRs and a great OL around him. It will be interesting to see if he can stay cool/confident when the playing field is more even.

That’s kind of what I thought. He was reported to be available for a “ham sandwich” and no one was interested. Stash him on the practice squad and give him a year to develop. Stroud/Young and Dalton are locks for the 2 QBs and I don’t think Reich typically has 3 active QBs on his roster.

Plus Brees has like 2 inches and extra pounds on Young. Brees compared to Young would be like Mahomes/Rodgers compared to Brees.