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2-23: Greg Cosell Talks QBs on the John Murphy Show


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3 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

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What part of that "isn't just ask and have" escaped you? 

 

There are 20 teams drafting ahead of us, and no guarantee that #1 wants to trade out at any price, or that Rosen will be available any lower.

 

Also, just like Bradford....any of those guys can blow out a knee, but when a guy has already injured his knee 3x, you got to think it's more likely.

When a guy had a shoulder problem at Age 12 and then shoulder surgery as a college sophomore, you got to think that shoulder problems are a watchout.

Cleveland isn't taking him, he said he doesn't want to play there. We have an opportunity to trade up 2-4 to get him. We have 2x 1sts, 2x 2nds and we have Glenn, Tyrod, Shaq on the trading block. More than enough ammo to get your guy

6 minutes ago, JaCrispy said:

I agree Rosen is the best talent...I just don’t think he has the toughness to last...he is a former tennis star after all. :D

 

Therefore, I like Mayfield best... best combo of skill and toughness imo.

Yep, but like I said you have to talk yourself out of Rosen because this might happen or that might happen. But my argument is take the best QB and hope for the best. More likely to work out than someone who isn't the best QB and you hope he somehow improves

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1 minute ago, kdiggz said:

Cleveland isn't taking him, he said he doesn't want to play there. We have an opportunity to trade up 2-4 to get him. We have 2x 1sts, 2x 2nds and we have Glenn, Tyrod, Shaq on the trading block. More than enough ammo to get your guy

 

Draft ammo only fires if it fits in your partners gun, which is far from a sure thing.

 

It has been reported that Rosen doesn't want to play there, but if true, it's unclear if that's "I would prefer to play elsewhere" or "if drafted by Cleveland, I WILL hold out" a la Elway/Eli Manning.  There is nothing from Rosen or his camp saying that, it's all unsourced rumor, just like the rumor all Rosen's teammates hate his guts and snub his birthday (which has been contradicted by actual teammates)

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7 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Draft ammo only fires if it fits in your partners gun, which is far from a sure thing.

 

It has been reported that Rosen doesn't want to play there, but if true, it's unclear if that's "I would prefer to play elsewhere" or "if drafted by Cleveland, I WILL hold out" a la Elway/Eli Manning.  There is nothing from Rosen or his camp saying that, it's all unsourced rumor, just like the rumor all Rosen's teammates hate his guts and snub his birthday (which has been contradicted by actual teammates)

they will have the opportunity to talk to him next week.  if he gives indication he doesn't want to play for Buffalo then I'm sure they will look elsewhere.  but where we stand right now, that is the best QB in the draft and if we can get him then we have to go get him

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1 hour ago, kdiggz said:

Any knocks on Rosen has nothing to do with throwing a football. Maybe he will get hurt but so could any of these guys. Maybe he will be a jerk but who cares as long as he is completing passes. If you draft someone else it's because you like them as a person and hope they can overcome something in their game to get to the level that Rosen is already at. It's a no brainer for me


Hopefully GM has a brain so "no brainer" decisions will be made.  Brainless decisions in future will be referred in future as "kdoggzes".

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2 hours ago, kdiggz said:

Cleveland isn't taking him, he said he doesn't want to play there. We have an opportunity to trade up 2-4 to get him. We have 2x 1sts, 2x 2nds and we have Glenn, Tyrod, Shaq on the trading block. More than enough ammo to get your guy

Yep, but like I said you have to talk yourself out of Rosen because this might happen or that might happen. But my argument is take the best QB and hope for the best. More likely to work out than someone who isn't the best QB and you hope he somehow improves

Good point :thumbsup:

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6 hours ago, kdiggz said:

Any knocks on Rosen has nothing to do with throwing a football. Maybe he will get hurt but so could any of these guys. Maybe he will be a jerk but who cares as long as he is completing passes. If you draft someone else it's because you like them as a person and hope they can overcome something in their game to get to the level that Rosen is already at. It's a no brainer for me

I agree, he’s the best qb in the draft imo.  But being injury prone IS real.  It’s not made up. He IS injury prone.  He is slight in muscle and weight.  He seems to be a bit douchey.  Douchey may not play into how his career plays out but the injury history could end it. It’s a no brainer for me that he should be the 1st QB selected, but it’s not a no brainer that we should trade the house to be able to draft him.  I’m glad I’m not making that decision.  I just don’t see Beane pulling the trigger on trading boatloads of picks for him.  I could see him making a deal for a qb prospect that slides during the draft, just not trading to #1 or 2.  I expect someone to trade up with the giants for #2 prior to the draft but I don’t believe it will be us.

 

not sure where I stand yet regarding us trading up to the top 3 to snag one of these guys.  As long as we don’t draft Mason Rudolph at 21 or 22, I have faith

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30 minutes ago, #34fan said:

 

He said he's  a PROJECT the COULD BE worth the risk in the second round.

-I agree.

 

That describes Allen as well, but he (and Jackson) may well be drafted at the bottom of the 1st.

 

Or, GMs may succumb to the lure of a guy who "looks the way you want your QB to look" and can throw faster than the interstate speed limit

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Rosen is the best thrower of the football.  From a family an up bringing where he is self aware and knows what he is and smart enough to know what he can be.  Give me Rosen.  He is Matt Ryan before social media.  If he slides 1 spot and im Buffalo I move up. 

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22 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:

Yep, I remember that "expert assessment." Of course, better than EJ Manuel and Geno Smith that year ... he may yet turn out to be right.

22 hours ago, K-9 said:

Heck, I’ll go as far as to say he was right! But for all the wrong reasons. 

 

Classic case of the unknown is always better than the reality... Nassib has yet to even beat out camp competition to start for a team but there still you guy's that believe there a case for him. LOL

 

There an argument that if the Bills and Jets would have let EJ & Geno sit for a year or 2 to develop, that  they could have been serviceable  starters in the league.

 

How much nurturing does Nassib need to show promise? 5 more years?

 

Until then you're comparing apples to  oranges but flame on... 

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43 minutes ago, pimp on da' net said:

 

Classic case of the unknown is always better than the reality... Nassib has yet to even beat out camp competition to start for a team but there still you guy's that believe there a case for him. LOL

 

There an argument that if the Bills and Jets would have let EJ & Geno sit for a year or 2 to develop, that  they could have been serviceable  starters in the league.

 

How much nurturing does Nassib need to show promise? 5 more years?

 

Until then you're comparing apples to  oranges but flame on... 

Flame on? Who is flaming anything here? My point is that Cosell was way out of line when he made that assessment and the ONLY reason he has a chance to be right is because other QBs in that draft have proved to be poor while he hasn’t done ANYTHING in the league to DISPROVE he doesn’t suck. Thus my remark that Cosell was right for all the wrong reasons. 

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3 hours ago, pimp on da' net said:

Classic case of the unknown is always better than the reality... Nassib has yet to even beat out camp competition to start for a team but there still you guy's that believe there a case for him. LOL

 

Not quite.  Nassib is done AFAIK - when was he even last on a team? 

 

I'm just not sure Cosell was wrong from the way he sees it.  Keep in mind it was a crappy QB draft.  Cosell is a technician.  He looks for passing technique.   He also says he does not try to compare from year to year, only within a year.   Nassib, I think, is a QB who played against a lower level of competition but he had a strong arm and better throwing technique than Geno Smith and better accuracy than EJM and better footwork than Glennon?  In a different year, I think he would have been classed down with the Peterman/Lauletta/White types, but examined against the three who were drafted higher, he looked better to Cosell  at the time.   The first 3 went to QB hungry teams, Nassib went to a team with a starter.  Giants would have moved on from EJM, Geno, or Glennon by now too, maybe faster.  End of story.

 

K-9 put it more succinctly "he was right for the wrong reasons"

 

3 hours ago, pimp on da' net said:

There an argument that if the Bills and Jets would have let EJ & Geno sit for a year or 2 to develop, that  they could have been serviceable  starters in the league.

 

I have made that argument with regard to EJM, but I was told that I was completely mistaken and furthermore, totally wrong LOL

 

3 hours ago, pimp on da' net said:

How much nurturing does Nassib need to show promise? 5 more years?

 

Cosell is never trying to assess what each QB might become, but where they are now and relative to each other.

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On 2/23/2018 at 11:36 PM, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Greg Cosell is one of the pundits I really respect on QB.  He's also a guy who doesn't like to say anything bad about people.

While being positive about their talent, you could tell he felt Allen and even Darnold are guys who need a lot of technical development.

 

He seemed pretty firm on Jackson being a QB and wanting to see him get a chance to develop as a QB, and on Petrino running an offense with pro passing concepts.

 

Seems to see Rudolph pretty firmly as a 2nd tier talent.

 

He might be right for all we know.  We haven't seen him yet; you can't say much for the 4 QB drafted ahead of him.

 

 

I assume most most of these are a joke but wanted to throw this out there.

 

NYG- Not resigned. Replaced by Geno “Flat Earth” Smith

 

NO- Signed and cut in less than 90 days.

 

JAX- signed and cut in less than 30 days, by a team whose WB depth chart starts with Blake Bortles. 

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22 hours ago, JaCrispy said:

I agree Rosen is the best talent...I just don’t think he has the toughness to last...he is a former tennis star after all. :D

 

Therefore, I like Mayfield best... best combo of skill and toughness imo.

 

Agree.

Lets see if we move up for one of them, id be cool with either one.

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Greg was also on with former Bills Guard Ross Tucker, good listen, they will be doing a bunch of these going into the draft.  I feel the same way about Mayfield that Cosell does.   You hear all this **** about the guy, and they all seem to be lazy comparisons to Manziel, but when you sit down and watch, Mayfield and Manziel are nothing alike.  Mayfield knows where to go with the rock, doesn't try to improvise every single play, plays within the offense, extremely accurate with the ball.  Look skittish at times against the blitz, that's my biggest issue, the way he reacts in the pocket.  His OL was insanely good at OU.  I'd love to land Bake Mayfield.  It's funny listening to Cosell talk about how surprised he was when watching Mayfield, his ears told him one thing, eyes another.  Bottom line, watch first and then listen to what others have to say.

 

https://www.podcastone.com/episode/RTFP-803-Greg-Cosell

 

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On 2/26/2018 at 7:26 AM, bouds said:

Greg was also on with former Bills Guard Ross Tucker, good listen, they will be doing a bunch of these going into the draft.  I feel the same way about Mayfield that Cosell does.   You hear all this **** about the guy, and they all seem to be lazy comparisons to Manziel, but when you sit down and watch, Mayfield and Manziel are nothing alike.  Mayfield knows where to go with the rock, doesn't try to improvise every single play, plays within the offense, extremely accurate with the ball.  Look skittish at times against the blitz, that's my biggest issue, the way he reacts in the pocket.  His OL was insanely good at OU.  I'd love to land Bake Mayfield.  It's funny listening to Cosell talk about how surprised he was when watching Mayfield, his ears told him one thing, eyes another.  Bottom line, watch first and then listen to what others have to say.

 

https://www.podcastone.com/episode/RTFP-803-Greg-Cosell

 

 

 

I wouldn't mind Mayfield either.

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On ‎2‎/‎24‎/‎2018 at 4:36 AM, Woodman19 said:

How many Bills fans could stomach a 2 year wait for Jackson? That's the catch 22. Everyone wants a QB now which limits options since very few can likely perform from day 1.

 

Why a 2 year wait?

 

If we draft Jackson, which is turning up more and more in these mock drafts, he'll be the starter in 2019 after redshirting his rookie year, probably behind Taylor.

 

You better believe McDermott paid attention to what Andy Reid did this year.

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6 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:

 

Why a 2 year wait?

 

If we draft Jackson, which is turning up more and more in these mock drafts, he'll be the starter in 2019 after redshirting his rookie year, probably behind Taylor.

 

You better believe McDermott paid attention to what Andy Reid did this year.

I think it will depend on the Bills record. If the Bills are winning with Tyrod, then Lamar will continue to sit. Lamar may even beat him out in camp.

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