Respectfully what would make him a good receiver? He has never played the position. Everyone says he’d be a great receiver, but can he catch a pass? He may have awful hands. I’d say his biggest impact in the league would be as a wildcat type player that gets the ball on special occasions. Everyone knows he can run, but the WR speculation is kinda just a stereotype of an athletic QB. As a starting QB he can not play Year 1 in the nfl and be successful. He has to sit and learn for at least 1 year. Ideally 2 years would be a good balance of getting him in the game while he’s young, but also well prepared. That’s why I think New Orleans would be ideal for him.
All great points. Truth is I don't know. I agree the best thing he could do would go to a solid team and understudy to a pro that was willing to teach. I believe Drew B. Would do that. I also think Rivers would. I have seen several QBs ride behind Brady and go on to have some solid games with other teams.
I'd have to agree with your assessment. I believe this game substantially reduced his chance of being drafted as a QB. He's a great athlete and appears to be good guy. He should switch to wide receiver to enhance his opportunity to get drafted for the plays he can make after catching the ball.
If he actually told the NFL teams that, it could well. Even if QB was the plan, most NFL franchises don't care to be told what they're gonna do by their future employees.
Out of fairness to LJ, he decided he wanted to play the game for the team unlike others. By making that decision, you let him play. Most fans don’t understand what it means to be an athlete. You’re there to play the game, not watch someone else play. Letting Pass play a half or quarter guarantees what for next year? Nothing. Spring practice will prove if he’s ready, not the last half of a meaningless bowl game. Hell, he could have suffered a serious injury with our offensive line just as likely as LJ. What about LJ’s family? They go to the bowl game to watch him play a half. Our fans who paid airline tickets, hotel, etc. NFL scouts?
I agree with this but that is just one of the differences between younger Bobby and new Bobby. He played Brohm at least one series every game to get his experience. Why? Because he was a hometown hero and fans, no matter how good Stefan was, wanted Brohm to play. Bobby should have found a way to get Pass on the field but the new Bobby catered to LJ’s drive for a repeat Heisman. As a player that’s the coach you want but maybe Bobby lost focus on the future. As it turned out the bowl game was not meaningless from the perspective that we now have the same questions about the defense. If we had lost but our defense played ok, it’s a different story. Maybe Bobby’s plan was to play Pass but then he realized, he owed it to the team to try and win?
Maybe Brohm was more ready to play than Pass. LJ gave us the best chance to win. That's why he took all the snaps. Period.
Combine that with Lefors (though quite good) not being a Heisman caliber QB and you have your answer but, I do think there’s validity to the assertion that BP was trying to get LJ a 2nd Heisman trophy.
My concern is that it appears all the pundits were looking for ways to push LJ down the QB selection chart before the MSU game, and the game certainly didn't help LJ. I would hope the pro selectors would be more objective than the pundits, but look at what a nail biter TB's selection was. MSU was usually rushing only 4 and dropping back 7. Even doing that, LJ was always under pressure. Also, as usual, we had no running game, so LJ had to everything.
