Should Cardale Jones Declare?

#27
#27
I would rather sit on the bench in the NFL and get paid than sit on the bench at OSU and get paid less.....well, it might be less. Someone ask Terrelle Pryor
 
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#28
#28
I dont know why he wouldnt this years QB class is the sux, even if he splits time next year his stock cant get much higher
 
#29
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Announcing something today at 3. If he leaves Meyer must have told him to look elsewhere.
 
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He's in a tough situation. He's already 22. Transferring to a D-1 school and sitting out a year and not entering the draft till he's 24 is crappy. Going to I-AA and playing low-level competition doesn't help his draft stock much. Staying at OSU and sitting on the bench doesn't help him at all. Hard to believe it but going pro and at least getting the paychecks coming might be the least crummy of his options.
 
#34
#34
His stock is hot as all hell and he'd be a damn fool to roll the dice with Urban. If this QB class was better then maybe but take the bird in the hand and don't look back. Another year in a scheme offense is unlikely to provide nfl teams anything more than reasons not to take him 2nd round.
 
#35
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The fact that every major sporting station is discussing this tells everyone an NFL team will reach for this guy.

Hell if he is available in the 3rd round the panthers should take him as backup to Cam or as a trade token when we coach him up.
 
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DD4ME said:
His stock is hot as all hell and he'd be a damn fool to roll the dice with Urban. If this QB class was better then maybe but take the bird in the hand and don't look back. Another year in a scheme offense is unlikely to provide nfl teams anything more than reasons not to take him 2nd round.
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Kiper and some other analysts said a few days ago that the difference between declaring this year vs next could be the difference between his being an at best 2nd rounder and a top 10 to top 5 pick.
 
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TrueOrange said:
Kiper and some other analysts said a few days ago that the difference between declaring this year vs next could be the difference between his being an at best 2nd rounder and a top 10 to top 5 pick.
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While I agree with what you are saying, never forget the broncos drafted Tebow in the first round.
 
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TrueOrange said:
Kiper and some other analysts said a few days ago that the difference between declaring this year vs next could be the difference between his being an at best 2nd rounder and a top 10 to top 5 pick.
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Sure but it could also mean an injury or some guffaws away from 3rd round. This guys best bet is to take house money and work his way to the big table.
 
#39
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I looked it up Bridgewater at 32nd pick took home nearly 7million last year. If he gets wind that any team would take him as 2nd round early 3rd he should roll.

As I type this Matt Millen just said on ESPN that he almost has to come out.

He's better off learning NFL scheme than another year of something that will help him nil in NFL.
 
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TrueOrange said:
Kiper and some other analysts said a few days ago that the difference between declaring this year vs next could be the difference between his being an at best 2nd rounder and a top 10 to top 5 pick.
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What if he comes back but has to sit behind J.T. Barrett? Then he's 23 and hasn't seen the field for a year and might not get drafted at all. Every option he has sucks.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
What if he comes back but has to sit behind J.T. Barrett? Then he's 23 and hasn't seen the field for a year and might not get drafted at all. Every option he has sucks.
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Going now and making at least a couple million and being groomed for the actual offense you'll play isn't the end of the world.
 
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DD4ME said:
Going now and making at least a couple million and being groomed for the actual offense you'll play isn't the end of the world.
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I think it's highly unlikely that he'll end up running any offense at all in the NFL, because supposedly this guy's not very smart, and the "meathead QB with all the physical tools" type doesn't exactly have a good track record in the NFL. So going pro now sucks because it would cost him millions of dollars in rookie contract money that he's probably never going to get back. But staying is even riskier because he's buried in the depth chart behind a guy younger than him. It's certainly the strangest situation I can think of for a college player deciding whether to come out.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
I think it's highly unlikely that he'll end up running any offense at all in the NFL, because supposedly this guy's not very smart, and the "meathead QB with all the physical tools" type doesn't exactly have a good track record in the NFL. So going pro now sucks because it would cost him millions of dollars in rookie contract money that he's probably never going to get back. But staying is even riskier because he's buried in the depth chart behind a guy younger than him. It's certainly the strangest situation I can think of for a college player deciding whether to come out.
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We agree on all points and if he is in fact a meathead and a hopeless cause then still his best option is to take the money now because his interviews aren't likely to improve next year. Also Cam failed horribly in his Gruden clinic and yet there he is. He has the touch of an olympic weight lifter on his passes too but has done ok.
 
#44
#44
I should clarify that I'm not categorically saying that he's hopeless. Just that, if you're advising him, I think you have to assume that whatever he contract he gets after being drafted is likely to be most of what he earns playing football. It would obviously be in Jones's best interest to come back for another year to move up the draft board, except of course for the high likelihood that he won't get to play.

It's also worth pointing out that the NCAA's transfer rules are probably going to cost this kid millions. There's no reason he shouldn't be able to transfer to a different school next year, play against decent competition, and then go pro.
 
#46
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If he had a coach that has proven that he can prepare a quarterback for the NFL, then staying would be the right choice. His best option is going to a team with an aging starter who he can sit behind for a year or two. He's better off taking the Aaron Rodgers route than playing for Urban Meyer for another year.
 
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crusse10 said:
If he had a coach that has proven that he can prepare a quarterback for the NFL, then staying would be the right choice. His best option is going to a team with an aging starter who he can sit behind for a year or two. He's better off taking the Aaron Rodgers route than playing for Urban Meyer for another year.
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Aaron also had the job security of being a first round pick (/felt as being a bigger investment, in part through having that larger contract) for those three years.
 
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