AR named Colts starting QB; out for season
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I am not high on him as an NFL QB. I'm ready for the London Jaguars game at 5pm. I don't care if it is preseason.
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Unless Google is stupid which is entirely possible, it says the game is today at 5pm against the Dallas Trans-boys.
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I was just looking for an excuse to work Old English into a discussion of the Jags. The joke obviously sucked. Let’s just move on.
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Did you bust a nut?First drive of AR's NFL life.....interception.
Will he already be turtling up on the sideline? They really are playing with fire in terms of his confidence. You would think the greatest physical QB specimen God ever made would be more confident, but he has a problem with that.
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I had a few OE’s in my day. Though the quarts we could get here in Fl were tough enough to finish. Can’t imagine the 40s. Still better than Schlitz. But we were at the mercy of the guy on the bicycle by the gas station. It was his call.
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Not sure, but I’m betting Jim Isray busted the top off a bottle of Tequila in preparation for the season to come
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I watched his highlights and despite the pick (on a deflection) I thought he looked like a pretty typical rookie. Now I know that’s not what the expectations are, but watching him last year, you had to know there would be a learning curve. His accuracy needs work along with footwork on throws, so we’re seeing him picking up about where he left off in Gainesville. So, Isray might not have started the Pepe Lopez just yet. But he’s still realistically a project, a very physically gifted one, and before all is said and done, his heart and head will dictate his course.
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The throw at the 4 minute mark was impressive. Would have been more so if the receiver had held onto the ball.
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That’s just the new reality. Kids are going to play for Raymond(for example) because of his future-NFL resume. I don’t think that necessarily means they don’t care. And yes, AR came from a ridiculously impoverished area of Gainesville. He just changed his family’s trajectory entirely. I had issues with some of the things he did last year, but I also get it. And I can say from first hand experience that this was a kid who stayed for hours after game’s giving autographs and interacting with kids after games, even when his family was telling him to wrap it up. And that was when he wasn’t even a starter. I’m fully in the camp that we actually look better this year overall with Mertz. But that’s not personal with regard to AR. If anyone of us had that kind of money hanging out there, we’d do the same thing, and rightly so.
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Hey, Thans for the background info.
All good.
But, your last sentence," If anyone of us had that kind of money hanging out there, we’d do the same thing, and rightly so."...Negative.
You either love your school, lay it on the line, hustle, bust your ass, do everything to WIN!....Or you don't.
We've had those kind of players.
AR is NOT, that kind of player.
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I don’t disagree that he often didn’t lay it on the line. But guys like Tebow, even DW didn’t have the projection that he did. Dexter laid it on the line, even playing in the bowl game. But he didn’t come back for his Sr year. Is he not a Gator? Rhetorical, of course, but you see my point. It gets tricky. Again though, you’re not wrong.
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Swinging, for sure
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We had those players at one time who loved UF laid it on the line but they didnt have 20+ million dangled in front of them either. I have loved UF since I was a kid. When you come from his side of the tracks and have family (mom and siblings) that love trumps UF love.
