Carson Wentz

[BisonTru]

I thought Cleveland's new staff might turn it around but they didn't sell me when they signed RG3. That was a weird move.

Agreed, but the RG3 experiment is pretty cheap considering what other QBs are fetching. They did let some older high priced guys go and picked up some younger unproven guys. My biggest issue is ownership. Haslam needs to take a three year sabbatical somewhere and just let these guys work and see what happens.

[tjamz]

Has anybody compared the averaged rankings of the defenses faced by Carson and Goff last season? That could give us a quantifiable handle on the level of competition question.

NDSU's Opponents 2014 (can't find a 2015 defense ranking list on Massey... anyway...)
Iowa State: 93
Weber State: 229
Incarnate Word: 306
Montana: 134
Western Illinois: 113
Southern Illinois: 116
Indiana State: 98
South Dakota: 194
South Dakota State: 80
Northern Iowa: 74
Missouri State: 131
Youngstown State: 109
South Dakota State (playoff): 80
Coastal Carolina: 88
Sam Houston State: 90
Illinois State: 46

On average: 123.8125 rated defense

Cal Opponents:
Northwestern: 62
Sacramento State: 182
Arizona: 25
Colorado: 86
Washington State: 79
Washington: 44
UCLA: 11
Oregon: 4
Oregon State: 69
USC: 19
Stanford: 18
Brigham Young:61

On average: 55th rated defense.

[EndZoneQB]

It's funny to me that some twitter scouts don't see this and call CW a one read QB. Completion percentage doesn't lie. Hell isn't it a compliment when qbs get the ball out quickly?

Eh, a knock is he takes awhile to get the ball out. If you notice, he doesn't throw the player open but waits for him to flash open before pulling the trigger. Plus, interceptions have a lot more to do with locking on a receiver than completion percentage. Obviously, Wentz has good numbers on the INT front, so it's sort of a statistical anomaly. However, margin of error is much smaller in the NFL than against UNI(which he had 2 passes picked off).

[Christopher Moen]

I don't believe in curses. I do believe in shitty coaches.

It's been a long time since any team from Cleveland has won a Championship (Browns in 1964) and their teams have had plenty of coaches/managers that were successful elsewhere or were a part of winning organizations. So, it can't all be "crappy coaches."

Heck, the organization itself finally found success when it relocated. Maybe they need to consider doing that again.

If it wasn't for the Minnesota Lynx, I would put the Twins Cities right up there with Cleveland as being cursed.

[admin]

It's funny to me that some twitter scouts don't see this and call CW a one read QB. Completion percentage doesn't lie. Hell isn't it a compliment when qbs get the ball out quickly?

Well, I'm pretty sure that Bisonville scouts have said that Carson locked into his first read all the time. Of course, the Inside the Pylon guy showed how easy it is to mistake "making the proper read" with locking in on his first receiver.

Obviously, Carson needs to keep improving... but, heck, he showed improvement after coming back for the title game after nearly three months off. He's continued to improve since then... his pro day was unflippingbelievable.

[tony]

Poop. I posted as admin again.

To distract from that mistake, I need a column from the Herald poo-pooing Carson Wentz draft talk and comparing it unfavorably with UND hockey... anybody seen Wayne Nelson since he was out with the "tipping over a Prius" crowd?

C'mon, Wayne, I know you have it in you!

[tjbison]

Poop. I posted as admin again.

To distract from that mistake, I need a column from the Herald poo-pooing Carson Wentz draft talk and comparing it unfavorably with UND hockey... anybody seen Wayne Nelson since he was out with the "tipping over a Prius" crowd?

C'mon, Wayne, I know you have it in you!

most are in complete meltdown mode in GF, my UND fan buddies are irate that they win a NC and NDSU is still the top news story, all they see is Budget cuts etc...they cant figure out why their Drafted players don't get the same attention..lol they know why deep down but wont admit it. Read Mike Mcfeeleys blog today, it will jab the knife a bit deeper for the El forko crowd

I turned on ESPN yesterday and first thing on my screen was an NDSU logo, flipped to NFL network..BOOM. Wonder how Bubbas Recruiting is going??

[Vet70]

Poop. I posted as admin again.

To distract from that mistake, I need a column from the Herald poo-pooing Carson Wentz draft talk and comparing it unfavorably with UND hockey... anybody seen Wayne Nelson since he was out with the "tipping over a Prius" crowd?

C'mon, Wayne, I know you have it in you!

Sorry tony, I couldn't find the editorial you requested, but maybe this will provide enough of a distraction.
http://www.grandforksherald.com/acce...welcoming-spot

[wagsabison]

Pretty good interview with Coach Klieman talking about Carson

https://t.co/PpSf9S2L2w

[BisonTru]

It's been a long time since any team from Cleveland has won a Championship (Browns in 1964) and their teams have had plenty of coaches/managers that were successful elsewhere or were a part of winning organizations. So, it can't all be "crappy coaches."

Heck, the organization itself finally found success when it relocated. Maybe they need to consider doing that again.

If it wasn't for the Minnesota Lynx, I would put the Twins Cities right up there with Cleveland as being cursed.

I'm not sure why your last sentence is in purple. If you're going to call Cleveland cursed I think you can add Minnesota to that theory as well. I don't think a WNBA championship discredits that idea. Also, did they win a championship? I really don't follow the WNBA, sorry guys.