Baylor's Robert Griffin III to declare for NFL Draft
by Jordan Esco on Jan 1, 2012 10:13 AM CST
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ESPiN is reporting Sunday morning that Heisman Trophy winner and Baylor QB Robert Griffin III will forego his senior season and enter the 2012 NFL Draft.
Aside from this making OU's game next year against the Bears 1,000 times easier to win, it could also have a substantial impact on the decision of the Sooners own Landry Jones. Jones has said he intends to wait until the January 15th deadline to announce his decision, but with this news from RGIII you can almost be assured that Jones will be back in Norman for the 2012 season.
Among several factors; this decision from Griffin, Landry's falling draft stock, his pending nuptials, among other things have to be considered towards the likely outcome of Jones coming back for one more year. Obviously we'll find out for sure between now and January 15th, but for those OU fans who were so eager for Landry to leave. Prepare yourselves for disappointment.
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Realistically
Anyone advising him right now is probably telling him he needs to stay, unless they fear he will only slide further down if he keeps playing in college. Add to that, I don’t get the feeling he is driven by money. I think we better all prepare for another year of Landry.
"Nonsense. By all means, move." Doc Holliday, the movie Tombstone.
All indications I have....
are that Landry wants to be a minister, and that football is just a means for him to spread God’s word. He knows you do not need the NFL for that. He has an audience at OU, love him or hate him. Will he get the same audience in a place like Washington DC? probably not.
I'm a Sooner Born and a Sooner Bred, and when I die I'll be a Sooner Dead!!!
Rg3 is a good kid, a bit of a diva, but a good kid.
He has a bachelors, will get his masters in may. He had to apply for a waiver to start law school, which hasn’t been granted. When you realize all that it makes very little sense to return.
waiver to start law school. Too smart to be allowed to play, apparently...
Pretty hilarious that he could stay and play if he went to grad school, but if he goes to law school, they won’t let him play :-)
No I think it's something about the law school
Like brother had to sign a form his first saying he wouldn’t work. It’s the law school who won’t let him play from my understanding,
by OU JJ on Jan 2, 2012 8:29 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Wish him well
But I don’t see him being what everybody thinks he will be. I hear espn saying that he should be taken over andrew luck which I totally disagree with. He is a good quarterback not denying that but if you really look at his work and how he got the heisman its not as impressive. IMO he got the heisman because he beat two of the biggest named schools in college football OK and TX, but if you really look at it from a real perspective he beat a terrible texas team and an anemic oklahoma team. Also lets face it the quality of the big 12 is going down we lost one of our powerhouse teams in Nebraska, who by the way is in the top tier of the big 10 now and most likely will win their conference in the next year or so, could Baylor have beat them, could they have beat a texas team who had a decent quarterback, or an oklahoma team who didn’t have half of their team depleted? My guess is no. I like OSU and I go for them whenever they arent playing OU but could they have done it either, IMO they were better last year and couldnt get it done and now they are in the top tier of the big 12 because the quality is down. As an football fan I realized what happened to the big 12 at the beginning of the season but after watching the Alamo bowl I couldn’t help but really think that “this team is in the top tier of our conference now?” with that terrible game
Colts, Redskins, Dolphins, Seahawks
All need a QB. If Jones goes, then he is No. 3 overall QB. He is bound to get picked by at least one of those teams. The QB class next year is decent and all the teams that need a QB can get one. His stock will plummet next year solely because not as many teams will need a QB
If you forced me to Make a bet
From what I’ve heard. I would feel extremely comfortable laying down some coin on LJ being in the NFL next year.
Did dean tweet about issues
Before or after bell was named offensive MVP? Just curious.
by OU JJ on Jan 1, 2012 4:32 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Curious
why do you think that? I have wondered the same just because there doesn’t seem to be a lot of confidence in anyone else from Stoops, but hard to tell what is coach speak and what is reality.
"Nonsense. By all means, move." Doc Holliday, the movie Tombstone.
Because if Landry goes
I have said I think Drew Allen is the most likely starter (and Stoops said as much after the bowl game) and neither he or Blake Bell have shown me they can be counted on as passers. And with Stills, Reynolds, Jackson, Metoyer, Woods, Neal, and Shepard all likely to be in Norman next year I firmly believe we need a QB who can be counted on in the pass game.
What I really, really hope was “coach speak” from Stoops was his comment about Bell’s package of plays not expanding next year if Landry does in fact return. IMO, that would be a monumentally stupid decision.
Gotcha
So if Drew and Blake are questionable, is there someone coming in that will push everyone up a notch at QB? I agree with another of your posts that next year probably isn’t going to be much better than this year, as things stand now anyway. At least expectations shouldn’ t be as high as they were this year.
I don’t mind using Bell the way they are, however if Landry stays and continues to struggle, and Bell continues to succeed at his role, will be dealing with a QB controversy very quickly.
"Nonsense. By all means, move." Doc Holliday, the movie Tombstone.
cont.
Coming in? No, IMO. On campus? Also no, IMO.
Kendal Thompson is the only other QB on campus and while very athletic, he’s probably on a similar level to Bell in terms of passing.
The only QB coming in is a good one in Trevor Knight, but he’s very similar to Thompson in that they were both fairly raw as passers coming to the D-I level.
I am looking to be better prepared for 13
We can win the big 12 next year without Landry.
by OU JJ on Jan 2, 2012 11:58 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I wouldn't disagree w/ you
And I think even if Landry does come back we’re not a national championship team next year regardless. So in that sense, I can more than understand people being ready to just move on.
ESPN also had....
Les Miles going to Michigan before Rodriguez did. Their questionable reporting needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Also RGIII said himself he has not made a decision yet.
I'm a Sooner Born and a Sooner Bred, and when I die I'll be a Sooner Dead!!!
If RG3 stays, then Landry goes
And I would rather have that. We would only have to deal with Griffin for one game, but we would have to deal with Landry for 13.
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