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damn you know everyone

 

The dude is a former JUCO guy. Scout team player, just happens to have a fabulous name.

 

Honestly, Bug Howard and Jeb Blazevich are the guys I'd hope they'd look at. Big WR and a hybrid TE. Maybe Jon Heck at RT for UNC.

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You're a bad influence on me.

no scouts at the Osu-BG game? Not many draft eligible guys this year I guess. Osu has 6 seniors on the entire team. Edited by YoloinOhio
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always watch Big 10, and Malik McDowell is a beast. Over now and watching Stanford.

 

K St. screwed up by going for the second on side kick, oh well my boy McCaffrey had another stellar night even though Kansas was focusing hard on him and the refs took one of his kick off returns for a TD away.

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Just heard on FS1 that UCLA has switched from a spread to a Pro-style system. Now I am even more interested in QB Josh Rosen who may struggle at first with a new system but this could be a boon to his NFL aspirations.

 

 

"You virtually never hear coaches talk about the need to change the style of offense so that the sophomore QB has more authority and options at the line of scrimmage. A switch to a pro-style offense is almost never contemplated.

Yet, that's what's happening right now at UCLA. When head coach Jim Mora recently discussed the Bruins' new approach on offense with Sports Illustrated's Pete Thamel, he emphasized the need for UCLA to put more on Rosen's plate and allow him to shape the offensive from the line of scrimmage. Plus, in a statement, Mora said this:

 

"What you will see is a multifaceted offense incorporating tight ends and fullbacks into our schemes. Our objective is to be a big, strong and physical offensive unit that has flexibility of personnel groupings."

Mora's a former NFL coach, and he just elevated a new offensive coordinator, Kennedy Polamalu, who previously spent six years coaching running backs in the pros.

The translation here: UCLA's going pro-style.

So, who is this young signal-caller? And how is it that he came to have such a mastery of the game at such a young age that a former NFL coach like Mora would give him the keys to the car?

 

Rosen's story includes two fairly unique attributes. The first is that Rosen is very intelligent, so much so that his desire to understand things for himself rather than taking coaches at their word was labeled as a potential problem by Trent Dilfer after Rosen's Elite 11 camp. The same ability to learn that saw him prepare for college with AP credits (in subjects like physics, no less) that will allow him to graduate in three years also shows up in his ability to understand defenses.

The other unique skill Rosen brings to the table is footwork. Although he only ran a 4.99 40-yard dash in the SPARQ test as a recruit, Rosen pulled off a 4.25 shuttle time that compares favorably to many of the DBs he's working against.

 

Rosen is excellent at making quick moves in the pocket to buy time to throw. He's not a scrambler or a guy who should be carrying the ball on designed runs, but his ability to buy time or thwart pass-rushers with a few moves is more than a little valuable. Most interestingly, Rosen's plus footwork sprang in part from his past as a tennis player.

 

Where Rosen is not necessarily unique but is certainly elite as a QB prospect is in his tangible attributes, such as his height and arm strength. At 6'4 and 210 pounds, he has the prototypical build to easily survey the field from the pocket. He has both the arm strength and the accuracy to hit windows that most would be advised to avoid"

 

 

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/6/13/11886520/josh-rosen-ucla-quarterback-jim-mora

 

 

 

If we flop again this yr, we should tank for this kid next yr. If he turns out to be the next Manning then that is an opportunity we can't pass up.

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