Theory about Lamar Jackson

[Boundary Guru]

i mean. really, that is some dumb poo right there. even dumber if he believes anyone actually believes what he is quoted in the op.

[4Corners]

Why would BB go to this elaborate stunt to trick a team he doesn’t play often into drafting a QB that probably won’t start for a few years? Uhhhhh what? 

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Why would BB go to this elaborate stunt to trick a team he doesn’t play often into drafting a QB that probably won’t start for a few years? Uhhhhh what? 

Because he's pure evil.

Or more specifically, because this kind of smokescreen is the sort of thing plenty of teams pull all the time.

I'm not a big Jackson fan (the fact that he bombed his white board work with more than one team is a big red flag) so I do buy the notion of them trying to generate interest in Jackson in the hopes that someone might take him.  Heck, for all we know, the Saints might have been doing the same thing with their reported interest.

But even with that said, I don't believe Ozzie Newsome was tricked into anything here.  Newsome is too smart and has been around too long.  He's seen every kind of smokescreen you can imagine.

Now, could Newsome be wrong?  Sure.

But tricked?  Doubt it.

[RetiredCollegeCoach]

Lamar Jackson is going to completely blow up the NFL - it's between him, Mayfield, and Rosen for best QB available in this draft. You're going to see what this guy can do.

[Moo Daeng]

It's also just as likely that when a team brings in a player "showing interest" they find they don't like them or aren't the fit they are looking for. That first hand evaluation is the entire point.

[top dawg]

1 hour ago, t96 said:

I’d buy that theory if the Ravens took him before both of the Pats’ picks. But that they watched the Pats pass on him twice pretty much shuts the theory down. Florio is an idiot by the way.

This really does effectively /end thread. 

Florio trying to crank up some views by creating DIY tinfoil hats.

[trueblade]

1 hour ago, RetiredCollegeCoach said:

Lamar Jackson is going to completely blow up the NFL - it's between him, Mayfield, and Rosen for best QB available in this draft. You're going to see what this guy can do.

If the reports about the failings during the white board sessions are true, he'll need some seriously good coaching. Man, am I going to miss Gruden's QB camps this year. What a season to not have them!

[Dunn]

Whenever he gets his start in the NFL, he'll do well to start since no one has any concrete film on him, but I don't feel like he's really that good of a QB.  He reminds me of Vince Young, just faster.

[unicar15]

Jackson is going to be a good QB. I’m not sure if his style will be sustainable but he’s every bit the QB Watson is. 

[KaseKlosed]

Ozzie cant be out smarted. Dude the goat as GM. He already has a staff that has worked with mike vick, brought in rg3 before the draft as well.  Ozzie got thr ravens QB of the future. 

[MasterAwesome]

If you have any logic or rationale at all, then this theory makes zero sense.

[Chimera]

This article is dumb like its author.

The draft is approaching and a coach GM spends his time doing which of the following:

A - bringing in players he's interested in to see how they might work out.

or

 

B - bringing players he's not going to bother with because he specifically knows 1 of the other 31 teams will take a guy after wasting a day or more with him. 

I mean, does Belichick have a time machine that gives him more days than other head coaces or GMs to waste and pull this poo? Maybe he should take some days away from Florio so Florio can't put out garbage like this article.

[Ezell704]

A bit off topic but I’ve never seen a QB so universally praised by the media and fans alike that had 4 guys go ahead of him. Nobody says “yeah he has a good chance to develop into a solid starter” it’s always “HE WILL REVOLUTIONIZE THE GAME” like we’ve never seen somebody scramble before lol. All that said, I like the kids game a lot and I’ll miss seeing him be a genie on Saturdays for sure, but race and the whole “he’s a WR” bs seems to of played a huge role on his perception by people outside of front offices. Someone should publish a scientific article about the way we view white QB’s and black QB’s through different spectrums. Like why aren’t they discussing Josh Allen(6’5,245,4.7) running some QB power up in Buffalo? His athletic measurable and those darts he throws makes him look more like a Cam Newton  than any white QB I can think to compare him to, but people seem to have a hard time doing the cross racial comps when it comes to QB’s. /Rant

[Still Brooklyn]

This thread is bad, and you should feel bad for making it.