IF Tua falls....

saintsfan1976 · 04-17-2020, 02:39 PM

What if Tua falls out of the top 10? Top 15?

Are you moving up? Waiting? Think he'll slide farther?

Would you even draft him at 24?

darksoul35 · 04-17-2020, 02:48 PM

I don't think he will get out of the top 5 but if he did I would jump all over it. We almost wouldn't have a choice.

jeanpierre · 04-17-2020, 03:55 PM

#CheckTheMedicals

vpheughan · 04-18-2020, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

#CheckTheMedicals

WHAT HAPPENED TO #TRUST THE TAPE?

AsylumGuido · 04-18-2020, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

#CheckTheMedicals

#CheckTheWonderlic

That scares me more.

stickman · 04-18-2020, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

#CheckTheWonderlic

That scares me more.

I don't put any stock in the Wonderlic. I look at it as an excuse not to draft someone. It's like the closer the draft gets, the more GMs need a reason not to draft someone. This gives them an out... "We didn't like his Wonderlic score."

jeanpierre · 04-18-2020, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

#CheckTheMedicals

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

#CheckTheWonderlic

That scares me more.

Originally Posted by stickman

I don't put any stock in the Wonderlic. I look at it as an excuse not to draft someone. It's like the closer the draft gets, the more GMs need a reason not to draft someone. This gives them an out... "We didn't like his Wonderlic score."

I'd like to see a correlation of Playoff WAR stats of QBs to their wonderlic, may have to email ProFootballReference on that one...

Anecdotally speaking, when you consider the most successful quarterbacks in the playoffs, many of them scored very high on the Wonderlic Exam...

AsylumGuido · 04-18-2020, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by stickman

I don't put any stock in the Wonderlic. I look at it as an excuse not to draft someone. It's like the closer the draft gets, the more GMs need a reason not to draft someone. This gives them an out... "We didn't like his Wonderlic score."

I could see your point if the score was average, but Tua was only able to manage a 13! That sucks. Especially for a position that requires quick analytical skills in an offense as complex as Payton's ... and most others in the league these days.

halloween 65 · 04-17-2020, 04:43 PM

All I will say, we got no private workout. Payton would be taking a gamble.

shawnkytonk · 04-17-2020, 04:46 PM

No. Not a believer before the injury. When's the last time an Alabama QB was relevant in the NFL?

04-17-2020, 02:39 PM	#1
saintsfan1976 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 10,972 Blog Entries: 3	IF Tua falls.... What if Tua falls out of the top 10? Top 15? Are you moving up? Waiting? Think he'll slide farther? Would you even draft him at 24?

04-17-2020, 02:48 PM	#2
darksoul35 1000 Posts + Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,044	Re: IF Tua falls.... I don't think he will get out of the top 5 but if he did I would jump all over it. We almost wouldn't have a choice.
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04-17-2020, 03:55 PM	#3
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: IF Tua falls.... #CheckTheMedicals saintfan, SmashMouth, halloween 65 and 2 others like this.

04-18-2020, 07:37 AM	#4
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04-18-2020, 12:38 PM	#5
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,472	Re: IF Tua falls.... Originally Posted by jeanpierre #CheckTheMedicals #CheckTheWonderlic That scares me more. jeanpierre likes this.

04-18-2020, 01:24 PM	#6
stickman 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Gonzales, LA Posts: 1,754	Re: IF Tua falls.... Originally Posted by AsylumGuido #CheckTheWonderlic That scares me more. I don't put any stock in the Wonderlic. I look at it as an excuse not to draft someone. It's like the closer the draft gets, the more GMs need a reason not to draft someone. This gives them an out... "We didn't like his Wonderlic score."

04-18-2020, 03:30 PM	#7
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: IF Tua falls.... Originally Posted by jeanpierre #CheckTheMedicals Originally Posted by AsylumGuido #CheckTheWonderlic That scares me more. Originally Posted by stickman I don't put any stock in the Wonderlic. I look at it as an excuse not to draft someone. It's like the closer the draft gets, the more GMs need a reason not to draft someone. This gives them an out... "We didn't like his Wonderlic score." I'd like to see a correlation of Playoff WAR stats of QBs to their wonderlic, may have to email ProFootballReference on that one... Anecdotally speaking, when you consider the most successful quarterbacks in the playoffs, many of them scored very high on the Wonderlic Exam... SmashMouth likes this.

04-18-2020, 04:40 PM	#8
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,472	Re: IF Tua falls.... Originally Posted by stickman I don't put any stock in the Wonderlic. I look at it as an excuse not to draft someone. It's like the closer the draft gets, the more GMs need a reason not to draft someone. This gives them an out... "We didn't like his Wonderlic score." I could see your point if the score was average, but Tua was only able to manage a 13! That sucks. Especially for a position that requires quick analytical skills in an offense as complex as Payton's ... and most others in the league these days.

04-17-2020, 04:43 PM	#9
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shawnkytonk 500th Post Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Denver>Memphis>Mississippi Posts: 741	Re: IF Tua falls.... No. Not a believer before the injury. When's the last time an Alabama QB was relevant in the NFL? SmashMouth, jeanpierre and Rugby Saint II like this.