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Is it just me - or is all this media hype for Luck and the next great QB of ur generation - - sound a lot like the can't miss, best RB since WalterPeyton hype from a few years back?
I do not watch college ball.
But I just remember that before the draft - they were showing highlight after highlight of Bush and the same things were said of him that he had all the tools, ability etc.
I was just asking a question.
I know a lot of you guys/gals watch a lot of college ball.
From all the media hype out about Luck and all the media hype about Bush, I just wanted to hear from you guys/gals what your thought were.
I don't know how anyone who has watched him play not want him. This isn't a pass but geebus, he's fast and strong on top of that great arm.
you forgot to mention he can tackle too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5STc2_bM7k
Unless he decides to stay in school one more year to finish his degree.
I don't think he was red-shirted as a freshman so I'm not sure if he would have any NCAA eligibility left he decided to go back to school to finish his degree.
iI have read that he still has 1 more year of eligibility left after this one.
If he is as good as y'all say, we need to start rooting for Indy to win a few games.
Bush is the most overhyped and overrated player to come out of college football. Ever ! This is the guy who wqs supposed to be the next barry Sanders and Walter Peyton all rolled into one.I get the Reggie Bush comparison in terms of hype. But the Bush hype was completely unfounded in my opinion. I had the guy rated as a 3rd round draft pick the year he came out. Bush was a slot WR lining up as a HB. And despite his incredible stats, the only thing he had going for him was that he was just a better athlete than the guys he played against. His entire skill set was based around that. And I thought at the time (and have been proved right since), that once he got to a place where everyone else was just as good an athlete as him (the NFL) he would not be a very successful player. He is a great situational player, but anybody who projected him to be a full time player at HB was just blinded to the facts by his athleticism.
Bush is the most overhyped and overrated player to come out of college football. Ever ! This is the guy who wqs supposed to be the next barry Sanders and Walter Peyton all rolled into one.
MNF on ESN led with "Rggie Bush and Dolphins" visit the Jets in NY is the wasy they introded mondays game.
Name a player coming out of his Draft class who gets the hype and recognition that he does ? Outstanding players from that class like Ngata, Mario, Jones-Drew, and Cutler are far less known by fans and sponsers than Bush and yet each far more talented and valuable players. Even today 6 years after that Draft class when it's perfectly clear that Bush is monotonously mediocre, he's still hyped. I don't get it ?
Is it just me - or is all this media hype for Luck and the next great QB of ur generation - - sound a lot like the can't miss, best RB since WalterPeyton hype from a few years back?
Daddy is an ex-NFL QB so he's gonna be prepared like Archie Manning prepared his Sons. Luck is far more talented than either of those kids coming out of College. Crazy as that sounds.I sincerely hope I'm wrong, because he seems like a good person and not an egotistical head case like certain other 1st Round QBs of recent memory, but doesn't something just seem to good to be true about Luck? In a way, I actually feel bad for him. It's going to be hard to live up to what sports media is making him out to be. Unless he's on Tom Brady's level or better by his sophomore year, there will be those who call him a bust.
Daddy is an ex-NFL QB so he's gonna be prepared like Archie Manning prepared his Sons. Luck is far more talented than either of those kids coming out of College. Crazy as that sounds.
Hell, he might have Peyton Manning teaching him for a year or two before he takes over the Colts.
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I sincerely hope I'm wrong, because he seems like a good person and not an egotistical head case like certain other 1st Round QBs of recent memory, but doesn't something just seem to good to be true about Luck? In a way, I actually feel bad for him. It's going to be hard to live up to what sports media is making him out to be. Unless he's on Tom Brady's level or better by his sophomore year, there will be those who call him a bust.
Is Luck really that good? Sure, from the games I've watched, he doesn't make mistakes and is a good passer but I've seen plenty of good college quarterbacks, some better than Luck. Hell, Nick Foles and even Seth Dodge impressed me today!
I just had a random thought.
Some team wins the suck for luck sweepstakes. Their fan base spends all spring consoling themselves with the fact that at least they get luck. During the draft, their team picks someone else. That would produce an EPIC message board meltdown.
Who have you seen that has been better than Luck in the last 10 years?
Maybe because I haven't watched a lot of Luck games but I felt that Bradford was a better QB than Luck.
I'm sure this has been entertained before (and maybe dismissed), but its possible that Indy could trade the top pick if they get get. Just imagine what kind of a package some team would put together to get this guy. I'm sure teams would be willing to give up their entire draft plus some of next years too.
Some organizations just have all the luck. I mean really??? Manning, one of the greatest QBs of all time plays 20 friggin years in a row w out missing a game, then gets hurt for an entire season and it just so happens to be the same year a QB like this is available and they reap huge rewards.
Remember when the Spurs lost Robinson for the season and they end up getting Tim Duncan because of it? These events shape organizations for decades.
I think I'm rooting for NC to have first pick. They have so much tied up in Cam Newton they could trade first round pick and with correct selections could become SB contenders.
Texans have so many holes to fill to give up much unless they makes trades. For example they trade Mario to New England for 1st and a 2nd.
They trade Schaub to Dolphins for a 1st in 2012 and 1st in 2013.
Texans offer Panthers the Dolphins 2012 first, Texans own first and Texans 2013 first and Dolphins 2013 first round selections for the first pick 2012 draft.
Texans draft Andrew Luck 1st pick. They use the NE first to select NT Dontari Poe (should be 30-32).
2nd (Texans) WR Kendall Wright
2nd (N.E.) CB Casey Hayward
3rd RG Kevin Zeitler Wisconsin
4th SS/FS/CB Winston Guy
5th C/RT/OG Blake Baylor.
No one is giving a single 1st round pick for Schaub. Much less two. With one being a top 5 pick.For example they trade Mario to New England for 1st and a 2nd.
They trade Schaub to Dolphins for a 1st in 2012 and 1st in 2013.
And Andrew Luck is only coming to Houston if his team has a road game versus the Texans.
Jeff Saturday says Colts were out-coached by the Saints.
Kendall Langford & Tony McDaniel say the Dolphin coaches called an incorrect defense on the Denver 2 point conversion.
If that doesnt sound like 2 coaching staff's workign their tail's off to lose games then I dont know what does. They say there is no way a player would put that much work into a season to tank it. Well apparently the coaches are OK with it.
I heard a stat from Chucky on ESPN radio that said no team in the history of the NFL has given up a 15 point lead with less than 3 minutes to go.
Nobody could ever convince me that a coach or player in the NFL has agreed to tank games just so their team could get a better draft pick. There is too much riding on it. Their entire future depends on their performance. Not to mention nearly all of them are egomaniacs.
Now, the front office is a different story. I actually believe that the people in the front office would desire such a result. But the people on the field? No way.
I think I'm rooting for NC to have first pick. They have so much tied up in Cam Newton they could trade first round pick and with correct selections could become SB contenders.
Texans have so many holes to fill to give up much unless they makes trades. For example they trade Mario to New England for 1st and a 2nd.