What if Stroud doesn’t declare for draft…

[mc52beast]

A lot of people are assuming Stroud will be in the NFL next season but the kid hasn’t even declared yet and only has until Monday to do it…

For some reason I can’t copy and paste here.

[BrianS]

Yea, saw that story yesterday.  Not sure what his possible motivation might be to stay in school.  Not sure he can really improve his stock, but he sure could damage it or even get hurt.  I also saw another story about the QB competition at Ohio State say how tight it was.  Even in that story there seemed to be some question about Stroud leaving.

 

[cardiackat88.]

13 minutes ago, BrianS said:

Yea, saw that story yesterday.  Not sure what his possible motivation might be to stay in school.  Not sure he can really improve his stock, but he sure could damage it or even get hurt.  I also saw another story about the QB competition at Ohio State say how tight it was.  Even in that story there seemed to be some question about Stroud leaving.

 

Andrew Luck all over again?

Perhaps he is avoiding a particular team?

[top dawg]

26 minutes ago, BrianS said:

Yea, saw that story yesterday.  Not sure what his possible motivation might be to stay in school.  Not sure he can really improve his stock, but he sure could damage it or even get hurt.  I also saw another story about the QB competition at Ohio State say how tight it was.  Even in that story there seemed to be some question about Stroud leaving.

 

Getting beat by Stetson and the Dawgs left a bad taste in his mouth. He doesn't realize that it's going to happen all over again. It will be Beck next time, and they won't have to come back.

Edited January 14, 2023 by top dawg

[Panthercougar68]

He allegedly has a 4 million dollar offer to stay also there are some theorizing the delay in declaring is driving his stock up actually making people pay attention to him more.

[TheWiz]

At first I didn’t think this was anything… until Marvin Harrison Jr’s deleted tweet. This might be a thing. And it’s A game changer for the draft. Which would actually be great for us. It takes the difficult out of it and ensures we get BPA or more pics this year. If we can’t have him… 

[Tr3ach]

It's something that may happen more now that players can make big money in college too.

[SazmoRanger]

Sounds like the Chicago Bears sent Ohio State some NIL money to drive that number 1 pick value way up. 

[LinvilleGorge]

That would be bad for us even if we don't expect him to be there at #9. 

[4Corners]

25 minutes ago, Tr3ach said:

It's something that may happen more now that players can make big money in college too.

Yep. Personally, I believe Stroud is a top 5 pick but maybe he is more inclined to try and win a Natty and Heisman. Interesting move if he stays. 

[WUnderhill]

Then he’s a dumbass tbh.

[Waldo]

No idea why he would stay. I get hyping himself up, good move, but going back isn't going to help his draft stock and 4 million is a drop in the bucket if he can get a big 2nd NFL contract with even the rookie pay being well above that. If he was avoiding a team then just tell them 'no' like Eli did. Yeah he would get crapped on for it but going to a team that is a good fit and not a desperate loser mess is just good business IMO. 

[Pazhoosier89]

I saw FL had an offer of something like $13  million in NIL to a high school recruit. Imagine what kind of NIL deal Stroud could get to stay 1 year. Certainly more than a rookie contract.

[Tbe]

The only good reason to stay would be if he thinks he’ll be an average or below QB in the NFL. If that’s the case, it makes sense to milk that Ohio state NIL before moving on to the pros where a big second contract (and playing time) isn’t guaranteed.