If you were a blue-chip QB, and you were asked about your preferences, if any, about where you'd be drafted on the board, and to what team/city, what would you say?
I realize it's easy sitting at a keyboard speculating, especially with 30 years on most of these kids.
But while some might not see Cleveland as an attractive landing spot, being drafted #1 is a really big deal, but even MORE SO than that, to me how great would it be to step in on the ground floor there, when there's nowhere to go but up, and with a lot of potential talent in the building and on its way in (we can assume)?
I think my response, if pushed, would include very specific things. "If I'm chosen first by Cleveland, what a great opportunity to step in and help bring that organization back to prominence in the NFL."
Asked if the Browns step over them? "With the Giants next, to be drafted to New York and to be part of such a stories franchise, working and learning alongside a Hall of Famer like Eli Manning, I couldn't lose."
So on and so forth.
I also wonder if agents talk these kids through these things. They get paid a crap-load of money, too much, I think, for some of these highly touted talents to be saying anything but perfect things going into this process.
You have time to prepare and you're one of these sought-after talents - what are you saying to the media?
Yeah, you might have preferences. But as they say, it's a business. So make smart business decisions.
There is no reason to talk about specific teams unless you want someone picking through them looking for disingenuous comments to throw back at you. The perfect answer for the media is always the answer that says the least.
So, I would have an easy transition from college.
The money difference isn't that much and you'll hopefully make it up in the long run. Reputation hit can also be smoothed out over time/success (see ELi Manning)
Not worth IMO being in a bad situation.
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Zero pressure and a boat-load of fellow very high quality young players to start a winning tradition.
:-)
Has pretty much been said by every Browns pick from Tim Couch through Johnny Manziel.
I wouldn't blame Darnold or Rosen for pulling an Eli. Rosen pretty much has already.
Better to be Aaron Rodgers than Alex Smith. Not ON draft day, but career-wise.
They can stay right the hell where they've been for a while now...in last place.
I’m not sure if you’re saying I’m taking a shot at Rosen?
Not at all.
That thread just got me thinking about the subject in general.