Is Tyler Shough Derangement Syndrome becoming a thing?

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Reason is difficult for this board.

There’s a lot of crybaby Karen types here.

The Saints finally invested heavily in QB, and it wasn’t Shedeur, and this board is still crying like a bunch of pussies

I hope the guy is fantastic. I hope he makes Loomis look like a genius.

Will it happen? Probably not. They'll probably win 4-5 games this year and be back picking Top 5.

We should be hailing him as our franchise savior, not because he is already good but because it got us off of Derek Carr.

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Is Tyler Shough Derangement Syndrome becoming a thing?

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It always blows my mind the amount of Saints "fans" hoping for this guy to fail just so they can be right.

Part of it is he played at Louisville, a non-program program according to people here. Remember, this is first and foremost an LSU board. So, according to most of the people here, you draft starters out of the SEC. You may be able to get a backup or 2 out of the Big Ten, but every other conference is to fill rosters for Canada or the UFL.

Part of it is that the Saints could trade a 7th round pick for Pat Mahomes and then sign him to a league minimum deal and people here would call it a bad move and overpaying because they will hate everything the team does.

Part of it is the cuts of the handful of bad plays he has had, plus that stupid clip from the combine. They can't get off of those even though all these young QBs have moments like that in college cause that's what happens sometimes to young QBs. Underhill puts those plays in his compilation of the player and then suggests that these plays define who he is and it goes from there. You just ignore the 90% of the rest of the time.

And part of it is that some people here just don't understand football, so they just go along with groupthink.

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Part of it is he played at Louisville, a non-program program according to people here. Remember, this is first and foremost an LSU board. So, according to most of the people here, you draft starters out of the SEC. You may be able to get a backup or 2 out of the Big Ten, but every other conference is to fill rosters for Canada or the UFL.

Part of it is that the Saints could trade a 7th round pick for Pat Mahomes and then sign him to a league minimum deal and people here would call it a bad move and overpaying because they will hate everything the team does.

Part of it is the cuts of the handful of bad plays he has had, plus that stupid clip from the combine. They can't get off of those even though all these young QBs have moments like that in college cause that's what happens sometimes to young QBs. Underhill puts those plays in his compilation of the player and then suggests that these plays define who he is and it goes from there. You just ignore the 90% of the rest of the time.

And part of it is that some people here just don't understand football, so they just go along with groupthink.

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Part of it is he's the 3rd oldest QB drafted in NFL history and no QB drafted at his age has ever become even a serviceable backup.

Part of it is he was not even really that good in college and had one OK/mid year (out of 7) at a lower level of competition (comparable stats to the starter prior to him who I don't think was drafted at a normal age).

Part of it is a 5-6 year history of constant injuries.

All of these things add up to a very, very low % chance of success. It's higher than 0, obviously, but we used a top-40 pick on longshot due to 3 things (which you should neve use to burn a draft pick): (1) his physical tools (2) thinking we are in "win now" mode and must have a QB (3) thinking he's the most advanced and "ready" QB due to being so old and playing 1 year in a more pro-style offense.

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thinking we are in "win now" mode and must have a QB

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Have to disagree with this one. I don’t think many franchises are using pick 40 for a “win now” approach. More likely they know this is a buffer year, and it’s worth the investment to get someone some experience so we can win soon. If it was a win now pick, I’d have expected it at 9, or jump back into the 1st to make sure you get him

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I don’t think many franchises are using pick 40 for a “win now” approach.

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We just drafted a QB who will be 26 when the season starts

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More likely they know this is a buffer year, and it’s worth the investment to get someone some experience so we can win soon.

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When he's knocking on 30?

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If it was a win now pick, I’d have expected it at 9, or jump back into the 1st to make sure you get him

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This is wrong. Dart is a project that has to be rebuilt due to the offense he played in, in college.

Shough was over-drafted b/c he's more "NFL ready" by being so old and having 1 year in a "pro style" offense that made him more mentally advanced in 2024-2025. Hence, "win now".

There is no logical sense in sitting Shough for 1-3 years to develop so that he finally starts at 29-30.

I am right there with St Aug. I didn’t like the QBs enough in this draft to want any of them available at pick 40, but now I hope he’s ROY and future HOF. And at least personality wise, he seems easy to pull for.