PIZ Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Could be why Rosen may drop. http://amp.si.com/nfl/2018/04/18/jake-locker-nfl-2011-draft-tennessee-titans-why-he-quit?__twitter_impression=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 He had way too many injuries , never had a decent season. That is why a solid OL is so critical , especially for a rookie QB who cannot scramble for his life. http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/6424/jake-locker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Can't wait for the "Why Football Walked Away From Jake Locker," rebuttal piece. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills522 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 17 minutes ago, ChevyVanMiller said: Can't wait for the "Why Football Walked Away From Jake Locker," rebuttal piece. Read the thread title, came here to make the same comment, kudos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillyG Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, PIZ said: Could be why Rosen may drop. http://amp.si.com/nfl/2018/04/18/jake-locker-nfl-2011-draft-tennessee-titans-why-he-quit?__twitter_impression=true This is a really nice story. Tons of respect for Locker and his decision. It's a stretch to say imo that it has anything to do with Rosen and where he's drafted. 2 different people with much different outlooks. By that logic Roquan Smith may retire early because Chris Borland retired early. If Rosen slides it's simply because teams view him as a guy that's darn good but may not have a ton of room to get better. Or they like another guy more. Or politics (NYJ especially). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Fischer Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Other than the usual lazy analysis that having other life interests equates to not caring enough about football, I didn’t see anything in that article that suggests Josh Rosen is anything like Jake Locker. From all I’ve seen Josh Rosen is a deeply curious about many things, including how to be great in football. It’s a fallacy to believe that because someone has multiple interests they are incapable of sticking to and becoming an expert in any of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Never understood the Jake Locker hype when all of the ESPN bobble-heads were riding his jock. He was mediocre at Washington, but still parlayed that into a top 10 selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Because he sucked? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I stopped reading after Jesus made his appearance 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaattMaann Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, Doc said: Because he sucked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAF43 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I thought it was a good piece. I think it shows that for many fans who want to see their players and their team only worry about football always, these players have other things, and it's not always a top priority. I made the assumption before reading it that it was because he sucked or couldn't stay healthy. It turned out to be a well written article explaining how he pursued what he wanted and found peace and happiness within it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIZ Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 58 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said: This is a really nice story. Tons of respect for Locker and his decision. It's a stretch to say imo that it has anything to do with Rosen and where he's drafted. 2 different people with much different outlooks. By that logic Roquan Smith may retire early because Chris Borland retired early. If Rosen slides it's simply because teams view him as a guy that's darn good but may not have a ton of room to get better. Or they like another guy more. Or politics (NYJ especially). Only meant that there has been talk about Rosen possibly not being all in with football, and had lots of other options that may interest him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthNYfan Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 27 minutes ago, stuvian said: I stopped reading after Jesus made his appearance Good thing Rosen is Jewish. Jesus can't interfere with football if he doesn't believe he exists. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF2006 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, SouthNYfan said: Good thing Rosen is Jewish. Jesus can't interfere with football if he doesn't believe he exists. Jewish people billieve that Jesus Christ existed.....they just don't billieve he is the Messiah:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthNYfan Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Just now, JMF2006 said: Jewish people billieve that Jesus Christ existed.....they just don't billieve he is the Messiah:( Correct. Hence why I said "exists" As in he's still not around to make life changing spiritual appearances in their eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillyG Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, PIZ said: Only meant that there has been talk about Rosen possibly not being all in with football, and had lots of other options that may interest him. No, I get that. But it's a very poor take from fans. We as fans haven't sat in a room and talked to him. Haven't taken the time to interview everyone the kids been in contact with since basically the womb. We know what media wants us to know. It's also a narrative that could be used for a LOT of these kids coming out. Or is Josh Rosen that special that he's the only one with interests and goals outside football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 minute ago, No Place To Hyde said: No, I get that. But it's a very poor take from fans. We as fans haven't sat in a room and talked to him. Haven't taken the time to interview everyone the kids been in contact with since basically the womb. We know what media wants us to know. It's also a narrative that could be used for a LOT of these kids coming out. Or is Josh Rosen that special that he's the only one with interests and goals outside football? Agreed - I mean look at the drop Garrett had last year when it came out he was interested in dinosaurs and may want to go back to school and study paleontology. Many of these kids have goals and interests outside of football - the key is talking and understanding those goals and how to obtain them while still giving the all for the team. I think McDermott is really good at that because he actually seems to care about the players and wants to connect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 He was the consensus #1 before he decided to go back to school for another year. It was all downhill from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRebound Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, Virgil said: He was the consensus #1 before he decided to go back to school for another year. It was all downhill from here This should’ve been the biggest red flag of them all. Locker seems like a genuine good dude, but all these scouts and GM’s get paid to figure out how important football is to them. Peyton Manning going back to school was a different era and he supposedly was avoiding the Jets. Locker basically pissed away $30m going back to Washington. As Hasselbeck said, he’s not motivated by what motivates most other people. I think that’s where there may be some similarities with Rosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaattMaann Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 44 minutes ago, MarkAF43 said: I thought it was a good piece. I think it shows that for many fans who want to see their players and their team only worry about football always, these players have other things, and it's not always a top priority. I made the assumption before reading it that it was because he sucked or couldn't stay healthy. It turned out to be a well written article explaining how he pursued what he wanted and found peace and happiness within it. didn't read, but read your post....great that he has found peace and happiness but lets not pretend he was actually a good QB who walked away from the game to pursue other interests. He sucked at QB, glad hes moved on personally. Don't see how it is a correlation to Josh Rosen (again, without reading) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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