mav1234

yup - how many of our 2nd / 3rd round picks are even starters since 2021? BC and Tremble are at least getting playing time and are solid depth, but beyond them, we've got... DJ Johnson...? Other teams routinely find quality starters - or better - in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. We're just happy if they're still on the team 3 years later, lol

I don't think he was considered by many in the same class as Luck and Lawrence... But I could be wrong.

There was also a slew of "Williams is not a generational talent" stories too, and a lot of it apparently had to do with his floor.

I was a little surprised to see that comment above so did some googling... Apparently some analysts did label Williams as generational but the agreement was not there like it was for Luck and Lawrence.

We knew this would happen - that you'd end up with conferences focusing on not weakening their best teams records. Any given Sunday (Saturday) is an even bigger thing in college football. Just look at OSUs losses this year...

No choking for Jeremiah Smith lol

No clue... Maybe they figure they won't get 2 two point conversions?

All that and it's still 16 points...

23-10. https://www.espn.com/college-football/playoff-bracket

Honestly I was where you were before the playoffs.. but... To get here, they beat Georgia and PSU. Not to mention Indiana. And while PSU was close the other games weren't really so much.

McLaurin is more complete than AT and I may be the biggest AT nuthugger on the Huddle. He really seems like a true #1

...scam? Man have you watched the bowl games and other CFP games? Maybe Oregon and Texas were better but ND showed it belonged...

Is it not publicly known how much these programs spend on their rosters?

Crazier things have happened but it seems unlikely ND can come back from this...

Rasul Douglas seals the game, haha.

Just one timeout.

Wow... That drop O.o No way to blame this loss on Lamar...

The turnovers were killer. That one flea flicker or whatever it was .. back breaking. Too cute imo.

Whenever a QB is a threat to run it in in the red zone it makes it a lot harder to defend. Bryce is elusive and surprisingly fast, and I think he's adjusting to NFL defenders speed. I'm not too worried personally about long term sustainability because he doesn't have hardly any designed runs - his scrambles are just that. It's kind of crazy he has as many rushing TDs as he did. His total 2024 TDs at 21 is the most by a Panthers QB since Cam in 2018, and he did that in 12 starts.

Coker was 21st in the NFL in y/r and 10th in yards per target - ahead of McConkey and all other rookies (of course volume will tend to drag that down). AT was 17th I think too. I'm excited to see Coker's development. Hopefully he, XL, and Sanders take a big leap this offseason.

TBF Houston stumbled into their draft picks by needing to trade Watson - they tried very hard not to, he just forced his way out. As to our drafts, it wasn't a home run this year but could still turn out. Last year is looking OK. But when you give up what we did for a draft pick, if that draft pick isn't immediately transcendent, you set the roster back, and while we seem to be drafting role players well we need breakout stars and that hasn't happened. Hopefully Young turns it around sooner than later...

Lions just shot themselves in the foot

I mean they missed a personal foul on Goff earlier so eh

At least you can't penalize if a defender is clearly easing up etc... just such bullshit to penalize players like that. Mahomes is clearly manipulating refs too (see the sideline slow up to try to draw a late hit penalty). He's an incredible QB and he wins regardless but it really annoys me.

Yeah. It's missing the context of his scrambling in the middle of defenders. I don't think it's fair to "slide" like that, and then for defenders that aren't even trying to hit him to barely graze him....