Terrelle Pryor

[G-men]

How much bigger of an underdog story could you get?

 

[EmpireWF]

How much bigger of an underdog story could you get?

Victor Cruz

 

[xCH0Nx]

Touche

 

[Tailback U]

Bottom line is that if Palmer goes down then Leinart is going in. Say it's late in the season and they are in playoff contention, they would put the veteran over the kid who hasn't played a down yet. That's how it is.

 

[Aso]

The Raiders took DHB with a 1st round pick. Pryor ran under 4.4, thats a 1st round pick in the Raiders book. I honestly don't believe he would have been a top 10 pick, but a team desperate enough would have reached for him. Everyone loves a underdog story. How much bigger of an underdog story could you get?

The league actually thought of DHB as a first round pick. I remember when he was being mocked to teams like the Ravens and Bucs.

People thought the Raiders would take Bruce Campbell in the top 10, they drafted him in the fourth round. People thought the Raiders would take Taylor Mays in the top 10, The Raiders passed him up not once but twice.

Just because you think he's the prototypical height-weight-speed Raiders pick doesn't mean it would actually have happened.

The Raiders reached using a 3rd round pick on him, I think the earliest anyone else bid was a 5th round pick. The league didn't and still doesn't think that highly of him.

And underdog stories don't get you drafted in the first round. Not even sure why you included that in your post.

 

[xCH0Nx]

The underdog comment was more from a fan perspective, not executive. Think ESPN not front office.

 

[Sportsbuck]

The Raiders reached using a 3rd round pick on him, I think the earliest anyone else bid was a 5th round pick. The league didn't and still doesn't think that highly of him.

Just FWIW... prior to tat-gate hitting the airwaves (aka December of Terrelle's junior year) front office officials from multiple teams were telling him that he was a 2nd-3rd round talent.

 

[Aso]

Just FWIW... prior to tat-gate hitting the airwaves (aka December of Terrelle's junior year) front office officials from multiple teams were telling him that he was a 2nd-3rd round talent.

Physically he's probably as talented as anyone.

 

[Sportsbuck]

Physically he's probably as talented as anyone.

I agree. It's all mental for the kid.

 

[Tailback U]

He's the black version of Cam Newton.

 

[Cornelius]

Million dollar talent, 10 cent head.

 

[Tailback U]

He has the potential to be a future All-Pro.

 

[Dan The Man]

He can literally throw while running.

 

[Loco]

He's like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Steve Young and Akili Smith combined.



1% Brady
1% Manning
1% Young
97% Akili Smith

 

[FirstTimer]

In terms of pure physical talent, TP might be one of the most talented players I've ever seen, if not THE most. He stands at 6-6 240, has a cannon for an arm, and ran a 4.33 electronically timed 40 (For comparison sake, Cam Newton ran a 4.590.

His struggles came from trouble reading defenses, accuracy and touch issues, and also poor footwork. He definitely was progressing throughout his college career inspite of having a VCR technician for a QB coach, and was setting himself up for a special senior season.

I don't think he would've been a first round pick... maybe latter half of it, but that's with a big senior season.

I have no choice but to groan these......and most of this thread.

 

[Senser81]

In terms of pure physical talent, TP might be one of the most talented players I've ever seen, if not THE most. He stands at 6-6 240, has a cannon for an arm, and ran a 4.33 electronically timed 40 (For comparison sake, Cam Newton ran a 4.590.

His struggles came from trouble reading defenses, accuracy and touch issues, and also poor footwork. He definitely was progressing throughout his college career inspite of having a VCR technician for a QB coach, and was setting himself up for a special senior season.

I need someone else to weigh in on this. Pryor had one of the weakest arms I've ever seen. Every pass was a lob-lolly pass to a wide-open WR on play-action. I never saw him complete real passes. Sportsbuck has always claimed Pryor has a tremendous arm, but I've never seen it.

 

[JBregz]

Just because he's good in madden..

 

[Sportsbuck]

I need someone else to weigh in on this. Pryor had one of the weakest arms I've ever seen. Every pass was a lob-lolly pass to a wide-open WR on play-action. I never saw him complete real passes. Sportsbuck has always claimed Pryor has a tremendous arm, but I've never seen it.

Pryor has a big arm, but his footwork issues really hurt him. He's off-balance on a lot of his throws because of his footwork, which leads to the ball hanging in the air.

He's got a lot of work to do in that area (and other ones) if he wants to be an NFL quarterback.

 

[FirstTimer]

Pryor has a big arm, but his footwork issues really hurt him. He's off-balance on a lot of his throws because of his footwork, which leads to the ball hanging in the air.

He's got a lot of work to do in that area (and other ones) if he wants to be an NFL quarterback.

I don't buy this for a second.

Other QB's who have had shit footwork like Mike Vick unleash lasers. Shit even a Uncle Rico throwing asshole like Andrew Hendrix who seems to be fading away on half his throws for Notre Dame has shown a bigger arm than Pryor.

It's not as though we are talking about a consistancy issue(which would make sense to bring up footwork) I just can't ever even remember Pryor "ripping" a tight throw.

The closest thing I have found is at around 1:20 of this video

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EulYKdokw48&feature=fvst"]Terrelle Pryor 2009-2010 Highlights - YouTube[/ame]

 

[JBregz]

Haven't really seen any laser throws by him but he seems to be able to make those real nice touch passes which IMO are much harder to make.