LurtzVol109
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Being a good college QB doesn't mean good NFL QB. I could point to a number of QB's who were good in college but never started, made the roster or even got drafted. Everyone at Hawaii and Texas Tech used to put up insane numbers, so what. And it's not like Bray had two or three of the best receivers in the country or anything. Any college QB should look good with Justin Hunter, Da'rick Rogers and Cordarrel Patterson.
Let's put it this way... every GM in the NFL on draft day disagrees with you about just how "prolific" Bray was. Even if you're not ready to be a QB, a team would still draft you if they thought you had potential to be molded into an NFL QB. He may turn out alright but zero teams thought he was worth even a 6th or 7th round pick. Even Jonathon Crompton was drafted in the 5th round. All of the above is pretty telling on what coaches and GM's around the NFL thought of Bray's college career. Other than Tom Brady and Tony Romo, I'm not sure there's many if any QB's starting that got drafted outside of the top 4 rounds. So, time will tell and I hope Bray does well. But college numbers don't always mean everything and that's been shown to be true many times. Tom Brady had to battle with Drew Henson at Michigan and it turns out in the pros, Tom Brady is awesome(hate him) and Drew Henson sucks. Matt Cassel rode the bench in college and he was an okay NFL QB. Putting up numbers in college doesn't always translate to the pros. See Tim Tebow.
For the record... I prefer Ainge over Bray.
Well considering I was responding to whether or not Bray is a prolific PASSER or not and never in anyway gave an inkling of an opinion on his viability as an NFL QB (oh, other than saying he was NOT A COMPLETE, NFL READY QB!), in fact I never even gave an opinion on where I think he is on the depth chart right now. Jesus that is dense. He's the definition of prolific passer, and, at the time of his draft, wasn't even in the same city as the ballpark mentally. AND he was arrogant about it. Everyone saw Ryan Leaf 2.0 and bolted. The only man that could help him is the one who rolled the dice on him in Andy Reid. So far, training camp sounds like he has responded well. Also, everyone knows Hunter wasn't up to snuff his junior year, Da'rick was dismissed before the season kicked off, and Cordarrelle Patterson couldn't run a route. Soooooo, point nullified.
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DID YOU REALLY JUST PUT TIM TEBOW AND TYLER BRAY IN THE SAME SENTENCE IN THIS SITUATION?!?! Tebow NEVER could properly throw the football and got by with being a fullback playing QB in college. On THE TOTAL OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM Tyler Bray has one of the most accurate and powerful arms in the league, an established pocket passer who got his stats with everyone and their mother knowing Tyler was never going to tuck and run, but had no mental game at all. Totally comparable situations, Tebow had big numbers, Bray had big numbers, it's totally the same. At least use a comparable case study, like Ryan Leaf.
Oh btw, every analysis put out on Bray before the draft said the same thing: Tyler Bray had the best pure arm talent and passing ability of anyone in the class, but had maturity issues and was severely underdeveloped mentally, along with bad habits with being lackadaisical with his footwork at times. So, yea, they agreed that from a pure passer standpoint, he's prolific status. Need more proof? Sophomore year, Florida game, Bray rolls right, throws across his body, off his back foot, on the right hash mark, through the outstretched arms of two Florida players, and hits Marlin Lane down the left sideline on the T of his helmet with enough force to knock Lane out of bounds. Case closed.