Ruzious wrote:I literally would not care if the next Skins QB's skin is purple - as long as they win with him. Sam Darnold might belong in the discussion. He was considered a top 2 pick going into the season (he and Rosen), and now I see him in mocks going as late as 20. He had a tough first half of the year, but he finished strong and played behind what was considered a poor offensive line. He seems like a slightly smaller version of Big Ben. There's talk he's considering returning to school, but it seems to me that people are underrating the season he just had. I'm a fan but... generally I like the strategy of getting a young vet like Bridgewater and drafting a QB in the 3rd round to develop. That allows you to draft a stud at another position in the first round. When you draft a QB in the first round, it seems like you're almost forced to start him as a rookie.
I only introduced race because of the love for Kirk Cousins versus some of the hate that RG3 got.
I don't care who the Redskins get for quarterback either. I just got this gut feeling that Lamar Jackson is going to be the best quarterback.
Very similar to how before the last draft Something Told Me Jayson Tatum is going to be the best rookie. Just intuition with a little knowledge of the situation sprinkled in.
Seems to me that kid at Louisville had quite a bit of success kind of similar to what Teddy Bridgewater did when he was in college... I really don't know anything about college football in terms of evaluating talent.
But I did think that Tua Tagovailoa was a lot better than Jalen Hurts. In real life my friend and former pastor is named James Shiroma. He is from Hawaii and he played high school football. We talk local football a lot
I live literally three or four blocks away from where McKenzie Milton went to high school. I knew McKenzie Milton High School coach before ride was coaching at that school. I thought Mackenzie was too skinny to make it. All he did was quarterback Central Florida to a perfect season and a mythical national championship.. I think it's funny that they gave themselves parade. Anyhow one thing about Mackenzie is that he knows offenses really well. Mililani High had an explosive offense. I knew he had some Johnny Manziel in and he could run and he can throw but he's very small.
More Degrees of Separation... I was stationed in Omaha Nebraska at Offutt Air Force Base when Scott Frost was the quarterback of Nebraska at Lincoln.. The Cornhuskers won it all. Back in the mid-90s I was a huge Nebraska fan. My ex-wife still lives in Omaha. My daughter is a Cornhusker and a graduate of the University Nebraska Lincoln. (There is a University of Nebraska at Omaha as well as Creighton University both located in Omaha). I watched Scott Frost 25 years ago during the dominant years of the Cornhuskers. (Scott Frost played in the secondary in the NFL and I think the Jalen Hurts is going to be a pro but also on defense in the secondary. The Redskins had a guy named Ray Fell Cherry years ago there was an outstanding college quarterback and an NFL defensive back)
Now Frost is Mackenzie Milton's coach. I see why they work so well together. (Very similar to last season for the Maryland Terrapins win romelo Trimble a point guard played for Mark turgeon who I remember when he played point guard at Kansas. Very similar players and very similar thinkers to their coach). It's no wonder that UCF had great success because of the principles that Scott Frost has learned along the way from all his coaches and he's had a bunch of great ones.
So on this epic rant I have talked about Tua Tagovailoa. What I didn't tell you is that he went to the same high school as Marcus Mariota. I know somebody that works at at Saint Louis School. The things she says about Marcus make me know that he is just a down-to-earth laid-back guy. What we locally know is that Tua tagovailoa was an even better high school quarterback than Marcus Mariota.
My friend James to Shiroma and I have been really not too pleased about Tua sitting on the bench behind Jalen Hurts. We felt he was the better quarterback but most importantly he would never get a chance to play because Jaylen just keeps winning and he's young. God had other plans then keeping that boy on the bench. Nick Saban is the best coach I've ever seen in college football. He made a Command Decision which gave him the championship. I'm not at all surprised that Tua won that game for him. He just surprised me playing that true freshman and sitting a guy whose feelings he might have hurt.
The greatest part was how Jalen Hurts took sitting down at 25 wins and two losses. Made me think about Robert Griffin III. He did not handle his battle with Kirk Cousins the same way. I can't say that I blame him but it wasn't about team.
Getting back to Kirk Cousins and the Redskins.
I told you so.
From the day they drafted both of them on the same day I said the second guy might be better than Robert Griffin.
The best quarterback in college football might not be Darnold, Rosen, the Heisman winner Baker Mayfield, LAMAR JACKSON, or any of these other guys that Mel Kiper and Todd McShay or talking about.
Tua Tagovailoa probably is the best quarterback in football.
That's who I wish the Redskins could get at quarterback.
Now I know why they selected that boy from Hawaii to play for Alabama.
Last but not least: dear God please director thoughts of my son Kendall who is 17 years old and who could not play football this year because of his grades. Georgia is his favorite team and I wish someday if it'd been possible that he could play for them. 4 years ago I sat and talked with Herschel Walker with my son maybe 30 feet away. A former pro football player met my son and tell him yeah he's got the body for it. I'm ranting all this and putting it on real GM just to let you guys know that as a father it's my prayer that my son be well mentally and physically and do whatever God's will is for his life.
I am overwhelmed at how much interwoven all these things are and I know that it's no accident. It is still possible that my son can make it to the NFL someday as doubtful as it seems.
Summary: Hawaii is all over the map in college football. Three local quarterbacks have done quite well. Marcus McKenzie and Tua. My son who is in Georgia right now I'm glad that the Bulldogs lost. He wanted to leave here and live with his mom in Georgia. I made a lot of sacrifices and I still love them but I'm glad the Alabama won that game with a Hawaii guy quarterback.
I KNOW I'VE TYPE WAY TOO MUCH AND THAT MY ILLNESS KIND OF IS SHOWING RIGHT NOW. BUT GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.