No Charlie Weis QBs please...

[Jangler]

A better tool

[Mr. Scot]

It's like the difference between Kyle Boller and Aaron Rodgers. Jeff Tedford made Boller look good enough to draft, but he picked Rodgers as his QB and made him into a star. There's definitely a difference between making a senior look good and hand-grooming a guy from start to finish.

QBs I prefer to avoid:

- Spurrier QBs

- Florida system QBs

- Spread offense QBs

- West Coast type QBs

Gotta say Jeff Tedford QBs make me a bit nervous. Yeah, he has had some that were successful pros, but others were pretty bad (his track record is about 50-50 I think).

The thing about Weis QBs is that they have to be really smart to run his system effectively. That, plus the style of offense he ran translated well to the pros. Of course, these things by themselves do not guarantee success.

I'd definitely take Claussen, but unless the 49ers take pity on us and give our first rounder back, it'd be tough to see us getting in position to pick him.

And in truth, unless he gets another major college job, Claussen will be the last of the Weis QBs (from college anyway).

[GSO_Pantherz]

The fact is, both Clausen and Quinn are tools.

[Mr. Scot]

The fact is, both Clausen and Quinn are tools.

Claussen is a college-age male. That alone puts him at a 70% probability of being a tool. His being an athlete in that demographic likely adds another ten percent.

Mind you, that's not an excuse. Just setting context.

What you have to determine is if he's also a leader, a competitor and a guy you can depend on in the clutch. If he is, then you just have to hope that he grows out of the "tool" part.

Truth be told, there's probably more than one tool playing for the Panthers right now.

(they can't all be nice guys)

[Fiz]

Gotta say Jeff Tedford QBs make me a bit nervous. Yeah, he has had some that were successful pros, but others were pretty bad (his track record is about 50-50 I think).

only rodgers bucked the trend

[Mr. Scot]

only rodgers bucked the trend

He also coached Trent Dilfer. Not the level of success he had with Rodgers, granted, but also not the washouts that Akili Smith and Kyle Boller were. I'd add that I've wondered whether Joey Harrington might not have become a better pro had he not started out with the Lions.