Yet Another QB Rumors Thread (Volume 9)

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Thoughts on pie? Quarterbacks? Anything?

No, they don't.

I actually don't know how valid the argument is (it certainly seems a lot sounder than your Tannehill argument), but I can tell you that as you have presented it, it is a false statement. At least one of the players in your example has never been to a combine. Which tells me you didn't look any of this up (or you would have known that). Which tells me you don't really know, you just suspect Luck's combine numbers aren't measurably different from some black quarterbacks in last year's draft (plus Jake Locker).

It's possible I missed Locker as a great athlete at quarterback from a past draft. He's kind of forgettable, so you'll have to forgive me.

I did notice you didn't retract the statement you made before. Would it be wrong of me to assume you continue to stand by it?
Its amusing how instead of simply supporting your own assertion with the combine numbers that are readily available you fall back into your argumentative quibbles in lieu of proof.

Naturally you're gonna quibble over a contention I didn't make i.e that Pryor was at the combine; instead of simply proving your won contention.

I'm sure you're well aware that the combine measurables are repeated at the school pro days and NFL try outs but of in our haste to change the subject you probably overlooked that.
You've also added a racial component and a throwaway statement about Locker, still you haven't made one attempt to support your statement.

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Thoughts on pie? Quarterbacks? Anything?

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Thoughts on pie? Quarterbacks? Anything?

Pie? Cheesecake (Don't care what you say it's a pie) Quarterbacks? Robert Griffin III Anything? Why do fast food places give you water in a 4oz cup and fill it 90% with ice?

Pie? Cheesecake (Don't care what you say it's a pie) Quarterbacks? Robert Griffin III Anything? Why do fast food places give you water in a 4oz cup and fill it 90% with ice?Beggars can't be choosers?

Beggars can't be choosers?

Then why charge me a quarter for it but I can get a cup of ice for free? It's that kind of oxymoronic hypocrisy that allowes me to chuck the dine in tray in the garbage when I leave along with 50 napkins that I didn't use. Yessir, I'm a rebel.

2012 NFL Combine: QB (http://www.footballsfuture.com/2012/combine/qb.html)

2011 NFL Combine: QB (http://www.footballsfuture.com/2011/combine/qb.html)

----------------------------------40 Yard Vertical Shuttle Cone Broad Jump
Andrew Luck Stanford-----------------------4.67 - 36.0 4.28 6.80 10'4

Blaine Gabbert Missouri----------------------4.62 33.5 4.26 6.84 10'0
Jake Locker Washington--------------------4.59 35 4.12 6.77 10'0
Josh Portis California (PA)------------------4.62 40 4.12 6.84 10'6
Tyrod Taylor Virginia Tech-----------------4.51 37.5 4.09 6.78 10'6
Colin Kaepernick Nevada------------------4.53 32.5 4.18 6.85 9'7
Cam Newton Auburn ---------------------4.59 - 35 4.18 6.92 10'6
Christian Ponder Florida State------------4.65 34 4.09 6.85 9'8

53 pages later i'm still shaking my head .. Orakpo trade .. REALLY .. look I want RGIII just as bad as everyone else but shipping off our YOUNG PRO BOWL BAD ASS LB opposite our other YOUNG PRO BOWL BAD ASS LB doesn't sound like something that makes any sense. Trade the picks ... this year's #1., #2., 2013 #1, 2014#1 .. then figure out a way to get back into the 1st round in 2014.

Its amusing how instead of simply supporting your own assertion with the combine numbers that are readily available you fall back into your argumentative quibbles in lieu of proof.

Naturally you're gonna quibble over a contention I didn't make i.e that Pryor was at the combine; instead of simply proving your won contention.

I'm sure you're well aware that the combine measurables are repeated at the school pro days and NFL try outs but of in our haste to change the subject you probably overlooked that.
You've also added a racial component and a throwaway statement about Locker, still you haven't made one attempt to support your statement.

Let me help you: 2011 Class
NFL Draft Scout Rankings, From Prep to Pro Coverage - Powered by the Sports Xchange (http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/players.php?genpos=QB&draftyear=2011&sortby=tsxpos&order=ASC&startspot=0)

2012 Class
NFL Draft Scout Rankings, From Prep to Pro Coverage - Powered by the Sports Xchange (http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/players.php?genpos=QB&draftyear=2012&sortorder=tsxpos&order=ASC)Racial component retracted, on the grounds of being not necessary to the argument.

Here's the big conclusion: the burden of proof to prove your original statementBut, I guess I should expect this from you since for whatever reason you cannot admit that Tannehill is a better athlete then Luck. (and the less controversial belief that caused you to make it) remains on you, and it also remains (to this moment) indefensible. I think Luck's combine numbers are an excellent piece of evidence that you've vastly underrated his athleticism in this comparison. You've chosen to focus on how strong the evidence is, rather than the fact that the opinion it's supporting is the important thing.

This is not a court of law, and Andrew Luck is everything I have suggested he is. Your best argument remains "I disagree." Except here's the thing: you don't disagree. You agree with me. You just think you're justified to put Tannehill in his tier. And by your own extension, Kaepernick. Which I don't think can be justified. Maybe it can. But you haven't been particularly convincing despite carrying the burden of proof.

I want to keep this from drifting into an analysis of Andrew Luck's combine results. If you actually are going to make the case that Andrew Luck's combine results suggest he's not one of the better athletes to come out in years at the QB position, I'll probably respond (if I can) to your case. If you're not going to make it, drop the argument.

I will stand on just the skin deep comparison to Newton, and the similarity/superiority to Griffin in the non-running tests. I have little intention of analyzing combine numbers for their greater meaning, and yet, still feel very comfortable concluding that we don't see athletes like Luck at the QB position very often.

Then why charge me a quarter for it but I can get a cup of ice for free? It's that kind of oxymoronic hypocrisy that allowes me to chuck the dine in tray in the garbage when I leave along with 50 napkins that I didn't use. Yessir, I'm a rebel.A quarter? That's ridiculous. Once you're a customer, you can make those ice demands.