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For those dreaming of "what-ifs", Caleb Williams apparently has a destination list...would return to school otherwise

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9 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

The Caleb thing doesn’t really bother me. We were there and passed on Stroud could be what hurts the most. If Stroud turns out to be the next guy that hurts way more than missing on the Caleb sweepstakes because who knows what our record would be if we waited one more year for a QB. Too many variables to say we would be picking 1 and miss Caleb. We might have missed on a great one with the pick in our hands. Time will tell.

Oh for sure. Everyone in this upcoming class was a year away and we chose to shoot our shot. Stroud and Richardson are the two guys Bryce is always going to be measured against as top 4 draft picks on the same class.

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11 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

The Caleb thing doesn’t really bother me. We were there and passed on Stroud could be what hurts the most. If Stroud turns out to be the next guy that hurts way more than missing on the Caleb sweepstakes because who knows what our record would be if we waited one more year for a QB. Too many variables to say we would be picking 1 and miss Caleb. We might have missed on a great one with the pick in our hands. Time will tell.

Same here 

I figured teams like Zona and Tampa were openly tanking and there would be no way we’d be worse than them. It was a rare situation where the team at 1 was willing to trade out. So no issues with shooting their shot but you absolutely couldn’t miss and now here we are

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12 minutes ago, *FreeFua* said:

Same here 

I figured teams like Zona and Tampa were openly tanking and there would be no way we’d be worse than them. It was a rare situation where the team at 1 was willing to trade out. So no issues with shooting their shot but you absolutely couldn’t miss and now here we are

This. The cost was steep but I was on the same page. We played well enough down the stretch under Wilks last year to legitimately believe we were ready to shoot our shot on a QB and the opportunity was there. It's just looked like a colossal disaster so far. Just because it makes sense on paper doesn't mean it will work out.

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1 hour ago, ForJimmy said:

They have a good offense and Cousins is in his last year. It’s definitely the smallest market but he probably wants to throw go JJ and Addison. He could look good fast with those weapons kind of like Burrow and the Bengals. 

True. Wasn't even thinking about the best receiver in the league being on that team lol.

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12 minutes ago, therealmjl said:

Any prospect allowing agents to float out a short list of NFL teams he would "only go to" while still in school is a red flag to me. I don't care, NIL whatever. It's simply not how it works.

“It’s simply not how it works”..I really don’t see why. Whatever industry you work in you have the option to choose where you work. The best lawyer  in law school doesn’t get drafted to the worst firm in the country, they go work wherever they want. The draft really only benefits the owners who can field terrible teams year after year and then ruin their prospects. 

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“It’s simply not how it works”..I really don’t see why. Whatever industry you work in you have the option to choose where you work. The best lawyer  in law school doesn’t get drafted to the worst firm in the country, they go work wherever they want. The draft really only benefits the owners who can field terrible teams year after year and then ruin their prospects. 

You are comparing apples to oranges.

If the NFL (or any of the major league sports for that matter) adopted this model there would be a severe lack of competition. It’s already happened in the NBA. 

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4 minutes ago, therealmjl said:

You are comparing apples to oranges.

If the NFL (or any of the major league sports for that matter) adopted this model there would be a severe lack of competition. It’s already happened in the NBA. 

Yep it allows smaller franchises like ours to be competitive.  Burrow (aside from this year) really helped a struggling small franchise.  Not to mention there are only so many big markets available.  Go ahead and mark Miami and San Fran off that list because they don't need him so basically he is an unproven player that will only play for 3 teams.  What happens when 2nd round and later round picks start doing this too?  It's also going to be extra embarrassing when a player does this and struggles.

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You are comparing apples to oranges.

If the NFL (or any of the major league sports for that matter) adopted this model there would be a severe lack of competition. It’s already happened in the NBA. 

I’d argue that there already is a lack of competition in the NFL. How many blow outs have there been this year? About 20-25 teams have no shot at winning the Super Bowl any given year. “Any given Sunday” is literally just marketing. 
 

I’m not quite sure what you mean about the NBA.The last NBA Championship was won by a team whose best player was drafted during a Taco Bell commercial. The correlation isn’t high draft picks = success. The FO has to first make the right pick and then manage the roster in a way that gets the most use out of the players. 

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