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I watched these two kids in earlier games:
2009 ALL-BIG TEN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): QB Mike Kafka, Northwestern, has been selected Second Team All-Big Ten for the 2009 college football season as voted on by the Big Ten coaches. Despite suffering an injury against Penn State on Oct. 31, Kafka rallied to start all 12 games for NU and lead the Wildcats to a 3-0 November with wins over a pair of nationally ranked foes. He has totaled 2,898 yards passing and 12 touchdowns with a .657 completion percentage on the year. He also has racked up 3,163 yards of total offense, the fourth-best total in school history. In Big Ten play, Kafka hit the 300-yard passing mark four times, went 6-of-8 conference contests without throwing a pick and finished the year with 116-straight pass attempts without an interception.
Ditto. WMU had a horrible year and lots of 2nd-tier QBs to pick from, so he should slip into the 4th round range.
I explained elsewhere that I have a specific set of attributes I look for when looking at QB's for the Pats - and he fits the lot. Productive in College, leader, film rat, accurate, excellent mechanics, great football IQ, tall, good pocket awareness, doesn't panic in the face of a good rush, let's routes develop.
Love him.
Since the Patriots will have a boatload of late picks (I'm guessing 5-7 sixth- and seventh-rounders), I'd say trying to find another Cassel or Hoyer would not be a terrible use for one of them.
Agreed -- in fact, I think that's a good idea EVERY year. Given the Pat's track record, a late-round developmental QB is one of the best lottery tickets you can buy.
Off the top of my head, here are the rookie QBs of the BB era who made it to the end of training camp, by round:
3rd Kevin O'Connell
4th Rohan Davey
6th Tom Brady
6th Kliff Kingsbury
7th Matt Cassel
UDFA Matt Guttierez
UDFA Brian Hoyer
Maybe it's just chance, but the bottom of the draft has actually served them better than the middle.
Agreed -- in fact, I think that's a good idea EVERY year. Given the Pat's track record, a late-round developmental QB is one of the best lottery tickets you can buy.
Off the top of my head, here are the rookie QBs of the BB era who made it to the end of training camp, by round:
3rd Kevin O'Connell
4th Rohan Davey
6th Tom Brady
6th Kliff Kingsbury
7th Matt Cassel
UDFA Matt Guttierez
UDFA Brian Hoyer
Maybe it's just chance, but the bottom of the draft has actually served them better than the middle.
I agree. The 6th and 7th rounds (and UDFA's) are a fine spot to find backup quarterbacks. The other place is in the veteran free agent market. I like having a veteran and a youngster as backups. Belichick has chosen to rely on youngsters recently.
At this point, I think Belichick has won his bet. Brady has been able to play all of 2009 and Hoyer is now experienced enough to be our 2010 backup. However, I would like to have a #3 who would replace Stanback on the roster.