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if barkley and jones would have come out?

RidinSurtains said:
For anybody to say that Tannehill is anywhere near the prospect of a Barkley is ridiculous, and those people are clearly seeing the world thru aqua and orange colored glasses. Right now, Barkley is the best college prospect going into the 2012 season, Tannehill was never considered anywhere near that elite status by anyone... Except for apparently one guy, Mr. Ireland. Barkley is basically better than Tannehill in every single capacity except for athleticism (last time I checked Tom Brady was not a very mobile guy) and in arm strength, but it's not like Barkley has a weak arm at all.

If Matt Barkley came out this year, the absolute furthest he would have fallen is #4 to Cleveland. The chances are that many teams would have liked him better than RG3 because of Barkley's experience in an NFL offense, and both the Rams and Vikings would have pulled in huge hauls for those players at #2 and #3.
Put it like this : Hypothetically, if Barkley came out and we chose to stand pat with Tannehill instead of trading up to #3 for Barkley or RG3 (we would probably have to give up one less 1st rounder than Washington did for RG3) that probably would have been the final straw for me as a Fish fan. Barkley IMO is a cut under Luck and a cut above Stafford as a prospect. Love the kid, and it wouldn't be tragic at all if we went 2-14 this year, had a fire sale and finally drafted a real QB. In today's NFL, you don't have a QB, you don't have ****.
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I was listening to Colin Cowherd one day (I think it was before the draft) and he was talking about Barkley. Keep in mind Cowherd watches every USC game, and he said that he doesn't know what to make of Barkley at the pro level. He said that he thinks Barkley is surrounded by some of the best wide receiver talent he has ever seen, and that there is nothing outstanding about Barkley physically. He is not big, he has average arm strength, and he is not very athletic. He insinuated that he doesn't believe that he is a lock to be a great pro, and I tend to agree with him.
 
I saw a lot of comparisons between Jones and how the end of Marino's college career ended up. Before Jones announced he was playing in the NCAA one more year, was sort of hoping Miami might take a flyer on Jones. However, most draftniks were saying Tannehill would've been ranked ahead of Jones anyway.
 
rickd13 said:
I was listening to Colin Cowherd one day (I think it was before the draft) and he was talking about Barkley. Keep in mind Cowherd watches every USC game, and he said that he doesn't know what to make of Barkley at the pro level. He said that he thinks Barkley is surrounded by some of the best wide receiver talent he has ever seen, and that there is nothing outstanding about Barkley physically. He is not big, he has average arm strength, and he is not very athletic. He insinuated that he doesn't believe that he is a lock to be a great pro, and I tend to agree with him.
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Fact remains that the consensus is Barkley will be the number 1 player selected next year, and I'll be shocked if he has a sub par year and isn't. Lots of analysts also think he'll probably win the Heisman next year. Nobody ever thought this highly of Tannehill, period. Barkley is a much better prospect.
Cowherd is definitely entitled to his opinion, but I strongly disagree and I'm hardly the only one.
 
I'll take the guy with the better talent as opposed to the better talent around him. thanks.
 
This thread should have been titled; "Tannehill vs Jones vs Barkley" because that's what this thread is really about.
 
allsilverdreams said:
if barkley and jones would have entered the draft this year would you still have gone with tannehill?
i dont get to watch a lot of ncaa football and would value your feedback:D
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I would've done whatever it took to get Barkley. I think the kid is going to be a phenom at the next level, and I'm tired of hearing about USC guys being system guys - Barkley is special and I'll defend that next year.

All that said I'm glad we have Tanny, I just hope Philbin does what he does best and QB guru his ass into a franchise QB - the next 3 years or so will tell.
 
Fairly certain Barkley would have been drafted over RG3, but then . . . I still can't see how RG3 went as high as he did. So who knows?
 
I like Barkley, but we still would have got Tanny!
 
if jones would have came out he would have fell. and i would throw up if we would have taken him.
 
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