Some Draft Comments of Past "Quinn Ewers will be #1 overall pick"

The irony about Texas Longhorn football is that it is one of the winningest programs of all time, yet it hasn't had many long-term successful NFL quarterbacks.

They've had none that were long-term starters in the past 60+ years.
Bobby Lane in the 50's was the last one.
Vince Young got drafted early but was gone soon

Even a program like East Carolina has had 2 in the last 30 years or so
Jeff Blake....100 starts...a Pro Bowl
David Garrard....76 career starts...some playoff success...a Pro Bowl

That's 2 more than UT....lol
I say this and my daughter is attending UT, so not being a hater

It's just weird
 
DFWJC said:
The irony about Texas Longhorn football is that it is one of the winningest programs of all time, yet it hasn't had many long-term successful NFL quarterbacks.

They've had none that were long-term starters in the past 60+ years.
Bobby Lane in the 50's was the last one.
Vince Young got drafted early but was gone soon

Even a program like East Carolina has had 2 in the last 30 years or so
Jeff Blake....100 starts...a Pro Bowl
David Garrard....76 career starts...some playoff success...a Pro Bowl

That's 2 more than UT....lol
I say this and my daughter is attending UT, so not being a hater

It's just weird
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well, honestly, there are a number of big time college programs that have not done a lot better. Iowa for example has not had a starter for a NFL team since the 80's.

a number of Big Ten schools can say the same. When was the last Northwestern QB to make it big in the NFL? I cannot think of any. I think you could look at teams like Texas A & M or Texas Tech and there have not been many.

Look at the SEC. Several teams there not much better.

I would bet that half of all the FBS teams have never had a good starter at QB in the NFL
 
gtb1943 said:
well, honestly, there are a number of big time college programs that have not done a lot better. Iowa for example has not had a starter for a NFL team since the 80's.

a number of Big Ten schools can say the same. When was the last Northwestern QB to make it big in the NFL? I cannot think of any. I think you could look at teams like Texas A & M or Texas Tech and there have not been many.

Look at the SEC. Several teams there not much better.

I would bet that half of all the FBS teams have never had a good starter at QB in the NFL
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Good point

I was thinking more in regard to all-time great programs, but point still stands even with them.

It's more rare than it seems
 
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Was never impressed with him and he couldnt stay healthy at the college level, the NFL level will kill him
 
DFWJC said:
The irony about Texas Longhorn football is that it is one of the winningest programs of all time, yet it hasn't had many long-term successful NFL quarterbacks.

They've had none that were long-term starters in the past 60+ years.
Bobby Lane in the 50's was the last one.
Vince Young got drafted early but was gone soon

Even a program like East Carolina has had 2 in the last 30 years or so
Jeff Blake....100 starts...a Pro Bowl
David Garrard....76 career starts...some playoff success...a Pro Bowl

That's 2 more than UT....lol
I say this and my daughter is attending UT, so not being a hater

It's just weird
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Vince Young was successful wasn’t he? Jeff Fisher officially killed his career but it started off ok from
Whet I remember.
 
CT Dal Fan said:
Cam Ward may have been the sixth QB taken if he was in the draft last year. Jayden Daniels, Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, and Bo Nix would have went ahead of him and JJ McCarthy might have.

What I am saying is this was not a good QB class overall, and teams that took them this year might be searching again soon. So it's not hard to see people overvaluing players like Sanders and Ewers.
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This is the interesting thing though….weak class yet some of the bigger names couldn’t get drafted.

This happens all the time though. They say it’s weak and then a franchise qb pops up lol.
 
TheMarathonContinues said:
Vince Young was successful wasn’t he? Jeff Fisher officially killed his career but it started off ok from
Whet I remember.
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Yes. Briefly, when he started out,
Year one with a running team using the read option can take teams off guard in the first year.
Chris Johnson and Young

But VY only had 50 total starts in his entire NFL career

Man, was he fun to watch in college though
 
Loool, "I never said he’d be the #1 overall pick. I only guaranteed he’d be a 1st round lock!” — Softline
 
DFWJC said:
Good point

I was thinking more in regard to all-time great programs, but point still stands even with them.

It's more rare than it seems
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Look at Alabama. It has not had that many. Bart Starr, Stabler and Namath. Tua is still in question. and it has had more talent then pretty much any other program over the years. Purdue is nowhere near as storied but certainly compares with Alabama as regards NFL QBs. Len Dawson, Bob Griese, Drew Brees; the first two in the HOF and Brees almost certainly will get in.
 
Kid made a poor financial decision. He could have transferred to another school and made millions. He should fire whoever advised him to go pro.
 
gtb1943 said:
Look at Alabama. It has not had that many. Bart Starr, Stabler and Namath. Tua is still in question. and it has had more talent then pretty much any other program over the years. Purdue is nowhere near as storied but certainly compares with Alabama as regards NFL QBs. Len Dawson, Bob Griese, Drew Brees; the first two in the HOF and Brees almost certainly will get in.
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Purdue is QBU historically.
3 HOFers crossing multiple eras
Kind of crazy

But yeah, Bama too
 
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