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QB Decision Update (NEW YEARS DAY ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE LEAGUE)

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ssvir said:
He's so white he's practically transparent.

How does Emory live in Miami and not have any tan whatsoever?
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He's been DEEP in the film room....whether he's only watching game tape and/or working out the stranger as part of PT......?
 
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The hard deadline to declare for the draft is Jan 15, and they have a “soft” deadline of Jan 5th, whatever that means.

So worst case, we’ll know by then
 
RightSaidFred said:
The hard deadline to declare for the draft is Jan 15, and they have a “soft” deadline of Jan 5th, whatever that means.

So worst case, we’ll know by then
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I just don’t think we can afford to wait that long after already losing WR3 and WR4 to the portal with the potential to lose another one. JMO.

We should have a QB before the New Year, at least that was the original goal. And from there, you recruit a WR1 from the portal.
 
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Forgive me if this has been addressed, but is there any academic reason that would complicate Cam's eligibility? Hypothetical - if a player does nothing academically their last semester at School A, does that impact eligibility at School B? Have grades from the fall semester been processed?
 
Really getting the sense we’re playing with our food right now. DJU is a placeholder for FSU and KJ is trending elsewhere along with Howard.

We currently have all of our chips in on a kid who appears to be getting advice from the wrong people and might be looking for reasons not to come anyways.

I appreciate and trust the info the insiders here provide but having a hard time seeing what ‘backup options’ are out there given the pool of guys has been thinned out
 
Yoyo82 said:
Cam wants to wait as long as possible so he can get as clear a picture on his NFL draft stock as he possibly can. The longer he waits the more individual teams he can hear back from.

Or maybe he wants the decision to be made for him by missing out on all the best portal landing spots?
Or does he know that he can portal in May and probably still find a really good landing spot?

In my mind, 4th round is the gray area.

1st-3rd, he's gone. 5th-7th, he stays in college

4th is situational.

There's 5 4th round and later QBs who have been given the opportunity to start games the last few years.

Aiden O'Connell Raiders
DTR Cleveland
Bailey Zappe NE
Sam Howell Washington
And of course Brock Purdy SF

Maybe Cam thinks if he just gets a chance to start he can earn his way up?
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True, but none of those guys got their chance to start because they were better and the Head Coach made them QB1. Each of these guys are starting for reasons beyond their abilities. Here's a list of QB's drafted and their round. 4-7 round qbs are absolutely ******.

4th round qbs make around $800K a year for four years (barely above league minimum). Ward can play for Miami (make half of his NFL salary), make the college football playoff, improve his draft stock and battle Ewers, Weigman, Sanders, Allar, and Jalon Daniels. I sure would like my chances against them instead of against Williams, Maye, Jayden Daniels, Nix, and Penix. Cam Ward is at least 6th (and that's generous) of the QBs in this year's draft.

In 2023, the sixth QB was taken in the 4th round
In 2022, the sixth QB was taken in the 5th round (and this was a WEAK QB class; Pickett was the 1st QB off the board. He went 20th, and no QB was taken in the 2nd round.
In 2021, one of the deepest QB classes, the 6th QB off the board was in the 2nd round.
In 2020, the 6th QB off the board was 4th round.

So, history shows that in majority of NFL drafts, the 6th best QB is taken in the 4th round or later. This season, Ward would be the 6th best QB and that's if Sanders and Pratt don't declare (but I think Pratt will stick in the process of declaring). So this year, Ward is behind Williams, Maye, Jayden Daniels, Bo Nix, and Penix. And if Sanders declares, he will be behind Sanders. Ward may even be behind Pratt. You're looking at the 8th best QB on the big board. That's not 4th round.

Ward has a better shot of signing with Miami, making 2 million, improve his draft stock in a weaker draft class.
 
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Stylie said:
Sileo Jr….Claude.
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holy fuck wtf GIF by THE WRESTLERS
 
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Yoyo82 said:
Cam wants to wait as long as possible so he can get as clear a picture on his NFL draft stock as he possibly can. The longer he waits the more individual teams he can hear back from.

Or maybe he wants the decision to be made for him by missing out on all the best portal landing spots?
Or does he know that he can portal in May and probably still find a really good landing spot?

In my mind, 4th round is the gray area.

1st-3rd, he's gone. 5th-7th, he stays in college

4th is situational.

There's 5 4th round and later QBs who have been given the opportunity to start games the last few years.

Aiden O'Connell Raiders
DTR Cleveland
Bailey Zappe NE
Sam Howell Washington
And of course Brock Purdy SF

Maybe Cam thinks if he just gets a chance to start he can earn his way up?
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If he’s gonna portal in May he may as well just go to the NFL
 
MACanes21 said:
Yup. If I had to take a stab at this, I’d guess Ward is totally content with going pro. Losing his top offer (if it comes to that) will just be that small nudge that would cause him to go NFL.
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That and/or he is confident that he can find another team that even if they aren't offering the same amount, he will be content with for a year.
 
WestGA'Cane said:
Forgive me if this has been addressed, but is there any academic reason that would complicate Cam's eligibility? Hypothetical - if a player does nothing academically their last semester at School A, does that impact eligibility at School B? Have grades from the fall semester been processed?
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Pretty sure he’s graduated so no
 
Yoyo82 said:
Cam wants to wait as long as possible so he can get as clear a picture on his NFL draft stock as he possibly can. The longer he waits the more individual teams he can hear back from.

Or maybe he wants the decision to be made for him by missing out on all the best portal landing spots?
Or does he know that he can portal in May and probably still find a really good landing spot?

In my mind, 4th round is the gray area.

1st-3rd, he's gone. 5th-7th, he stays in college

4th is situational.

There's 5 4th round and later QBs who have been given the opportunity to start games the last few years.

Aiden O'Connell Raiders
DTR Cleveland
Bailey Zappe NE
Sam Howell Washington
And of course Brock Purdy SF

Maybe Cam thinks if he just gets a chance to start he can earn his way up?
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Playing with fire isn’t smart when u can just go make 3 mil and boost your chances simultaneously
 
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