DHNF

I could totally see the Raiders drafting him....

Wait until the media/draft hype-machine and the combine fire up over the next few months.

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DJ Boyer

LSUredskin.....

You win.....lol


My newest mock 4.0 will be posted here soon...I have the Raiders with Russell at #1. Biggest reason is the arm strength....I think they want a strong arm QB to try and keep Randy Moss around if they go with a QB. I think that is a big reason why Aaron Brooks ended up there this year, he is a bad Qb but what is the one thing he has....arm strength.

I still don't have him as my #1 QB prospect but I think he may be the best fit at this time.

Just felt I should personally tell you....your campaign for him being #1 all year was not as far-fetched as it sounded to many people. I always thought he had first round potential but I can honestly say I never thought I would release a mock where I had him listed as the top pick overall.....

For that I say good job...your diligence and persistence deserves to be commended.

imported_Lsuredskinman

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DJ Boyer @ Jan 4th ) [snapback]1846362[/snapback]</div>Coming from somebody whose opinion I have really come to respect I really appreciate that. Thank you. It was never really about me being right, I just had a little different point of view than everyone else. I also realize that these type of ratings are always changing, so it might not last too long. But good to know I wasn't totally off my rocker.

DJ Boyer

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lsuredskinman @ Jan 4th ) [snapback]1846562[/snapback]</div>No you weren't and I've been around long enough to know I'm not always right......allow me to place a feather in your cap.....

imported_ejruiz

It's been a while since I chimed in here and for good reason: I was wrong. Russell should be the 1st QB taken in this draft, but that has more to do with my opinion of Quinn changing.

It's not that he struggles in the proverbial "big game", it's that he's simply not good enough (despite an incredibly talented supporting cast) to overcome good-great defenses and that certainly does not bode well for his step up to the next level. Honestly, I'd probably want Brohm ahead of him at this point.

Russell has all the tools, but he's still quite raw. The one thing I will admit is that he's won me over personally with his play. He's passionate, explosive, resourceful and shows flashes of absolute brilliance. That said, he still makes extremely poor decisions too often and is bailed out by simply playing on a better team than those he faces. ND's secondary makes just about every good QB look great, so let's not get carried away because of the Sugar Bowl. At this point, I hope he doesn't go to Oakland because that situation is set up to make any prospect at QB fail. That said, he won't get out of the top three and none of those teams seem particularly good for a rookie QB.

All in all, congrats LSURedskinMan, even though I know this had nothing to do with you being right or wrong. Now that I think of it, it must kill you that your pro football team drafted a QB from your college football team's rival and didn't allow him to start until half way through the season before the best LSU QB ever (I don't know my LSU football history, so if that's terribly wrong, I'm sorry) declares himself eligible for the draft. That just sucks; especially since that offense would be a nice fit for Russell.

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imported_Lsuredskinman

Russell is the best QB prospect Lsu has ever had, but Mauck is the greatest QB in our history (a national title seals it for him). It doesn't kill me too much, cause Campbell is a good fit for us and at least he got to play the last half of the season. It's good to know that it wasn't a wasted pick and we are set at QB for a while.