Gresham gone for season

This posted just a few minutes ago on Tulsa World website

Final confirmation. Best of luck to Jermaine with his rehabilitation. -- GoBR --

Comments

I guess Stoops couldn't lie to the public any longer about it.

This is definitely the correct choice for Gresham and I hope it will not affect his draft status too much (though he may drop out of the first round). I’ve never heard a single bad thing about this kid off the field and so I can only imagine he is a solid kid, even if he does go to OU. Hopefully he continues his dominance at TE in the NFL soon.

Also, I would think this means that Bradford opts to rest this year and either enter the draft or comes back for redemption next year if his draft status ends up being greatly diminished by the injury.

Both will go to be insanely productive in the NFL, especially if they fully heal before returning to any kind of action.

by HornPossessed on Sep 8, 2009 6:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m not as sold on Bradford (or McCoy, and definitely not on Tebow) as many seem to be, but I do think Gresham has the potential to be another very productive oversized receiver, like Gates

by burntorangehorn on Sep 8, 2009 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wasn't at first.

But as I watched the preseason this year, there are so many teams with average to below average QBs in the NFL that Bradford could make an impact if he went to the right place. I’m unsure of Colt in the NFL, but his accuracy has to make up for his lack of the deep ball.

by HornPossessed on Sep 8, 2009 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

There are below-average QBs, but that doesn’t make Bradford an above-average QB. I think his game is kind of Chad Pennington, but with a little bit better arm and much less escapability than Pennington had going into the draft. I will say that I think CP’s arm was much stronger then, before all the surgeries, but it still was average at best. This bangs out to average-at-best mobility and slightly-above-average arm strength for Bradford, I’d say.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 8, 2009 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Escapability? Is that a word?

by 2Cor12:9 on Sep 8, 2009 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sportscasters wordsmith all the time. I’m not one of them, but I know I’ve heard them use that word a lot. I thought it made me sound hifallutin’.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 8, 2009 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's like drinkability.

by billyzane on Sep 9, 2009 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

the ability to consume

while simltaneously regretting the decision?

by The Mack Attack on Sep 9, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yikes.

It’s a shame to see this, a guy who worked so hard to be the best at what he does, and then to have it end like this. Now, more and more outstanding juniors will be tempted to leave to the NFL or risk being injured and losing millions.

by the1austin on Sep 8, 2009 7:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

first round juniors, that is

I think the lesson is that if you are a draft eligible college player and will go in the first round, especially in the top ten, you should. If not, there are a lot of things to consider.

Despite Gresham’s and Bradford’s injuries, a very low number of college players sustain career threatening injuries (although I don’t have any stats on this). If you wait, you gain a year to mature physically & mentally and possibly improve your draft status. And you get one more year of ridiculously fun college football. Since the average NFL player’s career is only 2 or 3 years, your rookie contract is vitally important. If you have a decent chance to significantly increase it by staying for another year, its a good business decision.

High first rounders can’t really increase that status by staying. But thats only a few underclassmen each year.

by Texastough on Sep 8, 2009 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Of course, one of the strongest correlations in NFL success for a QB is with games started, and Bradford had just two seasons under his belt last off-season. I know a number of teams still commit the classic blunder of drafting an underclassman QB, but (1) they typically continue to have QB problems, and (2) the QB usually ends up making less money, because he’s usually drafted later and also doesn’t develop as well, so he can’t command as much in subsequent contracts.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 8, 2009 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If your going to say that Bradford had only two seasons under his belt last off-season

then you must not forget that Mark Sanchez only had one and that didn’t hurt his draft status and money making ability.

by 2Cor12:9 on Sep 8, 2009 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn’t forget. And I considered that pick an enormous mistake—far bigger than the Stafford pick, because Stafford had a lot of experience for a true junior, and also had much better tools.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 8, 2009 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

PS

And I’ll add that I think Sanchez is going to be a big disappointment, and won’t have much in the way of a second contract.

Can you think of any guys who left early, after one year of starting, and turned into Pro Bowl QBs?

by burntorangehorn on Sep 8, 2009 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can think of a certain qb

who didn’t even start a game in college and just got paid over the off-season. And judging by the size of the contract you can bet they are expecting him to be a Pro Bowl QB.

by 2Cor12:9 on Sep 8, 2009 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How long did it take that guy to develop?

By the way, I’m a Chiefs fan, and I’m pissed about the Cassel trade.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 8, 2009 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess I should make my point a little more clear: Matt Cassel went through the best coaching in the business, had the best gameday playcalling in the business, and drove a bus in very much the same fashion I would expect Bruce Gradkowski or Sage Rosenfels to have done, had either been in the same situation.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 8, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does this raise the fearful specter

of Gresham grabbing a medical redshirt and returning for one more go with Bradford to hassle Texas in 2010?

by luxar on Sep 8, 2009 8:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

no. not at all.

by 6th street on Sep 8, 2009 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who cares?

That’s like worrying about the 2011 signing class. George Allen, I believe, said it first: The future is now.

by edsp on Sep 8, 2009 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Considering how much

people gab around here about the need for Gilbert to get meaningful snaps to prepare him for next season, I figured 2010 was a valid conversation topic. My mistake.

by luxar on Sep 8, 2009 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who cares u ask.

I do. Valid question and topic.

by 2Cor12:9 on Sep 9, 2009 7:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't think he'll roll those dice twice.

by orangetower on Sep 9, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not a good few days for Oklahoma

They will thrash Idaho State this week, at least.

by TheElusiveShadow on Sep 8, 2009 9:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I hear Andre Ware picked the Bengals by a landslide.

by burntorangehorn on Sep 8, 2009 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Too Bad About his Injury, but Probably Good for us in the RRR

I remember watching this guy last year and it seemed like everytime he got the ball it took two guys to bring him down. Kid is HUGE and runs like a bull for God’s sake.

by iamjackburton on Sep 8, 2009 10:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Florida's got issues too

Debose Lost For Season

Meyer had tabbed the 5-foot-11, 185-pound speedster as Percy Harvin’s replacement this fall. But Debose injured his hamstring at the Florida state high school track meet in April, tweaked it during summer workouts and then hurt it again on the first day of fall practice

Still a Blaine Irby fan

by patienthornsfan on Sep 9, 2009 4:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs