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I mean the kid is extremely cocky. As long as he can go out on the field and produce, it is fine. ~1 year ago he seemed destined to be heading towards Manziel status. Mora even said so b/c of this:
^---This is on one of Trump's golf courses.
Rosen: "I don’t regret posting the photo at all, because personally I thought it was hilarious. I want people to know I’m a real person, that I don’t have someone running my Instagram, I don’t have someone prewriting all of my interviews and stuff. With Trump, I’m learning to evolve my message and understand how to convey the substance of it."
Mora: "I’ve asked him this: I’ve said, ‘Who do you want to be? Do you want to be Johnny Manziel, or do you want to be Tom Brady? And you need to make that decision right now, and you need to start working in the direction that you want to work in. So, if you’re going to go out on Donald Trump’s golf course and wear a hat that says ‘F Trump,’ I said, ‘You’re heading towards Johnny Manziel.’ So, let’s head toward Peyton Manning. Let’s head towards Tom Brady. Let’s head towards Troy Aikman.’"
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Now it seems with this latest Q&A he is getting a little better and maturing, but still has that cocky edge to him. If he produces and matures more and doesn't go full Manziel, he should be fine.
Key games for the top QB's in no order but of course Rosen, Allen, Darnold are the elites (all of these QB's are 6'4+):
Rosen: @Stanford, @Washington, @Utah, @USC <-------------brutal schedule.
Allen: @Iowa (1st game), Oregon (ehhh), @AirForce (ehhh) <-------------- I mean, it's Wyoming. He better dominate every single game.
Rudolph: @Texas, @WVU, Oklahoma, Kansas State <-------------------- tough.
Falk: USC, Stanford, @Utah, @Washington <------------------- tough.
Darnold: Stanford, Texas, Utah, UCLA (last game, battle between him and Rosen) <----------------- easier than others, but not a cakewalk.
ON DARNOLD: (super long article, I only left in the important parts. Can read the whole thing HERE)
USC gets inside Sam Darnold's head with virtual reality film study
Tyson Helton, USC’s quarterbacks coach, stood in a film room Monday holding a strange, round gadget that looked like a smaller version of Luke Skywalker’s pilot helmet.
"Before you put this on,” Helton said, “I can turn this thing anywhere and see where you're looking.”
To demonstrate, he rotated the helmet from left to right. On a television monitor next to him, a view of USC’s practice field panned in sync, left to right.
Quarterback Sam Darnold’s hands were outstretched for the snap. Straight ahead were USC’s linemen. Through headphones, coaches barked instructions. It was like stepping into Darnold’s head — or that of some organism floating right above him.
Look to your left, Helton said. A turn of the head showed Deontay Burnett in the slot. Cornerback Ajene Harris lined up opposite Burnett, mirroring him — a bad sign for that route.
“So right now Sam should say, 'No, I don't have it,'” Helton said.
The clip rolled forward. The ball was snapped. Darnold tried Burnett anyway. Harris jumped the pass and nearly intercepted it.
What was he thinking, Helton wanted to know. After practice, Helton ran the play back. He could follow Darnold’s head, look at what Darnold looked at: namely, Burnett and Burnett only.
“Sam being Sam, he thinks he can fit everything in there,” Helton said.
In the film room, Darnold knew his error immediately.
"Sam uses it some, but because he's getting a lot of reps and he's a little more experienced player, he already knows what he's done wrong,” Helton said.
