re: Darron Thomas to forgo senior season and enter NFL Draft

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H-Town Tiger

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My bad, but thanks for responding to me. I will step this one out as even though I know CFB well, I do not know Pat White.

i will give you the the story another time. I had a blast, and mostly wanted just to see a good game, but was glad that Oregon won.

right now, im going to bed. I wouldnt be able to give my trip the proper respect right now anyway, with the way i feel about the Saints loss.

Hey guys, I will share with you a Duck insider rumor. While I myself did attend a few practices- driving down from Portland, there is a insider view that Darron Thomas was getting out practiced, in practice by his backup, Brian Bennett and it was looking like BB might overtake him as the starter next year-even though it would of been DT's Senior, last year. DT missed one game and BB was incredible. And I hear in practice he was better all season long then DT. The thing with BB is he is much faster but earlier such as last year his passing was not quite as accurate as DT. But this year it was getting much better. Many Duck fans were calling for BB to start this year after seeing how well he did when in this year.

DT might of for sure felt pressured by a high pressure lying NFL agent, but he also had much pressure behind him in 2 other great QB's behind him sneaking up. Take this for what its worth.

Agree about him not having the physical tools of Kaepernick. Then again...Alex Smith came from the Urban Meyer option offense and went number 1. (Yes it took him years to succeed)

Again..Im on record as thinking of him as a backup QB. But this option offense mess has nothing to do with it. So they run a few option plays...so what. Darron still didnt keep the football and run that much. He still flung the football over the field.

As a QB he's no different than your average NFL QB prospect that doesnt have great upside. People get so caught up in a guy running a offense that features the option that they think thats all the guy is capable of doing. or thats the only type of offense the guy could run.

I've seen Pro Style QBs Jimmy Clausen and Brady Quinn flat out stink. Some guys who were deemed "More prepared" for the NFL that ended up terrible. Prime example Matt Leinart. He was supposed to be more Pro Ready than Vince Young. Yet it was Vince who won R.O.Y. Too bad he was stupid or he could have been a good player.

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Xenophon

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i will give you the the story another time. I had a blast, and mostly wanted just to see a good game, but was glad that Oregon won. right now, im going to bed. I wouldnt be able to give my trip the proper respect right now anyway, with the way i feel about the Saints loss.

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I hear you bro. Thanks for responding though, even though you are tired.

Ya, I agree, you need to have the time to share all to give your post justice. I just hope I do not miss it. Perhaps you can share it tomorrow some time? I will be looking in case so. Thanks!

I don't know about the 40 time but Thomas is a stiff when it comes to scrambling.

Re: Pikachu vs. Boston Terrier
I haven't laughed that hard in a while.

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Alex Smith came from the Urban Meyer option offense and went number 1.

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this was when the offense was new, and smith ran in the 4.6s and is a genius. plus that draft just sucked and he was #1 by default

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So they run a few option plays...so what.

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you don't see how being an option offense affects his abilities as an NFL QB? seriously?

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People get so caught up in a guy running a offense that features the option that they think thats all the guy is capable of doing. or thats the only type of offense the guy could run.

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it's not that. he's spent 4 years thinking about the option. being coached in how to run the option. reading defenses based on the option. that's a retardation of your passing game development

cam was a shocker last year, but look at other option QBs who have failed in the NFL at playing QB. tebow, vince young, etc

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I've seen Pro Style QBs Jimmy Clausen and Brady Quinn flat out stink.

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nothing says that being in a more traditional offense in college guarantees success

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Too bad he was stupid or he could have been a good player.

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he got a 16 on the wonderlic. his intelligence isn't why he failed

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Donovan McNabb ran the option at Syracuse....does he not count??

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they ran some option, and he was drafted over a decade ago and is basically the ONE guy from that whole generation

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Does Robert Griffin automatically suck now because he ran the option some this year?

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they ran a spread-dominated offense, not a spread option

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But how many of those "Options" did he actually keep??

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irrelevant. the offense was based off the option, which almost no NFL teams use. his reads were based off the option. his wide open WRs that he threw to were wide option b/c of the option