Note for Trey Lance fans...

[CashNewton22]

4 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Rhule and Fitterer will both be in attendance at his pro day tomorrow.

 

 

[top dawg]

5 hours ago, Varking said:

They have a tackle they are probably scouting there. I don’t think we are going to have a first round pick. 

 

3 hours ago, Varking said:

I don’t think anyone seriously believes our coach is going to NDSUs Pro Day and he wouldn’t watch Trey Lance…

[ForJimmy]

Hopefully he doesn’t throw himself into the top 5...

[NAS]

With our luck he won’t drop to 8, too many teams looking for a QB

[mrcompletely11]

4 minutes ago, NAS said:

With our luck he won’t drop to 8, too many teams looking for a QB

::Sigh::

 

 

[OldhamA]

11 hours ago, stirs said:

Smoke and mirrors

It's not smoke and mirrors for any of those teams.

Any team that's sending their GM and Head Coach to Fargo is investing a lot of resources (think how much both guys make per hour + travel costs).

It's a legitimate trip - you HAVE to take a closer look at a prospect like Lance. 

Personally I think he's too much of a risk - had a great season, has a lot of the elite physical attributes you look for, but hasn't played in a year and has very limited experience throwing the football.

Edited March 12, 2021 by OldhamA

[stirs]

15 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

It's not smoke and mirrors for any of those teams.

Any team that's sending their GM and Head Coach to Fargo is investing a lot of resources (think how much both guys make per hour + travel costs).

It's a legitimate trip - you HAVE to take a closer look at a prospect like Lance. 

Personally I think he's too much of a risk - had a great season, has a lot of the elite physical attributes you look for, but hasn't played in a year and has very limited experience throwing the football.

If you wanted the league, and at least the fans, to think you were interested in a player, what would you do?

Maybe send the GM and HC to a public event?  Nice way to have teams and fans think they know what you are up to.

At the end of the day, we could very well be interested and take the guy at 8, but again, we might be there as a diversion?  Not certain.  If he were the slam dunk pick we wanted, would we not be having Brady there?  After all, the questions in Treys game are the short passes, the closing window passes, etc, which are a huge part of Brady's offense.

Could be wrong, but I see it as a show.

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, ForJimmy said:

Hopefully he doesn’t throw himself into the top 5...

If he looks bad though, does that really help us?

[TheRumGone]

6 minutes ago, stirs said:

If you wanted the league, and at least the fans, to think you were interested in a player, what would you do?

Maybe send the GM and HC to a public event?  Nice way to have teams and fans think they know what you are up to.

At the end of the day, we could very well be interested and take the guy at 8, but again, we might be there as a diversion?  Not certain.  If he were the slam dunk pick we wanted, would we not be having Brady there?  After all, the questions in Treys game are the short passes, the closing window passes, etc, which are a huge part of Brady's offense.

Could be wrong, but I see it as a show.

This could be looked at both ways though. If it’s smoke and mirrors and Brady isn’t there then wouldn’t teams know this was a diversion by Brady not being there?

I think we’re genuinely interested but I’m not sure we pull the trigger at 8 for him. I think we should if other options are not available but he is probably the biggest risk in the draft at QB. I love his traits and character though. Huge fan.

[LinvilleGorge]

12 minutes ago, stirs said:

If you wanted the league, and at least the fans, to think you were interested in a player, what would you do?

Maybe send the GM and HC to a public event?  Nice way to have teams and fans think they know what you are up to.

At the end of the day, we could very well be interested and take the guy at 8, but again, we might be there as a diversion?  Not certain.  If he were the slam dunk pick we wanted, would we not be having Brady there?  After all, the questions in Treys game are the short passes, the closing window passes, etc, which are a huge part of Brady's offense.

Could be wrong, but I see it as a show.

We have huge needs at QB and LT. Their top two prospects by miles happen to be a QB and. LT.

This one is pretty easy to figure out.

[shaqattaq]

12 hours ago, MHS831 said:

Well, they do have a pretty solid LT---maybe that's it.

Not sure if you're joking, but Randunz is expected to go mid to late 2nd. Definitely worth a looksie.

Dillon Radunz had a strong showing in Mobile, where he was named the Senior Bowl overall practice player of the week. He performed impressively at both tackle and guard. Furthermore, stepping up and facing higher-level competition didn’t phase him.

[top dawg]

6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

We have huge needs at QB and LT. Their top two prospects by miles happen to be a QB and. LT.

This one is pretty easy to figure out.

Exactly! In this case 2+2=4

[Mr. Scot]

16 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

We have huge needs at QB and LT. Their top two prospects by miles happen to be a QB and. LT.

This one is pretty easy to figure out.

I don't know that teams are really willing to go to as much effort to create smokescreens as some of us think they are. Sending a GM and head coach on a scouting trip just to fool people sounds kind of extreme to me.

Granted it's high stakes poker, but I do think we overanalyze this stuff sometimes.

Edited March 12, 2021 by Mr. Scot

[stirs]

12 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

We have huge needs at QB and LT. Their top two prospects by miles happen to be a QB and. LT.

This one is pretty easy to figure out.

Have no issue with the LT part, totally makes sense.

Title was about Trey Lance and he asked me about the misdirection comment.

 

I would love to get the LT, we'd probably have to take him at the top of the second, he'd never last to the third