Davidson Deac II

Definitely. A rookie qb is a rookie qb regardless of age. 2 years or 4 years in college doesn't really prepare you for the NFL.

Personally, IF I did draft a qb like Pickett or Howell, he sits the entire first year, ala Mahomes. Then spend every remaining pick on the oline, spend next years picks on the oline, spend most of our free agent dollars on the oline. In the meantime, throw Darnold out there since we have to pay him an arm and a leg next year.

The reverse is also true. Our qb's are atrocious, regardless of who is on the oline. Give Sam time to throw, and the number of interceptions go up exponentially.

Our offensive line is not good. But the sacks probably kept him from more interceptions.

For us older fans, Sean Gilbert was worse. Kalil might be as bad. But yeah, Darnold was a predictably terrible move.

But if you watch the good ones, they almost always get the ball out in three seconds or less, even when throwing it 20 plus yards. Being able to get it out quick and accurate is the most important factor in an NFL qb, imo.

Read thru the thread, its not. No doubt the oline is not good. But we are horrible when it comes to getting the ball out quickly.

Well, there you go.

Vince Lombardi is dead. And still might be a better NFL coach than Rhule.

We will either get a td and fail to get the two point conversion. Or Darnold will throw a pick.

Announcer, this has been a defensive game. In reality, both teams have horrid offenses. The Aints due to injury, and us due to, well basic incompetence.

Now that one was on DJ.

After he spun around and it also hit the defenders hands.

Regarding DJ's drop, that was all on Darnold. He threw it behind DJ, and almost into the arms of the defender. Lucky it wasn't picked off.

Yeah, if you watch him, his interceptions mostly come when he has time to throw.

Haven't forgotten anything. Bridgewater is a average, and maybe below average qb. He would be a good backup for a Superbowl contender But Sam Darnold is not an NFL qb.

Woody Hayes would love this game.

That is an insult to bridgewater.

I agree that the odds are less than 50%, but I think the odds are less than 50% for almost any class. I think the odds are less than 50% overall for last year's class. In fact, if you look at it realistically, there are may 10-15 solid qb's in the NFL right now. And probably 3 or so are drafted in the first round every year. So it would seem that well over 50% of qb's drafted in the first round don't succeed.

I think the Aints will kick at least three more field goals. Only way we win is if Hill throws a couple of picks.

I know that our offensive line is bad, but dam we seem to get the ball out of the qb's hands slower than just about any team in the NFL.

If by trust, you mean you feel that the player is a sure fire NFL success, then there is no college qb ever that I trusted. To many examples of sure fire hits that ended up failing for me to trust them. Until they prove otherwise, this year's batch has the same chance of success as last year's.

If you are talking about some guy we might pick up in the fourth round, you might be right. A first round pick though, any new hire would be hesitant to get rid of him. Of course, I still have hope that Rhule is gone after 9 Jan.

I haven't seen good coaches give them a try. I mean Arians tried Jameis for a year, Bill B stuck with Bledsoe for a while until he got lucky with a sixth round pick. I think a good coach is going to give all existing players a chance and a assessment before he moves to the next guy. Might be a little quicker to pull the trigger on a cut perhaps.

So Harbaugh says he has no interest, but the first post is that we could get him? He might eventually come back to the NFL, but I don't think he would come here now. He would want a situation where they have a established qb and a solid framework. At least I would if I were him.