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Quote from: Jclayton92 on April 25, 2025, 10:32:33 PMThe Rams wanted him badly at 26

Ummm the rams are in win now mode with a 37 year old qb and were almost in the NFC championship game. Their coach is literally retiring when Stafford is gone. He has talked about retiring and doing tv ever since he won the super bowl. So you think he is gonna stick around for Jaxson Dart? If that helps you sleep better at night, go ahead 🤣

twice, three, four, FIVE times. 

Quote from: Jclayton92 on April 25, 2025, 10:32:33 PMThe Rams wanted him badly at 26

Is there any actual evidence to back this up beyond "they traded out as soon as we made the pick"?

Quote from: Crypto Fareez on April 25, 2025, 10:39:57 PMUmmm the rams are in win now mode with a 37 year old qb and were almost in the NFC championship game. Their coach is literally retiring when Stafford is gone. He has talked about retiring and doing tv ever since he won the super bowl. So you think he is gonna stick around for Jaxson Dart? If that helps you sleep better at night, go ahead 🤣

I don't know if you missed all the the threads before this one were we were all discussing it but leading up to the Draft McVay was all over Dart, and immediately traded out when the Giants moved up last night.

Lastly Mcvay is 39 so he's retiring in the next 2 years?

Quote from: jgrangers2 on April 25, 2025, 10:59:29 PMIs there any actual evidence to back this up beyond "they traded out as soon as we made the pick"?

The 3 spots everyone talked about pre draft for Dart were Saint, Giants, and Mcvay. Supposedly from insiders Moore and Mcvay were enamored with Dart. It was a ton of smoke leading up to the Draft and then the second the Giants move up, they move back. At some point when there is so much smoke there is fire. The Saints then grab Shough with a similar profile to Dart, deep thrower, super mobile etc at 40. No one is ever going to come out and say it but all the insiders basically said Dart would have been the rams pick

Quote from: Crypto Fareez on April 25, 2025, 10:39:57 PMUmmm the rams are in win now mode with a 37 year old qb and were almost in the NFC championship game. Their coach is literally retiring when Stafford is gone. He has talked about retiring and doing tv ever since he won the super bowl. So you think he is gonna stick around for Jaxson Dart? If that helps you sleep better at night, go ahead 🤣

I don't know too many win now teams that trade out of the first round for future year picks.  You seem to contradict yourself..

Wow. Sanders is going to be a Day 3 player. Even Milroe and Gabriel were taken ahead of him.

Maybe he and Deion both learn something from this but that might be too much to hope.

Quote from: LennG on April 25, 2025, 08:19:22 PMIs it just talent, or is it the way I think, you get 2 Sanders for the price of one? Are teams staying away from the son because they fear Daddy will be a constant problem?

Partially his dad, then some reports say he had the worst interviews(s) they'd ever seen (take that with a grain of salt), blamed team and big head.

Reason I never wanted him. Seems he wasn't even picked in the top 3 rounds. Amazing what the media sells and what the people in the know, know.

Then you hear some Giant fans crying why we didn't take him and then some even brought up the race card.

Quote from: y_so_blu on April 25, 2025, 11:28:51 PMWow. Sanders is going to be a Day 3 player. Even Milroe and Gabriel were taken ahead of him.

Maybe he and Deion both learn something from this but that might be too much to hope.

I've never seen a free fall like this with a QB prospect in an NFL draft. Brady Quinn had cameras on him while all teams passed on him in the first round but he was eventually taken in the 2nd round. To go from 2nd best QB prospect to 4th round means something weird is going on.

There were some troubling reports of him doing very poorly in team interviews, being unwilling to prepare seriously.  If you don't want to prepare for interviews that may decide your future, how can you be trusted to prepare for games, week in and week out?

It has to be more attitude/accompanying baggage than talent because whilst I never saw him as a R1 guy he does have day two tape.

Here's some questions.  The top 3 NIL recipients were Bronnie James, Shadeur Sanders, and Arch Manning.  Notice the pattern?

Would any of them have been there if they hadn't had famous families?

Did Shadeur's $4.8 million in NIL fuel the arrogance that led him to think he could skip the showcase events and not bother to prepare for the team interviews, as is reputed?

If he had a different last name would he have been thought of as a top prospect in January, before in-depth team evaluations had even begun?

And is any part of this a cautionary tale regarding Arch Manning?

Weak arm
Does not throw with anticipation
Takes too many sack
Time to throw is high
Threw too many contested passes
Passes requires Receiver tracking
Personality is glib
No vocal leadership presence
Meddling father
Felt entitled to pick his teams
Didn't prepare for interviews
Bad optics after dropping in 1st
Backup QB potential who needs development
Overachieved
Can't speak French

Quote from: Ed Vette on April 26, 2025, 05:51:44 AMWeak arm
Does not throw with anticipation
Takes too many sack
Time to throw is high
Threw too many contested passes
Passes requires Receiver tracking
Personality is glib
No vocal leadership presence
Meddling father
Felt entitled to pick his teams
Didn't prepare for interviews
Bad optics after dropping in 1st
Backup QB potential who needs development
Overachieved
Can't speak French

Well, there goes his CFL prospects.

https://x.com/bleacherreport/status/1915977866606477733?s=12