Posted on 01/06/2020 10:51:34 AM PST by C19fan
Tua Tagovailoa has officially made his decision to declare early for the 2020 NFL Draft after three incredible seasons playing for Alabama.
The Crimson Tide quarterback announced the news on Monday during a press conference in Tuscaloosa.
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I think Brady will stay if New England makes some moves to help out the offense in the off-season.
My thought is a lot of teams are going to be scared to draft him because of the perception that he’s injury-prone.
You're assuming New England wants him to stay.
I guess it depends on if they think Stidtham is ready.
What if New England went after Dak Prescott and made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.
The Cowboys are a dumpster fire, with McCarthy. We know that Aaron Rodgers didn’t care for him.
Dak to New England isn’t far-fetched at all...
Bill Belichick gushes over Dak Prescott, whom Patriots scouted before NFL Draft
Bama has another 5 star QB in this recruiting class. I think the QB job is wide open there.
Yep, Bama just reloads every year.
He's no Mahommes or Watson so throwing him in as starter next year may be a stretch.
I don't see Dallas giving him up. They have too many other holes to fill so they'll lock down Prescott rather than let him walk.
Isn’t Dak a Free Agent?
But assuming New England is willing to pay for Dak, where would you rather play? The Cowboys, idiotically, dumped a lot of money into Ezekiel Elliott. Dak is going to get killed if he stays in Dallas.
It makes no sense for players who are ready for the NFL, NBA or MLB to spend that extra year or two in college. The risk of injury or a bad season which decreases their value is too great. If they’re smart and save up, the degree can wait. It’ll be more current, relevant, and easier to spend time on when they complete it after their pro careers.
Actually, New England could make sense on paper. Most teams don't want a 1st round QB who won't play in year one and they are picking a first round QB because they can't win without one. But for the Pats Brady is almost certainly going to want to come back and Robert Kraft is surely not going to let him play somewhere else. So he gets paid but on a short term deal and Tua would ride the pine, learn the offense and get 100% healthy for a year, two tops before Brady is gone (I think he's already cooked and it will only be worse next year so he'll bail after that).
And New England gets to extend the salary-friendly QB situation for another 5 years.
Zeke has over 1,350 yards this year and finished 4th overall in rushing. Not like he played poorly after his contract
There are at least 20 Running Backs that would have done what he did. And he wasn't very good in the Red Zone and Third and Short situations, which really are the only things that matter with running backs.
He’s injury prone, smallish, and the fact that Bama can win without him shows it could be the cast more than the QB. Passing on him could be the right move. Of course the punchline is as a QB you’re better off dropping. Being drafted by a team with a top 10 pick pretty much guarantees a bad career. Nobody wins as a Bengal... Brown... Jet...
I wonder if his family will have to move back to Hawaii now as their booster paid house I am sure is no longer an option for them. Also I hope he did not go over miles on his “friends of the programs” Dodge Charger Scat Pack. Georgia and Alabama are the corrupt offal of college football. Both will be on probation within 2 years.
Paid #1 finished #4. Then there’s the whole salary cap problem. With a hard cap you just shouldn’t be paying players that much. It costs you talent elsewhere and you wind up 8-8 and watching the playoffs on TV.
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