2018 NFL Draft

Absolutely true, and I didn't mean to just single out Oklahoma. The Wishbone was a fad with many devotees. That Twitter account Super70sSports ought to run a play diagram from it.

 

The wishbone and/or option offenses at Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Nebraska, etc. in the 1980s and 1990s sure helped a bunch of Big 10 QBs land on NFL rosters.

A few of them even deserved it!

 

Good info for the draft junkies among us.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2018/story/_/id/23201964/2018-nfl-draft-jeff-legwold-ranking-top-100-prospects

 

Well thought out list. I have a consistent suspicion the Giants will draft Chubb at #2. It's not like there won't be more highly touted QBs next year. There always are. Sometimes the touts are even right.

 

Rumors swirling that Josh ALLEN goes 1 to Browns; if that's true, then I hope Cleveland has another 40 yr run of irrelevancy because Allen looks just like the next Blaine Gabbert, the guy who looks good but no production in college. My memory of Gabbert was how was he going to be so good when he threw for 15 TDs in a spread offense in D1 comp? Allen's college stats are horrible. He has one game of 60% completions (or better); one. Go ahead, enjoy your Dan McGwire/Jim Druckenmiller statute while the guys actually producing excel in the NFL.

 

I hear the Browns are going for Joe Charboneau.

 

These were my feelings as well. I think I need to re-evaluate my analysis.

 

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Funny thing about Josh Allen: his high school and junior college completion percentage sucked too.

He was born to get drafted by the Browns.

 

When you are drafting a QB, if you are reviewing a school's complete history on NFL draft picks, you are the head of scouting for the Browns.
I'm talking last 18 years, say the Stoops era.
What fucking good would it do review a list of 1940s-50s OU QB picks for the Draft? Or even the 80s?

If a school, under a current system and coach, has produced a couple NFL-caliber QBs, it would stand to reason there's a reason. That's my point. Not a dissertation on the history of Sooner QBs, or PSU Linebackers or USC RBs. Recent history. Under current coaching staff or system.


Kind of like looking at Jeff Tedford-trained/recruited QBs... If Tedford were to recommend a QB draft pick, I'm going to damn well listen.

 

During Okalhoma's run

It is not really an oddity that Oklahoma has not produced quarterbacks. Wilkenson ran the Split T. When Chuck Fairbanks was there they initially ran an I formation and played smash mouth. Steve Owens won a Heisman trophy in 1969 running 358 times as the tailback .

Then the Sooners went o the Wishbone for 25 years. It was only when Stoops got there that they worried about the passing game.

 

Not so fast, my friends!

Source: Browns considering Mayfield at No. 1