Week 1 Post Script: Zach Wilson injured

[ForJimmy]

He has a smaller frame and was injured at BYU against lesser competition. Injury is definitely a concern…

[glenwo2]

5 hours ago, BrianS said:

He's gonna get David Carr'ed up there, and it's a shame.

Sam got out of there in the nick of time.  

[Martin]

5 hours ago, ThPantherFan said:

you like to straddle the fence?  Just messing with you.

Hahaha, you are not wrong. There is so much childish bickering and arguing going on so I wanted to make clear that was not the purpose of my question. I was genuinely interested in his opinion.

 

[cardiackat88.]

4 hours ago, t96 said:

Is he, really? He almost certainly will be (it's hard to be that bad) but not so far.

I think so.

Just imagine how bad pickles would have done if he had actually been the starter (and played his first game ever) instead Wilson when we played them.

[OldhamA]

4 hours ago, Kuhndog94 said:

He should've stayed in school another year. The Jets will ruin his development and his career.

He went #2 overall. He gains nothing from going back to school.

[LinvilleGorge]

6 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

The talk on him pre-draft was that while his skill set was great, it was questionable whether he could take the kind of punishment the NFL dishes out.

NFL punishment is one thing but I doubt even Brett Favre would make it through a season of games featuring the level of beat down we out on him in week one.

[Kuhndog94]

4 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

He went #2 overall. He gains nothing from going back to school.

Besides maybe avoiding the Jets? I mean he gains the possibility of a great career rather than the possibility of being ruined by the Jets. 

[run-run-pass-punt]

But we should have traded everything for him... /s

I always wanted Minshew/Trubisky, but I think Darnold is going to end up being the better option if this small sample size is indicative of things to come.

And I think he's better than anyone we could have drafted (at our spot) as well. I never wanted Jones or Fields.

[mbarbour21]

32 minutes ago, Kuhndog94 said:

Besides maybe avoiding the Jets? I mean he gains the possibility of a great career rather than the possibility of being ruined by the Jets. 

Honestly, he probably would have ended up a Falcon.

[SBBlue]

This cannot be true.  Wilson was behind a top 10 line according to PFF.

[1usctrojan]

31 minutes ago, SBBlue said:

This cannot be true.  Wilson was behind a top 10 line according to PFF.

He is behind a much better line than Sam was - young, but still better.  Sam didn’t even have a center that could snap the ball….jumping up to catch a ball snapped over your head, takes valuable time from surveying the field and making your reads to throw.

*Just checked, Wilson is taller than I thought, same height as Sam, but not as husky/sturdy.

Edited September 23, 2021 by 1usctrojan

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Exactly. If he could take that hit and not get injured, I’d say durability isn’t a concern yet. 

Durability questions aren't limited to certain kinds of injuries.

[Davidson Deac II]

4 hours ago, 1usctrojan said:

My heart goes out to the young man.  Out of BYU, he played behind a massive oline of 40 year olds protecting him….now, everyone is big, fast and strong.  Bet on injured and out for a few more games….ouch.

He played on teams that were far more talented than the teams they were playing against.  Just like most of the qb's that were drafted in the first round this year.  So far, of the ones that have actually played, it seems like only Mac Jones has adapted well.  But he probably went into the best situation.  

[JawnyBlaze]

12 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Durability questions aren't limited to certain kinds of injuries.

Eh. Some injuries are due to smaller frame, degenerative joints, etc things that can be foreseen and concerned about. Some injuries are just freak injuries that can happen to anyone. Someone who people project injury concerns on getting a freak injury doesn’t verify those concerns. Correlation doesn’t imply causation.