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Negative--NPR: The ‘Off-Field Issues’ of Josh Rosen 4-4-19
What Rosen's personality questions refer to are incidents like when he wore a derogatory reference to President Trump on a hat while playing at a Trump golf course or when he opined that the demands of college football were incompatible with a college course load. And Rosen's not wrong on that point. Nor was the economics major off base when he took to Instagram to note the incongruity of his college signing a record $280 million shoe deal while still claiming amateurism.
Rosen's UCLA coach, Jim Mora, told him that such a statement distracted from what should've been an important day for the university. The problem, to Rosen's critics, is that he deviates from orthodoxy. In the hidebound world of football, such deviations are what gets labeled baggage. Mora tried to explain Rosen's behavior by saying he needs to be challenged intellectually so he doesn't get bored; he's a millennial; he wants to know why; millennials, once they know why - they're good. Seems insightful to me, but to the NFL establishment, it was as if Mora said, Josh is a fairly committed satanist, but his ritual slaughter of goats can occasionally lead touchdowns.
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/04/599361709/the-off-field-issues-of-josh-rosen
Positive--LA Times: Cardinals trade former UCLA quarterback to the Dolphins 4-26-19
When he learned Rosen was headed to Miami, former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer sent him a congratulations text. Dilfer, who won a Super Bowl as Baltimore’s quarterback, thinks the Dolphins staff is ideal for a cerebral young quarterback.
“Caldwell and O’Shea are guys who believe in a high-level, academic offense,” Dilfer said. “That’s what Josh needs to play in. He’ll thrive in it. The fit needs to be somewhere where he can beat you with his brains as much as his body. This is exactly what he’ll get.
“Think about it: He’s going to get the keys to the Peyton Manning offense through Caldwell. He’s going to get the keys to the Tom Brady car through the Patriots people. You’re looking at a staff that believes in the academia of football, and that’s Josh’s greatest gift.”
Rosen was recruited by and played at UCLA for Jim Mora, who could not be reached for this story. But former Bruins coach (and quarterback) Rick Neuheisel watched Rosen’s career closely and thinks this move will benefit him in a big way.
“All the adversity that Josh Rosen can endure early in his career will only serve as fuel going forward,” Neuheisel said.
“At the end of the day he’s going to look back at this and say it was a blessing. To have watched other guys get drafted before him, to have watched an organization go in another direction … Because everything in his life — it’s not his fault — but it’s been handed to him, because he’s been that talented. Now he’s kind of realizing I’m not quite the chosen one.
“If he’s ever going to become a great player, I think this is going to be the reason why.”
https://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-nfl-draft-rounds-2-3-20190426-story.html
What Rosen's personality questions refer to are incidents like when he wore a derogatory reference to President Trump on a hat while playing at a Trump golf course or when he opined that the demands of college football were incompatible with a college course load. And Rosen's not wrong on that point. Nor was the economics major off base when he took to Instagram to note the incongruity of his college signing a record $280 million shoe deal while still claiming amateurism.
Rosen's UCLA coach, Jim Mora, told him that such a statement distracted from what should've been an important day for the university. The problem, to Rosen's critics, is that he deviates from orthodoxy. In the hidebound world of football, such deviations are what gets labeled baggage. Mora tried to explain Rosen's behavior by saying he needs to be challenged intellectually so he doesn't get bored; he's a millennial; he wants to know why; millennials, once they know why - they're good. Seems insightful to me, but to the NFL establishment, it was as if Mora said, Josh is a fairly committed satanist, but his ritual slaughter of goats can occasionally lead touchdowns.
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/04/599361709/the-off-field-issues-of-josh-rosen
Positive--LA Times: Cardinals trade former UCLA quarterback to the Dolphins 4-26-19
When he learned Rosen was headed to Miami, former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer sent him a congratulations text. Dilfer, who won a Super Bowl as Baltimore’s quarterback, thinks the Dolphins staff is ideal for a cerebral young quarterback.
“Caldwell and O’Shea are guys who believe in a high-level, academic offense,” Dilfer said. “That’s what Josh needs to play in. He’ll thrive in it. The fit needs to be somewhere where he can beat you with his brains as much as his body. This is exactly what he’ll get.
“Think about it: He’s going to get the keys to the Peyton Manning offense through Caldwell. He’s going to get the keys to the Tom Brady car through the Patriots people. You’re looking at a staff that believes in the academia of football, and that’s Josh’s greatest gift.”
Rosen was recruited by and played at UCLA for Jim Mora, who could not be reached for this story. But former Bruins coach (and quarterback) Rick Neuheisel watched Rosen’s career closely and thinks this move will benefit him in a big way.
“All the adversity that Josh Rosen can endure early in his career will only serve as fuel going forward,” Neuheisel said.
“At the end of the day he’s going to look back at this and say it was a blessing. To have watched other guys get drafted before him, to have watched an organization go in another direction … Because everything in his life — it’s not his fault — but it’s been handed to him, because he’s been that talented. Now he’s kind of realizing I’m not quite the chosen one.
“If he’s ever going to become a great player, I think this is going to be the reason why.”
https://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-nfl-draft-rounds-2-3-20190426-story.html