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Tulane QB Darian Mensah enters the Portal

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9oh4Cane said:
Mateer is this year’s Cam. There’s no one else on or near his level. You throw the house at him and sell him on OL play, NIL, and Cams production.

Arnold and Mensah both have comparable arm talent, but I think you go Arnold due to his P4 experience and scrambling ability.

mateer/weigman/moss/raiola I’m confident we can win with. Arnold and Mensah are a tier below them imo just bc there’s so many unknowns with them.
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Agree with you again. Also, with Arnold he'd be playing in a better offensive system with a much, much better OL. Assuming he isn't permanently seeing pass rushing ghosts - ala David Carr - from all the sacks he took at Oklahoma, he should be much more comfortable and confident at Miami than he was at Oklahoma. Arnold's physical gifts much better than Mensah's - not a knock on Mensah, but Arnold was a 5 star for a reason. All things being equal I'd prefer Arnold over Mensah, but the floor for Arnold is lower if **** goes sideways.
 
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Notsince1985 said:
I'm saying I'm not sure I'd pay him, specifically, that much. He's good, but he was a game manager this year.
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A game manager who reliably takes what's there but has the ability to make the big play when needed is fine with me. As long as he's accurate and avoids turnovers, with quality skill players around him our offense would still thrive. Look at the playoff teams and there really aren't a whole lot of superhero type QBs
 
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Idk enough about him Mensah yet to say one way or the other if he's worth it.

But I do remember a time when Fifita was the one year wonder people all over the country wanted to enter the portal. Fifita had put up much better numbers and played against far better competition too.

Mensah might turn out to be worth every penny, but if the 7 figure numbers being floated are accurate I don't think he's worth the risk. Not at that price. Spending that big on him and missing is a career killer.
 
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9oh4Cane said:
He definitely has arm talent but is far from a sure thing. Watched a few condensed games and his youth shows at times especially when pressured. I don’t know if he’s the guy you wanna plug and play to beat UF and ND to start the year.

It would be a good pick up but anyone who would take him over Mateer/Weigman/Arnold/Raiola is clinically insane. It’s harder to project him since he comes from a G5 and doesn’t have tape against above average P4 comp. There’s more to it than a couple splash play highlights, how does he handle a 3rd and 10 blitz against UF, ND?
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How is Raiola any different? He is another with tons of talent but his youth showed a lot.
 
When does McCord leave? Next year or is he entering the draft this year?

**** Syracuse. Gotta be kidding me that we would lose out to them on this kid.

Mario and staff need to move quickly on a guy.
 
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dk72 said:
How is Raiola any different? He is another with tons of talent but his youth showed a lot.
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Mensah’s ceiling in terms of measurables is nowhere near Raoila’s. Raoila played tough comp with a weak supporting cast in some big game environments. At least you’d know Raoila would be serviceable in those types of games while mensah could end up being closer to a poff type where the game is just too fast for him. And yes, mensah has much more arm talent than poff did, but you just never know how a g5 qb is going to handle big time cfb.

And optics wise, we’d be a much more desirable spot for other portal kids and even hs recruits, similar to how Florida is leveraging lagway.

/I do hate the mahomes cosplay thing he has going on, but you don’t pass on that talent
 
PIPO said:
When does McCord leave? Next year or is he entering the draft this year?

**** Syracuse. Gotta be kidding me that we would lose out to them on this kid.

Mario and staff need to move quickly on a guy.
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He's out of eligibility
 
9oh4Cane said:
Mensah’s ceiling in terms of measurables is nowhere near Raoila’s. Raoila played tough comp with a weak supporting cast in some big game environments. At least you’d know Raoila would be serviceable in those types of games while mensah could end up being closer to a poff type where the game is just too fast for him. And yes, mensah has much more arm talent than poff did, but you just never know how a g5 qb is going to handle big time cfb.

And optics wise, we’d be a much more desirable spot for other portal kids and even hs recruits, similar to how Florida is leveraging lagway.
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Agreed Raiolas ceiling is way up there. But you mentioned plug and play readiness and youthfulness, both of which are questionable for Raiola as well. He could just as easily go in and be the reason we lose to ND to start the season due to his periodic recklessness as he would be the reason we win. I'd be happy with either of the two, but neither would be an early season, calm and steady influence
 
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