Campbell will compete with a rookie next yr.

[GusFrerotte]

I would keep JC for two to four more. You have to think, what if the newbie is a bust. At least JC is an above average QB and can still play to a decent level. He is better than most lower tier NFL Qbs without a doubt. I hope to god we get a QB like Lefevour, Sheehan, Pike, Stull, or even Kafka. Watching Oklahoma in their bowl game it becoame apparent to me that Stafford might not be all that since his replacement had a monster game. If Clausen was so great the Irish should have made a bowl game like Kafka and Northwestern did with less talent. Tebow will be a decent NFL QB but will not live up to the hype surrounding him. Neither will Colt. The Big 12 is all offense and not much in terms of defense. Without those guys( meaning the second tier QBs mentioned before) their respective teams would have sucked. Lefevour is a stud. Stull and Pike are gamers. I like Kafka because the guy basically was the Northwestern offense in '09. He isn't afraid to run and the NW spread might help him with Shanny's version of the WCO.

[44Deezel]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

I would keep JC for two to four more. You have to think, what if the newbie is a bust. At least JC is an above average QB and can still play to a decent level. He is better than most lower tier NFL Qbs without a doubt. I hope to god we get a QB like Lefevour, Sheehan, Pike, Stull, or even Kafka. Watching Oklahoma in their bowl game it becoame apparent to me that Stafford might not be all that since his replacement had a monster game. If Clausen was so great the Irish should have made a bowl game like Kafka and Northwestern did with less talent. Tebow will be a decent NFL QB but will not live up to the hype surrounding him. Neither will Colt. The Big 12 is all offense and not much in terms of defense. Without those guys( meaning the second tier QBs mentioned before) their respective teams would have sucked. Lefevour is a stud. Stull and Pike are gamers. I like Kafka because the guy basically was the Northwestern offense in '09. He isn't afraid to run and the NW spread might help him with Shanny's version of the WCO.

Yeah, and his replacement also struggled in a bunch of games and they lost way more than they would have it Bradford would have been healthy.

Based on your logic, the Colts were stupid for drafting Peyton Manning, because Heath Schuler was a bust playing in the same system. Or that Carson Palmer, John David Booty, Matt Leinart and Dirty Sanchez are all exactly the same player, because they put up similar stats playing in the same system.

The "system QB" argument is a joke and not all QBs are created equally. If the consensus is that Bradford is a top 5 pick, then he's a top 5 pick. It doesn't guarantee he'll be great, but then again nothing is guaranteed in the draft.

The bottom line is that there will be one or more QBs who get drafted next year that will go on to become great franchise QBs. The Skins wouldn't be stupid to take a chance at getting one with their first pick. The reward is worth the risk.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

I would keep JC for two to four more. You have to think, what if the newbie is a bust. At least JC is an above average QB and can still play to a decent level. He is better than most lower tier NFL Qbs without a doubt. I hope to god we get a QB like Lefevour, Sheehan, Pike, Stull, or even Kafka. Watching Oklahoma in their bowl game it becoame apparent to me that Stafford might not be all that since his replacement had a monster game. If Clausen was so great the Irish should have made a bowl game like Kafka and Northwestern did with less talent. Tebow will be a decent NFL QB but will not live up to the hype surrounding him. Neither will Colt. The Big 12 is all offense and not much in terms of defense. Without those guys( meaning the second tier QBs mentioned before) their respective teams would have sucked. Lefevour is a stud. Stull and Pike are gamers. I like Kafka because the guy basically was the Northwestern offense in '09. He isn't afraid to run and the NW spread might help him with Shanny's version of the WCO.

-Bradford, not Stafford

-If Clausen played defense, maybe the Irish would have made a bowl game

-I've never understood the notion that a starter might not be all that when their replacements play well. When Steve Young stepped in for Joe Montana and succeeded did that suddenly mean Joe Cool was overrated, when Jeff Hostetler won a Super Bowl with the Giants did that mean suddenly Phil Simms was a bad QB? Also, it should be noted that often times the offense is dumbed down significantly for backups so that they don't have to do so much to carry the team to victory. So it's not always a fair comparison between starter and backup

-You'd love to get a guy like Pike...but you didn't mention that his backup, Zach Collaros, completed over 80% of his passes in three starts with 8 TDs and zero interceptions...that must mean Pike ain't all that