Completing eligibility vs not

[jdhdavis]

Specific to the Longhorns and rounds 1-3, the NFL teams certainly rewarded several players who came back to finish eligibility--Baron, Broughton, Collins, Mukuba.

Leaving early--worked out for Banks and Golden

Not working out for a high pick--Ewers, Blue, Williams, Bond (other issues).  Probably Williams ends up being the biggest mistake and wondering if this affects future year decisions.

Completed eligibility and did their best--Helm, Sorrell, Majors, Conner, Gbenda, Bolden, Holmes, Norton.

Hoping for a good Saturday for the group.  Plenty of time for this group to do well in the league despite draft status.

[GoHorns1]

Ewers wasn’t a high pick IMO. Take off the Brunt Glasses and watch the film.

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

To be honest Quinn was in an impossible position. Without Arch he’s back and probably has a better draft stock if he could get through a whole year.  Williams was the only mistake. Bond was self induced. Blue is who he is. 

[jdhdavis]

1 hour ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

To be honest Quinn was in an impossible position. Without Arch he’s back and probably has a better draft stock if he could get through a whole year.  Williams was the only mistake. Bond was self induced. Blue is who he is. 

True. Still he had some 2-3 round predictions in the teams need qbs argument. But this year not so many compared to last year. 

[connorkp23]

Blue should have come back or transferred. This is one of the deepest RB drafts ever and if he had a year with limited fumble issues he’d go significantly higher.

[HornsUpThumbsDown]

3 hours ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

To be honest Quinn was in an impossible position. Without Arch he’s back and probably has a better draft stock if he could get through a whole year.  Williams was the only mistake. Bond was self induced. Blue is who he is. 

Props to Quinn he loved the horns enough to leave and not transfer risking his draft status. Easily could have transferred and heard all the BS related, probably should have at this point 

[Jordan91]

3 hours ago, jdhdavis said:

Specific to the Longhorns and rounds 1-3, the NFL teams certainly rewarded several players who came back to finish eligibility--Baron, Broughton, Collins, Mukuba.

Leaving early--worked out for Banks and Golden

Not working out for a high pick--Ewers, Blue, Williams, Bond (other issues).  Probably Williams ends up being the biggest mistake and wondering if this affects future year decisions.

Completed eligibility and did their best--Helm, Sorrell, Majors, Conner, Gbenda, Bolden, Holmes, Norton.

Hoping for a good Saturday for the group.  Plenty of time for this group to do well in the league despite draft status.

Ewers was not a high pick. 

[Joe Naural]

 Quinn neeeds to do what GH suggested after the Georgia game….. basicly he need to work Day n night … every waking moment catching chickens  w bare hands…..key west like

lacks foot quickness in pocket

Hard worker…. Smart… led us to 2 playoffs on feet that ranked in my opinion 3 out of 10 pocket presence….. 

get those feet to 7 and he could be a 10 yr backup or starter on right team 

feet quickness is his limiting factor ….

Note : my kw interpretation of what gh wrote

Edited yesterday at 07:02 PM by Joe Naural

[whereiend]

Quinn obviously should have followed the Carson Beck path and did a year at another school. But I'm selfishly glad he didn't so that we don't have any conflict in remembering him as a Longhorn.

[HornsUpThumbsDown]

4 hours ago, GoHorns1 said:

Ewers wasn’t a high pick IMO. Take off the Brunt Glasses and watch the film.

Or check the career stats 😎

[WildHorn]

Actually, in a way this makes the last two years even more impressive, getting to the final four twice without a high draft pick at quarterback.

[qaertyisthatdude]

1 minute ago, WildHorn said:

Actually, in a way this makes the last two years even more impressive, getting to the final four twice without a high draft pick at quarterback.

Great coaching, roster management, and roster development by Sark and company

[Steamboat Willie]

1 hour ago, whereiend said:

Quinn obviously should have followed the Carson Beck path and did a year at another school. But I'm selfishly glad he didn't so that we don't have any conflict in remembering him as a Longhorn.

I hope this doesn’t come off too harsh. But hindsight being what it is and all, any advisor worth his salt would have instructed both Cam and Quinn that they definitely needed to spend another year playing college ball. Clearly, Quinn was going to need to move on to another team as he more than likely would have lost his starting position as QB1. Additionally, Cam should’ve sucked it up stayed and played another year in Austin. Nothing they can do about it now. 

[qaertyisthatdude]

14 minutes ago, Steamboat Willie said:

I hope this doesn’t come off too harsh. But hindsight being what it is and all, any advisor worth his salt would have instructed both Cam and Quinn that they definitely needed to spend another year playing college ball. Clearly, Quinn was going to need to move on to another team as he more than likely would have lost his starting position as QB1. Additionally, Cam should’ve sucked it up stayed and played another year in Austin. Nothing they can do about it now. 

Cam caught a break by landing in Philly.  He gets to be coached and developed by the best OL coach in the NFL and push for a starting spot in a few years.  Feel awful for Ewers

[whereiend]

1 hour ago, qaertyisthatdude said:

Cam caught a break by landing in Philly.  He gets to be coached and developed by the best OL coach in the NFL and push for a starting spot in a few years.  Feel awful for Ewers

I think Quinn with the dolphins is similar. That might be the single best team for him to be on. Maybe the one saving grace for his slide.

[Hashtag]

9 hours ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

To be honest Quinn was in an impossible position. Without Arch he’s back and probably has a better draft stock if he could get through a whole year.  Williams was the only mistake. Bond was self induced. Blue is who he is. 

How can you say this that he'd have higher draft stock when his entire career says he would have gotten hurt again next year. Just be thankful he isn't back and we can move on from a average at best QB.

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

7 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

How can you say this that he'd have higher draft stock when his entire career says he would have gotten hurt again next year. Just be thankful he isn't back and we can move on from an average at best QB.

I said probably.  People prone to injury do get through years okay at times. Just look at Michael Penix. He had a great year after injury and was a first round pick. Quinn had his ups and downs and never lived up to the hype. With a fully healthy year he wouldn’t be a seventh round pick. 2nd, 4th 5th who knows. While it’s best for us that he declared.. he was backed into deciding to leave or go pro so let’s not say anything more negative about a guy that didn’t want to wear a different college uniform. He was instrumental in 2 playoff runs for Gods sake. I hope he proves us wrong in Miami. 

[Hashtag]

22 minutes ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

I said probably.  People prone to injury do get through years okay at times. Just look at Michael Penix. He had a great year after injury and was a first round pick. Quinn had his ups and downs and never lived up to the hype. With a fully healthy year he wouldn’t be a seventh round pick. 2nd, 4th 5th who knows. While it’s best for us that he declared.. he was backed into deciding to leave or go pro so let’s not say anything more negative about a guy that didn’t want to wear a different college uniform. He was instrumental in 2 playoff runs for Gods sake. I hope he proves us wrong in Miami. 

He was a hindrance to us this year in our playoff run. If we have any QB that plays good we win a title.

[qaertyisthatdude]

28 minutes ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

I said probably.  People prone to injury do get through years okay at times. Just look at Michael Penix. He had a great year after injury and was a first round pick. Quinn had his ups and downs and never lived up to the hype. With a fully healthy year he wouldn’t be a seventh round pick. 2nd, 4th 5th who knows. While it’s best for us that he declared.. he was backed into deciding to leave or go pro so let’s not say anything more negative about a guy that didn’t want to wear a different college uniform. He was instrumental in 2 playoff runs for Gods sake. I hope he proves us wrong in Miami. 

Love the guy, but Texas might be going for a 3-peat this season if they had Heisman caliber QB play.  The injuries did not do him any favors.  I hope he does well in Miami though.

[GDI]

Quin never should have left HS early.  

He wasn't ready for college and tOSU wasn't ready for him.  He completely lost a year.  

[Hashtag]

3 hours ago, GDI said:

Quin never should have left HS early.  

He wasn't ready for college and tOSU wasn't ready for him.  He completely lost a year.  

Only his dad to blame for that one

[whereiend]

9 hours ago, GDI said:

Quin never should have left HS early.  

He wasn't ready for college and tOSU wasn't ready for him.  He completely lost a year.  

That was a redshirt year so that didn't cost him at all. It's not like he was going to redshirt in 2022...

Quinn could have come back and probably would have if not for Arch. The issue was that UT wasn't going to take him back as the starter and he didn't want to end his career at a different school, which I respect a lot! 

[Hashtag]

1 hour ago, whereiend said:

That was a redshirt year so that didn't cost him at all. It's not like he was going to redshirt in 2022...

Quinn could have come back and probably would have if not for Arch. The issue was that UT wasn't going to take him back as the starter and he didn't want to end his career at a different school, which I respect a lot! 

He lost a year of development. He basically showed up 2 weeks into Ohio St camp. The most important thing a QB needs is game time and he missed a whole season of that in HS after missing half Hill junior year of HS with you guessed it, an injury. 

[GDI]

1 hour ago, whereiend said:

That was a redshirt year so that didn't cost him at all. It's not like he was going to redshirt in 2022...

Quinn could have come back and probably would have if not for Arch. The issue was that UT wasn't going to take him back as the starter and he didn't want to end his career at a different school, which I respect a lot! 

Had Quin stayed at SLC he would have had another year on the field to get ready for college.  By leaving early and tOSU not really expecting him he didn't get much time on the field  during games save a few snaps and probably not many reps in practice.  

Not a good move.  And I agree with Hashtag most likely initiated by his dad for the NIL money that he could receive in Ohio but not in Texas.