I believe Cam Ward will be a top level franchise/elite QB

[FRT]

2 minutes ago, rns90 said:

God bless Will Levis for being so awful.  If he weren’t that awful we would not have come close or gotten the pick.

Ran certainly played errr slept his part too.

[rns90]

Just now, BeedoeLaw said:

It was so funny to see so many posters not feel he was worthy of #1 only to totally change their mind as the process progressed. It was a fun ride, but not near as fun as it is about to be.

I’ll be honest I was one of them.  It doesn’t matter he’s our qb now so fulll on cheering here.

[BudsOilers]

You can see the elite traits that are there and he's also steadily improved year to year.  You can also see the areas he needs to clean up.  Now everything you can see from him the person would indicate he will do his best to improve his weaknesses.

 

In terms of the competition aspect, I'd say it really applies when we're talking about some of the highlight hero plays....he will need to learn what he can get away with at the pro level compared to the ACC.  

 

But all of this is somewhat irrelevant now.  Ward was the #1 overall pick.  He is expected to be great/elite and he needs to be.

 

 

 

[bondra316v2]

This is not the Oman post I expected to read today.  He makes solid points.  Somebody please tell me Bongo hated the pick.  There's going to be  a lot of pressure on this kid.  Not only the #1 overall pick pressure, but being anointed savior of a shitty franchise, already being compared to McNair and he's going to end up defining his head coach's career.   He seems to have a good head on his shoulders, but that's a lot of pressure.

[rns90]

16 minutes ago, FRT said:

On the other hand, if the Callahan’s get him hurt without protection it can get more of the same.  Keep building.  

Unlike past years , I think they did their best to build a solid pass blocking OL across the board, so if there are struggles it’s probably some other issue.

[rns90]

1 minute ago, croatian22 said:

Nah, I watched every single Titans game last season. I just think he's the best HC in the NFL and the best HC in the Titans history, I'm still shocked they fired him. 

Cmon they fired him because they couldn’t win games and he always fielded dog shit OL.  You can watch the Pats and have them as your second team if you want.

[NashvilleNinja]

10 minutes ago, croatian22 said:

At best, he's gonna be like Derek Carr. He's average

 

9 minutes ago, croatian22 said:

I think Drake Maye will be one of the best QB's in the league

 

If football messgage board posts were an autistic kid with his finger 2 inches from his nurse's face, saying "I nop toushing yuuuuu."

[ctm]

7 minutes ago, bondra316v2 said:

This is not the Oman post I expected to read today.  He makes solid points.  Somebody please tell me Bongo hated the pick.  There's going to be  a lot of pressure on this kid.  Not only the #1 overall pick pressure, but being anointed savior of a shitty franchise, already being compared to McNair and he's going to end up defining his head coach's career.   He seems to have a good head on his shoulders, but that's a lot of pressure.

I'll oblige.  Bongo wanted to trade the pick and thought Dart was better.

 

But he wasn't the only poster who wanted to trade the pick.  We'll know in a couple of years and the Internet won't forget.

Edited April 27, 2025 by ctm

[NashvilleNinja]

5 minutes ago, bondra316v2 said:

This is not the Oman post I expected to read today.  He makes solid points.  Somebody please tell me Bongo hated the pick.  There's going to be  a lot of pressure on this kid.  Not only the #1 overall pick pressure, but being anointed savior of a shitty franchise, already being compared to McNair and he's going to end up defining his head coach's career.   He seems to have a good head on his shoulders, but that's a lot of pressure.

 

Bongo started out hating the pick, but then backpedled into saying Callahan is the wrong coach for Ward. So... yeah, whatever.

[bondra316v2]

1 minute ago, ctm said:

I'll oblige.  Bongo wanted to trade the pick and thought Dart was better.

Alright.  I'm almost on board.  Consider me cautiously optimistic, but I'm going to wait until I see him ball out with my own two eyes before going all in.  All the signs are good.

[rns90]

4 minutes ago, NashvilleNinja said:

 

Bongo started out hating the pick, but then backpedled into saying Callahan is the wrong coach for Ward. So... yeah, whatever.

He was on drugs (more than usual during draft weekend).  I started laughing when he suggested we trade for Hendrickson and some other stuff.

[NashvilleNinja]

5 minutes ago, croatian22 said:

Yeah, I will try to catch everything about the Patriots, but of course, the Titans are my no.1 team

 

[Bongo59]

Is it possible?  Yes.  Is it likely now?  No.  What I like about the kid is his make up.  He does not seem fragile at all.  He also is very experienced so he should be able to play a lot.  I do think he is going to be a turnover machine his rookie year.  But he also could put up some numbers if the let him sling it.  

[Bongo59]

19 minutes ago, bondra316v2 said:

This is not the Oman post I expected to read today.  He makes solid points.  Somebody please tell me Bongo hated the pick.  There's going to be  a lot of pressure on this kid.  Not only the #1 overall pick pressure, but being anointed savior of a shitty franchise, already being compared to McNair and he's going to end up defining his head coach's career.   He seems to have a good head on his shoulders, but that's a lot of pressure.

I did not hate it.  I just thought he was not worth number one.  I thought Hunter was.  My favorite thing about the kid is he seems mentally tough.  I love the way he came to the draft, no bling no bullshit just all ball.  I really liked that.  Foot ball seems like it matters to him.  

 

But I am expecting him to challenge Manning for the rookie INT number.  

[Dikinbaus]

I really hope he makes others around him better, I would love to David Givens another team