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what am i missing?
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Reputation:93
Level:All-Star
Since:Sep 7, 2006

April 22, 2008 1:18 pm

i go to stanford games.  only to see t.c. or whoever plays qb for stanford throw the ball into the ground or out of bounds when they're being chased.  t.c. is actually a little more accurate than Trent Edwards was in college, but if you can't handle a college defensive end running you down, what makes you think they're going to be slower or smaller in the nfl?  it dosen't matter who's protecting you.  someone's coming through, and t.c.'s going to get forced into some bad decisions.

how do these stanford quarterbacks get so much love anyways?  if they're mediocre on geme days, when else do the scouts see them shine?  a few years back, i watched and wondered what the Redskins were thinking when the drafted todd husak.


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Reputation:94
Level:All-Star
Since:Jun 28, 2007

April 22, 2008 2:37 pm
oh please. face it, stanford wasn't a mediocre team. they were a terrible team that, last season, managed to be mediocre.  I have no idea if ostrander is good or not, but it's totally unreasonable to expect a QB to do anything decent on such a bad team.

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Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Dec 29, 2006

April 22, 2008 7:50 pm
hey, edawrds didn't do much in college
but the Bills drafted him and now this season (barring a good draft)
he should be going to the playoffs

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Reputation:92
Level:All-Star
Since:Jun 20, 2007

April 23, 2008 4:09 pm

I think the pros tend to like QB's from schools with high addmision standards.  Decision making is everything for a QB on the next lvl and they like to see a guy who is almost guaranteed to be smart enough to learn.

Size and a good arm will only get you so far.  Eventually you have to be smarter than the defense and you are more likely to have that in a Stanford type of guy.

They make good late round choices for teams who have run out their board.


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Reputation:94
Level:All-Star
Since:Aug 22, 2007

April 23, 2008 11:28 pm
The college game and NFL are two different leagues and just because your a good college player doesn't mean you will make it in the NFL and vice versa.  I didn't see many games of Trent Edwards for Stanford, mostly because I didn't give an F about the team but I know the team was shitty, and it wasn't just his fault.  The problem with some of the guys that are drafted is that they are surrounded by fellow first rounders which make them look better.  If your a QB for a top 25 team it probably means you have an all conference RB or WR along side of you as well while Trent was left helpless.  Bottom line is that Trent won the job over JP because of his pocket presense and his ability, just the opposite of what you say, to avoid the oncoming rush....now put him on a top tier team and what would happen?  There is one other thing that Trent and any qb that comes out of a college like Stanford has that a guy from Ohio State doesn't, and that's a brain cell.  Intelligence and smarts gets you further in the NFL then talent 9 out of 10 times

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Reputation:79
Level:Pro
Since:May 9, 2007

April 24, 2008 3:27 am
Probably the first time I've heard someone say that a quarterback should rather throw a risky pass or try to scramble to create something out of nothing and risking a sack rather than throwing the ball away when there is nothing there. That's what I'd call a good decision, an incomplete pass is always better than a sack or an interception, just not as flashy as an attempt to heave it downfield.