The official 2008 draft discussion thread

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by redskinsfanatic

i would have taken j.d. booty before i would have taken colt brennan.

Booty is overrated. Brennan is a quality player that just needs little coaching to be special.

[Cowell]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Booty is overrated. Brennan is a quality player that just needs little coaching to be special.

You are very clearly a Hawaii fan or just a big Brennan fan because you are pushing him. The truth is, he will probably never be a starter unless the person in front of him gets injured. I just can't see him being a quality QB in the NFL.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Cowell

You are very clearly a Hawaii fan or just a big Brennan fan because you are pushing him. The truth is, he will probably never be a starter unless the person in front of him gets injured. I just can't see him being a quality QB in the NFL.

I will absolutely admit I am a closet Hawaii fan, and a big Brennan fan. But I seriously doubt ANY person on this site has watched Brennan more than I have, and being a former QB (granted NAIA div1, but a qb none the less), I do know a little about the position.
I'm not saying he's polished, nor is he NFL ready...but some coaching and some clip board carrying will do this kid wonders.

You need to ask yourself why Zorn was so high on him, and considering Zorn is a former QB, he obviously sees something some of us don't.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by jsarno

I will absolutely admit I am a closet Hawaii fan, and a big Brennan fan. But I seriously doubt ANY person on this site has watched Brennan more than I have, and being a former QB (granted NAIA div1, but a qb none the less), I do know a little about the position.

Wow, I had no idea. Where did you play?

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Wow, I had no idea. Where did you play?

Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by jsarno

I will absolutely admit I am a closet Hawaii fan, and a big Brennan fan. But I seriously doubt ANY person on this site has watched Brennan more than I have, and being a former QB (granted NAIA div1, but a qb none the less), I do know a little about the position.
I'm not saying he's polished, nor is he NFL ready...but some coaching and some clip board carrying will do this kid wonders.

You need to ask yourself why Zorn was so high on him, and considering Zorn is a former QB, he obviously sees something some of us don't.

I think mauiredskinbarn (or whatever his name is) would probably differ. Why did you play football if you were 2nd team all-american at soccer? Did you get a chance to play to soccer in college too?

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I think mauiredskinbarn (or whatever his name is) would probably differ. Why did you play football if you were 2nd team all-american at soccer? Did you get a chance to play to soccer in college too?

No...Harding didn't have a soccer team, and I turned down a scholarship to Chicago institute of Art.
I didn't receive any scholarship offers to play soccer (back then it wasn't as big as it is now, most colleges don't have the money to offer scholarships for a soccer team). The day I graduated high school was the day I stopped playing soccer. I moved on to baseball and football.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by jsarno

No...Harding didn't have a soccer team, and I turned down a scholarship to Chicago institute of Art.
I didn't receive any scholarship offers to play soccer (back then it wasn't as big as it is now, most colleges don't have the money to offer scholarships for a soccer team). The day I graduated high school was the day I stopped playing soccer. I moved on to baseball and football.

Why'd you turn it down?? You could've told everyone you played soccer at the CIA

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Why'd you turn it down?? You could've told everyone you played soccer at the CIA

LOL.
I wonder if they actually had a soccer team????
I know you were joking, but just to be clear to everyone else, I turned down an Art scholarship. I also had a partial scholarship offer to Monserat (sp?) college of Art in the Boston area, but I wanted to get far far away from my family at that time.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Booty is overrated. Brennan is a quality player that just needs little coaching to be special.

Booty is overrated??? I'm not so sure about that. You don't start at USC for two years if your not good. If anything Colt Brennan is waaaaaaay overrated. Name me one QB that has come out of college running a run and shoot offense that has made it in the pros? What ever happened to Timmy Chang? Those guys just never seem to be comfortable getting under center and adjusting to the NFL game. He looked terrible at the All Star games and he looked even worse against Georgia. I would've taken Andre Woodson.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Booty is overrated??? I'm not so sure about that. You don't start at USC for two years if your not good. If anything Colt Brennan is waaaaaaay overrated. Name me one QB that has come out of college running a run and shoot offense that has made it in the pros? What ever happened to Timmy Chang? Those guys just never seem to be comfortable getting under center and adjusting to the NFL game. He looked terrible at the All Star games and he looked even worse against Georgia. I would've taken Andre Woodson.

I didn't say he was a piece of poo.

BTW- the same argument was made for Chris Wienke. "You don't start at FSU if you're no good". Obviously a lot of GMs in this league agree with me that Booty is overrated.

Even if it doesn't work out, so what, it only cost us a 6th pick. We took Palmer not too long ago and he's already gone. This won't hurt us at all, but I think it has the potential to be a good pick in the future. Brennan is better than you think he is.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by jsarno

I didn't say he was a piece of poo.

BTW- the same argument was made for Chris Wienke. "You don't start at FSU if you're no good". Obviously a lot of GMs in this league agree with me that Booty is overrated.

Even if it doesn't work out, so what, it only cost us a 6th pick. We took Palmer not too long ago and he's already gone. This won't hurt us at all, but I think it has the potential to be a good pick in the future. Brennan is better than you think he is.

Well with Collins being 36 or 37 I was hoping that we'd bring someone in that could take over the #2 in a year or two. Booty ran a real pro offense and ran it pretty damn well everytime I saw him play. Brennan ran a gimmick offense that doesn't work against legit teams. See Georgia. But I hear what your saying. No real risk here. I just wish we'd have taken a guy that has starting potential a few years down the road.