It has to do with supporting your teammates who have supported you. Not any real interest of the fans, but teammates have a right to be pissed, if they choose to be.
I agree with what you’re saying....and personally, I like what they’re doing. I would much rather have multiple games on instead of just a few. I like knowing PSU will be on every week.
Well, it is obvious he does not give a F what his teammates think, but of course he went through the pretense in his statement about what a "brotherhood" it is.
Lol. Unless you are one of them, I think it unlikely you would know. But The Gunsie way is to talk most loudly when you have no way of knowing.
If you love someone like a brother, you respect what they have done for you. And you dont make selfserving decisions at their expense while mouthing "brotherhood" talk.
You’re way further down that spectrum than I am, but fair enough. Exhibitions can sometimes go wrong for the participants....
I would hardly say he has a fumbling problem. He’s had 7 in his entire career and four of those came in two games. Most of his fumbles were on passes when his arm was starting to throw which a QB can’t really control. Sam Darnold had 14 fumbles in two years and it didn’t stop him from being drafted third.OK, I'm curious. All this talk about whether Grier should or shouldn;t play has revolved around money and injury etc.
One huge issue developed around Grier in his last 2 games (well, for one, he didn't win them, but he played well enough so let's skip that part). What he DID do against better competition was fumble the ball. In the big one, he did it twice and pretty much cost them the game.
So let's say he plays a motivated 'cuse team that kinda gets after the QB. What happens to his stock if he has a 3rd loss and fumbles it again when pressured? My guess is his stock drops.. probably a lot more than it goes up if he has a big game. My opinion might be all wrong, but I see Grier's choice as not taking any chances on getting exposed.
Personally, I wanted to see what he could do against a team not named the Wild Wild West that thrives on pressuring the QB. Guess we won't know how he plays against a real defense til he plays his first NFL game. Stay tuned.
Add on: I'm going to ratchet this up a notch... 'cuse knows he "SEEMS TO" have a fumble problem and they'd be going after him, zeroing in on that apparent weakness. One way to combat that impression is to play, carve the 'cuse secondary up, win big, don't turn it over. My guess is his advisors saw little upside to this when weighed against the risk of getting exposed 3 straight games.... this time against a middling 'cuse. Best to say it's all about getting injured and "prepared" (lmao at that crock; far better "prepared" by preparing to play real people...imo) rather than risk a bad outing. Again, just my opinion. Yours might vary
Which two games? I know he fumbled twice with the entire season on the line vs. OU. What was the importance of the other game where he fumbled twice?
I believe it was a game in his junior year and I also believe they ended up winning the game. It didn’t have the importance of the OU game, but none of their games since they lost to Pitt 13-9 have been that important. The point is he does not have a fumbling problem just because he had two fumbles against OU especially when one of them occurred when he was trying to pass the ball. It’s not like he drops the ball every 10 snaps or something and he’s not even close to the number of fumbles Darnold had and it didn’t stop him from getting drafted high.
I'm glad that this board won't have a 400 post bitch thread during our meaningless bowl game.
To be fair, they are paid to participate in the Senior Bowl and the workouts/sessions during the week are important to draft status. The game itself not so much.
Certainly possible. And typically, the QBs only play a few series in any event.
OK, this (to me) is fd up. You blow off your team but choose to play in the senior bowl (where defense will be more wide open... kinda like the no-defense league he's been playing in). Going hard for the money!
I agree with you on this.. I just think eyes might have opened a bit in that the ball came out 3 times in 2 games that mattered and that is what he takes with him to the draft. And it sure would be fun to see him play against somebody who plays defense like it matters... not sure 'cuse is good enough defensively to cause that much distress, but they at least have an idea what defense is supposed to look like lol.
