Interesting nugget regarding this year’s draft
I remember a time, when this board LOVED NFL bloodlines. People couldn’t wait to pick the names of the past NFL player’s sons in their mock draft. Here we have a guy, who is a QB of a past NFL superstar legend, yet he gets passed over like he’s a two day old bagel. Not saying that I would select Shauder, I’m just pointing that out. So, im going to need some of yall to tell me why that is a quick hard no for Shaduer. Personally, there are some things that I do not like about him (not football related), but there are some things that I do like (football related).
They still do, many on this board want to draft LSU's TE Mason Taylor, son of star EDGE Jason Taylor for Miami. Some have even quoted "NFL genes".
The problem with Sanders, is first off there's a lot of controversy. Colorado as a team should've never ended the season ranked after losing to KState, KU and Nebraska. KU and Nebraska and are bit of jokes as far as college teams go. KState is slightly better but still not good enough to rival a top 25 college football team.
Then there's his performance. He comes out 1 game looking good then tanks against a team like Nebraska. Make no mistake, Sanders was the major reason they lost that game. To top that off, they're strength of schedule was bad. An NFL caliber QB should've had a very consistent hay day with that schedule. Instead, he didn't shine enough over Dart, Howard and even Beck (was not good this year after losing Bowers), all 3 who constantly faced top defenses in the country.
Given the rankings, it appears there was some level of favoritism with Colorado. The media also hyped em up and kept them in the spotlight mostly because everyone loves the controversy that surrounds PrimeTime Sanders. It's possible (we absolutely cannot rule it out) that mini Prime Time is also just being hyped up by the media. Theres been rumors that scouts and NFL teams don't even have a 1st round grade rating on him.
In fact, thats been a constant rumor for almost a month now. I just did a google and here's another article that was just posted an hour ago. But again, we have to consider draft talk and misdirection which occurs for many draft prospects. So it could also just simply be that.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ot-nfl-teams-dont-see-qb-1st-round-draft-pick
I'm not a fan at all. But theres no denying Kellen Moore's offensive success with RB's and QB's. For that reason, if he likes Sanders and thinks Sanders will be his guy as a franchise QB, my opinion on him would change to the outcome of being cautiously optimistic. To simply put, I have much more confidence in Moore's opinion then my own, unlike Dennis Allen who I wondered if he just sat in his office eating his own boogers and drinking Latte's.