OT: Non-Hockey Sports Thread XI - Defense? Who Needs Defense?! (Wade Wilson Memorial Edition)

[Minnewildsota]

Jack, probably.

I was thinking Santana, but he usually got game 1

 

[NHL1674]

Please don't blow it. Please!

 

[Soldier13Fox]

Should have let Lopez go another inning

Edit. I get why they didn't and we are winning regardless (knock on wood)

 

[AKL]

Figures it would be an Alvarez home run to get them on the board. Hopefully no more though. Can't let them get any offensive confidence.

 

[NHL1674]

Pleasantly surprised to see them get a game in Houston.

 

[Soldier13Fox]

Correa, are you f***ing kidding me

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Hell yeah.

Not at the table, Carlos.

 

[AKL]

Pleasantly surprised to see them get a game in Houston.

They pretty much had to get one of these first two games.

But now just as importantly, they need to win game 3. If they lose game 3, they lose the pitching advantage, and you don't wanna be down 1-2 and not having the pitching advantage in game 4.

 

[NHL1674]

Not gonna lie, I was worried how they would handle that first loss after breaking the streak. But they bounced right back.

 

[NHL1674]

 

[MuckOG]

I was wrong about Brock Purdy....He's good.

Oh, and Quit for Caleb.

 

[Northerner]

I was wrong about Brock Purdy....He's good.

Oh, and Quit for Caleb.

The irony with this post is Purdy (like Brady) is "Mr. Irrelevant". lol

Never pick QBs in the first round.

 

[MuckOG]

The irony with this post is Purdy (like Brady) is "Mr. Irrelevant". lol

Never pick QBs in the first round.

Brady was a late round pick, but not 'Mr Irrelevant'.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

The irony with this post is Purdy (like Brady) is "Mr. Irrelevant". lol

Never pick QBs in the first round.

I think Kansas City is glad they did.

 

[Northerner]

I think Kansas City is glad they did.

And I could list you a dozen bombs or QBs drafted first round that didn't come close to their potential.

Williams doesn't look at all much better than a dozen other QBs I've seen recently.

No need to worry, Vikes will not be bombing. Haven't even played one NFCN game yet.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

And I could list you a dozen bombs or QBs drafted first round that didn't come close to their potential.

Williams doesn't look at all much better than a dozen other QBs I've seen recently.

No need to worry, Vikes will not be bombing. Haven't even played one NFCN game yet.

And I could list you numerous bombs or players drafted first round that didn't come close to their potential at every position.

 

[Minnewildsota]

And I could list you a dozen bombs or QBs drafted first round that didn't come close to their potential.

Williams doesn't look at all much better than a dozen other QBs I've seen recently.

No need to worry, Vikes will not be bombing. Haven't even played one NFCN game yet.

The 3 first round QBs from this last draft are looking pretty good so far…

What’s the success rate of QBs picked by round? Does it go up or down by round?

 

[AKL]

When I look back at QB's that have played in the Super Bowl in the last ~15 years

1st round:
Mahomes
Burrow
Stafford
Goff
Ryan
Newton
Manning
Flacco
Manning
Manning
Rodgers
Roethlisberger

Non-1st round:
Hurts
Brady
Garoppolo
Foles
Wilson
Kaepernick
Brees


When I look at some of the highest QBR's from last season

1st round:
Mahomes
Allen
Tagovailoa
Goff
Jones
Jackson
Burrow
Herbert

Non-1st round:
Hurts
Smith
Brissett
Prescott

I'm not sure if there are other ways to look at who the best quarterbacks are, but it seems like "never take a QB in the first round" probably isn't very sound advice if you want a successful team or a good QB.

 

[Northerner]

What a wasted pick Mond was. And I don't see a whole lot of great things coming from Hall, either.

I think QBs are too flip-of-the-coin as far as if they can hack NFL or not.

 

[AKL]

What a wasted pick Mond was. And I don't see a whole lot of great things coming from Hall, either.

I think QBs are too flip-of-the-coin as far as if they can hack NFL or not.

Ironically neither of these guys were taken in the first round, so...

 

[Northerner]

Ironically neither of these guys were taken in the first round, so...

Indeed they weren't. But Mond was #66, which should have been a real player.

I could draft better than some NFL front offices.

 

[Minnewildsota]

Indeed they weren't. But Mond was #66, which should have been a real player.

I could draft better than some NFL front offices.

I doubt that

 

[Wabit]

I think QBs are too flip-of-the-coin as far as if they can hack NFL or not.

QBs are like goalies. You take one every draft and hope 1 in 10 turn into something. If you don't need one it's a late round pick, it you do need one then it's a higher round pick.

I do wonder how many QBs don't turn into anything due to lack of opportunity.

I mean just look at GB with Favre as their ironman starter. A-Rod, Mark Burnell, and Kurt Warner were his backups at different times. Not even counting A-Rod (who replaced Favre); that's still a few SBs and Division Championship games for those QBs.

Of if Bledsoe didn't get injured would Brady have turned into the monster player he was?

 

[Sad People]

What’s the success rate of QBs picked by round? Does it go up or down by round?

I’ve heard the success rate of a QB drafted in the 1st is 50% but I’m also not too sure what they deem as “successful”

Jaren Hall also isn’t suppose to be anything more than a developmental backup QB. He’s not the QBotF.

 

[Northerner]

QBs are like goalies. You take one every draft and hope 1 in 10 turn into something. If you don't need one it's a late round pick, it you do need one then it's a higher round pick.

I do wonder how many QBs don't turn into anything due to lack of opportunity.

I mean just look at GB with Favre as their ironman starter. A-Rod, Mark Burnell, and Kurt Warner were his backups at different times. Not even counting A-Rod (who replaced Favre); that's still a few SBs and Division Championship games for those QBs.

Of if Bledsoe didn't get injured would Brady have turned into the monster player he was?

And Warner played for Northern Iowa lol. Should have been a Gopher. Purdy also playing just south the border.


QBs just all develop differently. Some of these guys just find themselves in really ideal situations, like Purdy.