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Rate a Position...Part 1..QB

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OSUScoonie12

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We are doing this on another forum i'm apart of, so i decided to bring it here. For each position you have to pick an Overrated player, underrated player and the best player at the position. This is for college only, and for the 2006 season.

The first position we will do is QB:

Best QB: Brady Quinn - hate to say it but its the truth.

Overrated QB: Chris Leak - this is only for now. He may have a huge year this year and finally live up to all the hype. As of right now he has been a big bust in college.

Underrated QB: Drew Tate - not alot of people outside the B10 know about this kid. He is a real threat and very very good.



The next position i will announce tomorrow.
 
Best- Troy Smith...yes, I am a homer...but there is honestly nobody I'd rather have under center.

overrated- Chad Henne...has yet to win a single big game. scUM lite doesn't count.

underrated- JaMarcus Russell...I think he's gonna have a big year.
 
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Best: Troy Smith--Quinn is the prototype dream of NFL scouts, but if I have a big game to win, give me Troy Smith all day, every day.

Overrated (Tie): Chad Henne--Not trying to be biased here, but the kid gets solid publicity and hasn't done jack. 0-2 against tOSU, 0-2 in Bowls.

Reggie Ball--mistake waiting to happen on every snap. Absolutely dynamic for spurts...then dismal.

Underrated: Tyler Palko--more of a personal pick here than anything else. I just really enjoy watching this kid play. Gutsy with little to no support around him last year.
 
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Best: Troy Smith - We're going just off of college and in college mobility wins
Overrated: Drew Tate - Last year's projected best offensive player in the B10 :lol:
Underrated: Kyle Wright - Despite Miami's offensive woes....I think it was more coaching than ability
 
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Best: Troy Smith-If he was 3 inches taller he'd be a gauranteed 1st pick in next year's NFL Draft.

Overrated: Kyle Wright-He's getting waaaaaaaay too much preseason hype. He boosted his stats in games like Wake Forest and Duke yet played poorly in big games.

Underrated: Drew Tate-I expect him to give us a very hard time in Kinnick this year and should finish with nice stats.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
Overrated: Drew Tate - Last year's projected best offensive player in the B10 :lol:
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Well, Iowa definitely underachieved and we completely dominated them but Drew and Iowa finished the season well.
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Best QB: Troy Smith - He's not the Heisman favorite, but I think he'll do what he does best-- comes through in the clutch. Besides Quinn, Brian Brohm is the real deal.

Overrated QB: Jordan Palmer (UTEP) - The only reason he's even mentioned is because of his famous Heisman winning brother. He's terrible. His biggest claimed attribute? His arm strength... which looked weak in comparison to Toledo's Bruce Gradkowski, who they played in their bowl game loss this past year (though Bruce was one of the best mid-major QB's in the nation last year, he shouldn't have looked THAT dominant over a fellow hyped mid-major QB).

Underrated QB: Drew Weatherford - Did REALLY well as a frosh at the helm of FSU's offense when it seemed God was taking his wrath out on every other QB on the team. If he can avoid a sophomore slump and increase his TD to INT ratio, I think he could be a real darkhorse for the Heisman. I also considered UCLA's Ben Olson and MSU's Drew Stanton

EDIT: Too many picking Henne for most overrated, so I changed it up... hahaha
 
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Best: Troy Smith. Maybe not the best passer. Maybe not the best runner. But he's got a good combination of passing skills and running skills, and I think he's going to rival Krenzel for the best decision-maker I've seen at Ohio State.

Overrated: Chad Henne. Never beaten Ohio State. I don't think he's ever beaten Notre Dame. Never won a bowl game. He beat Penn State last year. He's shown he can heave it up to a big, dominating wide receiver, but that he can't do much else.

Underrated: I almost want to say Justin Zwick, but maybe that's too many OSU players on my list. (However, I'd rather have Zwick starting that 90% of the quarterbacks who are already starters in Div-1A.) I'll go with whoever the quarterback for Temple is going to be. I've never heard a thing about him. I don't know anything about him. He may suck, but this may be the only time he gets any kind of pre-season press outside of Philadelphia.
 
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BuckTwenty said:
Underrated QB: Drew Weatherford - Did REALLY well as a frosh at the helm of FSU's offense when it seemed God was taking his wrath out on every other QB on the team. If he can avoid a sophomore slump and increase his TD to INT ratio, I think he could be a real darkhorse for the Heisman. I also considered UCLA's Ben Olson and MSU's Drew Stanton
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Drew Stanton is getting plenty of hype. No way you can consider him underrated.
 
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Best: Troy Smith. He plays his best in the big games.

Overrated: John David Booty. I think his high school stats were inflated by the system at Evangel, and that Sanchez will beat him out. His injury during the spring didn't help him.

Underrated: John Stocco, Wisconsin. He has a reputation of being a "'just don't screw things up" manager at the position, but he set school records for passing yards (2,920) and passing TDs (21) last season.
 
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BB73 said:
Overrated: John David Booty. I think his high school stats were inflated by the system at Evangel, and that Sanchez will beat him out. His injury during the spring didn't help him.
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Don't tell CFNews.com that. They're all over his nuts is disgusting. I'm not looking forward to what they have to say next year about Jimmy Clausen. He'll probably be their #1 preseason Heisman candidate.
 
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Best- Brady Quinn, (who's only good because he's a native Ohioan and football is in the air here) Troy Smith, His ability to make clutch plays and avoid the rush, the man has ice in vains along with the scarlet and grey.

Overrated- Chad Henne (0-2 against tOSU and 0-2 in Bowl games) need I say more, and Chris Leak, just awful if I was Urban Meyer one of the greatest offensive minds in the game, I would bench him and play that freshman.

Underrated- Drew Stanton, He is a great QB, Despite the fact that His team lets him down every season, he has shown flashes of greatness, the first part of every season, if the Spartans can hold up they can really be very deadly
 
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In Chad Henne's defense, he was only a true freshman and sophomore these last 2 years. How many true freshmen and sophomores win against Ohio St. and win their bowl games? Not many. This year there'll be no excuse for him playing mediocre because he'll have 2 years as a starter under his belt.
 
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