I said these things, but I think the difference with Hurts is he has a much larger body of work to demonstrate his deficiencies throwing the ball. I said it in another thread, but if Lincoln gets Hurts anywhere near the Heisman conversation next year then he'll be able to name his price in the NFL the following year. If he's not in the Heisman conversation then OU has a downgraded QB situation which helps us. Hurts is not a top NFL prospect right now for a reason. If Lincoln makes him one then NFL teams will be grovelling at his feet.What worries me is that last year everyone was saying exactly the same things about Murray that we are saying now about Hurts. "He's good, but *choose an excuse*, so he's going to struggle. I mean, he's no Mayfield, right?"
BAM. Heisman.
Rebuilt OL! Facing different defenses! People have film and can plan for him! He's too short! He's not as fast or accurate as Mayfield. No way he can be as good as Mayfield, right? RIGHT???
Yeah, we all said that stuff last year about Murray. So now OU has another 5* QB from the SEC coming in, and Riley has a track record of digging to the bottom of the barrel in terms of getting the most out of his players. I'm not gonna lie, this makes me nervous.
What worries me is that last year everyone was saying exactly the same things about Murray that we are saying now about Hurts. "He's good, but *choose an excuse*, so he's going to struggle. I mean, he's no Mayfield, right?"
BAM. Heisman.
Rebuilt OL! Facing different defenses! People have film and can plan for him! He's too short! He's not as fast or accurate as Mayfield. No way he can be as good as Mayfield, right? RIGHT???
Yeah, we all said that stuff last year about Murray. So now OU has another 5* QB from the SEC coming in, and Riley has a track record of digging to the bottom of the barrel in terms of getting the most out of his players. I'm not gonna lie, this makes me nervous.
Also remember, Mayfield and Murray had multiple years to develop at OU. Hurts has the spring. We'll see how successful they'll be next year. It was an obvious choice for Hurts but is OU hurting developing internal talent by doing this?
Why would a high school QB ever sign with OU...no chance to even compete!