Luck staying at Stanford

[scottie]

One letter change here is a good opportunity for that alternate thread game.

[Flystripper]

Carolina just lost any value that pick had. They're now the Wizards staring at drafting Kwame Brown.

Sure, there are other QBs, but those QBs aren't Luck...will they be bad enough to get him next year? Do they gamble on the Missouri kid or Newton or Mallett that high up? Can't trade down, so they probably now take the best defensive player on the board.

Clawson was a second round pick. I doubt they take a QB now. There are lots of holes to fill on that team.

[Sizzle]

Clawson was a second round pick. I doubt they take a QB now. There are lots of holes to fill on that team.

Exactly. It wasn't like QB was their only need just a big need where the top prospect was also a QB. Since he isn't declaring they can address their DLine and still be fine.

[The_Tick]

I have some inside knowledge on this one...if some of you think about it you will put two and two together....

1. Collective Barganing agreement. His dad is a former NFL QB, and if there is a hold out, rookies wont be allowed to have playbooks until 2 weeks before camp. They don't let 60 million dollar players sit on the bench.

2. He wants to graduate.

3. Money isn't everything to everyone.

He really is a genuinly good kid. He has a pretty good group of advisors and I think he has done the smart thing.

[oxcoug]

In an odd way I think the Sam Bradford precedent may have eased concerns about injuries for some elite QBs.

Guy goes down with a bad, ultimately season-wrecking, shoulder injury in game one (probably the worst type of injury for a QB) and STILL comes out as the #1 draft pick and goes on to be sensational in his rookie season.

Possible mssg to some: If you're good enough, you can come back, risk the injury, get injured and the money and success will still be waiting for you.

Hopefully it works out that way for him.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I have some inside knowledge on this one...if some of you think about it you will put two and two together....

1. Collective Barganing agreement. His dad is a former NFL QB, and if there is a hold out, rookies wont be allowed to have playbooks until 2 weeks before camp. They don't let 60 million dollar players sit on the bench.

2. He wants to graduate.

3. Money isn't everything to everyone.

He really is a genuinly good kid. He has a pretty good group of advisors and I think he has done the smart thing.

#1 is a highly relevant point. Combine this with the fact that Carolina has the #1 pick and it makes a lot of sense. His career would have started out in total disarray. Sam Bradford's decision to stay put certainly worked out for him.