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Absolutely! I humbly accept your jack assery!

Hey, thank you for your service.

[Jackofalltrades]

You two get a room already.

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You two get a room already.

Three way JOAT?

[Jackofalltrades]

Ugh.

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<3

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

And trent Dilfer is not leading his teams to the playoffs year end and year out with sustained success giving his team to compete in the post season like the othe elite quarterbacks.... Brees, Mannning, Brady, Big Ben Ect.

If you just want to build a team for one good year then by all means draft other positions, but having a QB who can constantly get you to the post season with a chance is what most of us want....

Remember that was why Fox got bashed... yes he almost won a superbowl, got to a couple championships, but never had consistent sustained success.... That's what everyone wants and you need a good QB for that...

FYI- this is not an endorsement for Cam or any other QB in this draft, as I do not know if they are that QB. We may need one, but you can;t force one if it's not there either.

But he has a Super Bowl ring.

[KJDaniel31]

Perhaps some interesting take on Jake Locker by a NFL scout

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-silver_rogue_scout_enjoys_label_042511

.....Similarly, Razzano was down on former Washington quarterback Jake Locker – until he watched more tape.

“Everybody says he’s inaccurate,” Razzano said as Locker completed an intermediate pass against USC on the TV behind him. “He’s not – he throws a great ball! It’s a low-percentage offense. There’s never anybody open underneath, and he’s got no protection. You can see it if you look closely enough. People are stupid.

“[brett] Favre went in the second round, right? If you look at their college stats, Favre and Locker are practically identical. Now look at this play: Tell me this guy doesn’t move like Favre, scramble like Favre, throw like Favre. Pretend he has the number four on his jersey. His release is a lot like Favre, too.”

Razzano paused the tape and, from a stack in the corner of the room, pulled out an old, handwritten 49ers draft board to review his and other decision-makers’ grades on Favre. No one in the organization foresaw greatness, but the offensive coordinator at the time was the Southern Mississippi quarterback’s biggest proponent. “[Mike] Holmgren liked him the most,” Razzano said, smiling at the revelation. If this were a movie, that would be classified as foreshadowing.

I asked Razzano if most coaches, scouts and general managers’ grades were so easily retrievable. “Not really,” he said. “And I disagree with that. You’ve got to go back and look – how else do you have a report card? How else do you know who to listen to?

“If you had a big Wall Street company and told six people to invest $20 million each, wouldn’t you keep track of who invested well and promote those employees accordingly?”

“I talk about the ‘excitement meter.’ That’s the basic thing about scouting: Whenever you’re watching a player, when you turn on that tape, how friggin’ excited are you?”

– Dave Razzano

Razzano has some definite ideas about how and why teams make so many mistakes on draft day. He’s not a big fan of the increasing tendency of talent evaluators to rely on measurables. Said Razzano: “Height, weight, speed, strength – guys fall in love with the numbers, and then coaches justify the lack of [collegiate] production by saying, ‘It was the scheme,’ or ‘He wasn’t coached right.’ The bottom line is, you have to trust the tape.”

Locker was steadily under pressure last season.

Before I departed, Razzano wanted to give me one, final look at his favorite quarterback in this year’s draft. “Let’s watch Favre,” he said before catching himself. “I mean Locker. Man … I’m calling the guy ‘Favre.’ ”

Watching Locker roll to his right and release the ball just before an oncoming pass rusher arrived, Razzano exclaimed, “Look, he puts his shoulder into it. Look! It’s just like Favre. If people can’t see that …”

I could almost feel the Excitement Meter shaking with seismic abandon. Razzano paused the tape and continued: “My first exposure to Locker, watching a game on TV, I did not like what I saw. He threw errant passes and wasn’t very accurate. But then I saw the tape and realized it’s not him. He had more drops [by receivers] than anyone in the Pac-10, and he was running for his life – his line was probably the worst in the conference. And he still made plays with the game on the line. The guy’s a winner.”

Razzano hit play on the remote and paced around the room as Locker faked a handoff, rolled to his left and threw a touchdown pass to a receiver in the middle of the end zone.

“Look at him here,” Razzano said, “throwing against the grain …”

On a metaphorical level, this was something to which the Rogue Scout could absolutely relate.

[Bj-Monster23]

So would you be okay with the panthers taking a shot at locker? But it clearly wouldnt be with the first pick. I could see the only way it happen is we trade all the way down to about the teens of the draft. Or maybe just trade back in the first. But if you ask me to put money on it. I think locker goes in the top 15.

[MadHatter]

Locker at 2 is funny, Jones over Green?

A little far fetched for me.

After the show that Jones put on at the combine, I could actually see an arguement made for him over Green.

I think both are right there together as absolute stud WR's.

[Zcustom]

Whether you agree with the OP or not, he has done what most of this board is incapable/unwilling to do, have facts to backup an argument.

for that pie and rep

[KJDaniel31]

So would you be okay with the panthers taking a shot at locker? But it clearly wouldnt be with the first pick. I could see the only way it happen is we trade all the way down to about the teens of the draft. Or maybe just trade back in the first. But if you ask me to put money on it. I think locker goes in the top 15.

I would love that, since I really think Locker is going to be a top QB in the league soon. However, the odds are really low.

I just hope he doesnt go to a rival.

[Metal_Sparty]

I'm thinking all of our rivals are pretty set at QB.

Brees, Ryan, Freeman, and Brady (Hoyer is also pretty well liked there).

[KJDaniel31]

This guy has me seriously second guessing Gabbert....he makes good decisions but doesn't really go downfield much. Gabbert might just be a west coast guy.

[sex_panther2]

Long time reader of this forum, but the magnitude of today and this draft analysis has forced me to comment. First off - this KJDaniel31's draft board is AWFUL. His love for Locker and Mallett and hatred for Newton is high comedy. He's claiming that he watches films of these guys. BS. I'm so sick of guys reading a bunch of real researchers mock drafts and then copying and pasting. It's plageurism at its best. Nearly everything that KJDaniel31 said about players I found being stated on a mock draft by a well-known site. Also, I'd be interested to know who this "friend' is that gets videos??? And are they tv view or coaches cam? How does he get his video? This just seems like the kind of BS that the "Fake-Kiper"s come up with.