Holy hell CJ Stroud
Pete Fiutak posted this after Stroud's performance yesterday:
"Everyone keeps asking "Is Kyle McCord good enough" when it comes to Ohio State and its national title chances. His biggest problem is he's not CJ Stroud. Apparently, there aren't many like him in the NFL, either."Then I saw this posted by an NFL account:
We have 6 Starting Rookie QB’s today:
Panthers Bryce Young vs. Colts
Texans CJ Stroud vs. Bucs
Raiders Aidan O’Connell vs. Giants
Bears Tyson Bagent vs. Saints
Cardinals Clayton Tune vs. Browns
Vikings Jaren Hall vs. FalconsWhich got me thinking - for all the impatience with McCord on other sites, he's likely be every bit the NFL player that most of that list of rookies is. Stroud aside of course.
Aidan O'Connell - unremarkable college QB at Purdue
Tyson Bagent - No-name Div II QB
Clayton Tune - unremarkable college QB at Houston
Jaren Hall - unremarkable college career at BYU
Will Levis - productive college QB at Kentucky (played Thursday, not included in list)
And Colts injured Rookie Richardson had an iffy career at Florida
Given this list, A LOT of QBs we watch every Saturday have a greater than expected chance to start in the NFL despite the "analysts" preaching their weaknesses leading up to the draft. Bo Nix, Michael Penix (injury history), Spencer Rattler, and JT Daniels (playing for Rice, his 4th different school) to name a few.