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Boyd, Gurley, Yeldon, Marquis, Sammy, Austin Seferian-Jenkins
Posted on 3/17/13 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 3/17/13 at 8:24 pm
With the top offensive linemen in the country at their position, could this offense go toe to toe with NFL teams as rookies?
I know it seems highly insane to even mention it but I believe all these guys are going to have great rookie years in the NFL, they are all just elite at what they do, but could all of them on one team face an NFL team and actually be competitive?
I saw somewhere that they use to do this waaaaay back and the college team always got plastered but more now than ever rookies are expected to produce day one and a lot have did just that in the last five years.
I know it seems highly insane to even mention it but I believe all these guys are going to have great rookie years in the NFL, they are all just elite at what they do, but could all of them on one team face an NFL team and actually be competitive?
I saw somewhere that they use to do this waaaaay back and the college team always got plastered but more now than ever rookies are expected to produce day one and a lot have did just that in the last five years.
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 8:43 pm to Datbayoubengal
No. Highly doubt it.
Posted on 3/17/13 at 8:52 pm to Datbayoubengal
If you took the 53 best players in college football and gave them a month to train and practice together to play against the worst team in the NFL in week 16 or 17, the college team might lose by less than 28 points.
Posted on 3/17/13 at 8:56 pm to ProjectP2294
Posted on 3/17/13 at 9:10 pm to ProjectP2294
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If you took the 53 best players in college football and gave them a month to train and practice together to play against the worst team in the NFL in week 16 or 17, the college team might lose by less than 28 points.
Well we aren't doing it that way lol. The OL would be the main thing to worry about but besides that the other positions have shown that rookies can jump to the next level and play elite level ball within their first years.
2012 QBs Luck, RG3, Wilson
2012 RBs Doug Martin Alfred Morris
2011 WRs A.J. Green Julio Jones
It actually took graham his second year to blow up but he did in a major way.
You're telling me an offense like
QB Wilson/Luck/RG3
WR A.J.
WR Julio
RB Doug Martin/Alfred Morris
TE Jimmy Graham
couldn't match any D at the beginning of the season?
Posted on 3/17/13 at 9:17 pm to Datbayoubengal
you do realize those rookies have conditioning, rookie camp and training camp and have months to learn the playbook, they dont just walk in the nfl in april and start playing
Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:57 pm to cfbfan#1
College all stars have beaten the NFL champions in the past. The gap between the college game and the pro game is smaller than ever. Kids are peaking athletically earlier with advancements in middle school and High school weight lifting programs. 7 on 7 has made football year round and and not only are college players producing as rookies lots come in and instantly become top 5 at their positions in their rookie year.
Posted on 3/18/13 at 4:48 am to cfbfan#1
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ou do realize those rookies have conditioning, rookie camp and training camp and have months to learn the playbook, they dont just walk in the nfl in april and start playing
If you understood my first post then you'd get that i'm talking about rookies that have went through that. The thing on them playing a game against the champion of the NFL that year is more or less me trying to relate the two. I'm talking if a rookie team got together and were to play as a unit throughout the season. Of course you could use other rookie subs, but this is the base offense.
Based solely on their reg season ROOKIE production you'd field a squad consisting of
QB:
Luck top 10 in passing top 15 in passing TDs and top 10 in total TDs at his position
WR:
Green top 15 in yards 8-way tie for 6th in TDs at position
Julio top 25 in yards 5-way tie for 5th in TDs at position
RB:
Alfred Morris top 3 in yards top 3 in scoring
Doug Martin top 5 in yards top 5(3-way tie) in scoring
TE:
As a backup rookie TE no less who only played in 13 games you'd have the number 31 TE in receiving and 7 way tied at number 8 in scoring as a backup, the starter had 52 more yards than him. As a rookie starter he would have been top 10 in both categories easily.
IMO this would be a top 5 offense in the league easily.
Posted on 3/18/13 at 10:17 am to ProjectP2294
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might lose by less than 28 points.
This is almost as bad as the people that think good college teams could be beat bad NFL teams.
Last year's Alabama team could not beat the Chiefs, but they would not lose by 70 either.
Posted on 3/18/13 at 10:22 am to Datbayoubengal
Take out Boyd, insert average nfl quarterback (Romo, Rivers, etc) and that offense would do some damage to the Jags.
Not trying to be a homer, but Amari should be put in that group as well.
Not trying to be a homer, but Amari should be put in that group as well.
Posted on 3/18/13 at 10:25 am to BhamDore
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College all stars have beaten the NFL champions in the past. The gap between the college game and the pro game is smaller than ever. Kids are peaking athletically earlier with advancements in middle school and High school weight lifting programs. 7 on 7 has made football year round and and not only are college players producing as rookies lots come in and instantly become top 5 at their positions in their rookie year.
Wait, when did this happen?
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