just an FYI, Stick has reportedly been awful at the Shrine Game. Most reports indicate he's been the worst QB there
just an FYI, Stick has reportedly been awful at the Shrine Game. Most reports indicate he's been the worst QB there
I'm not as high on Stick, but I don't put much stock in these all-star games. Also, some guys practice (better or worse) than they play. Sam Darnold was reportedly a bad practice QB at USC - not notably better than the guy (whose name escapes me) he eventually beat out. Some said he was worse.
Also, if you've ever been to Tropicana Field, it's one of the ugliest places in the world and easily the ugliest in St. Pete. It's like the stuff from a vacuum filter had a baby with dim, florescent lighting. I can't wait for them to tear it down.
For anyone going (think CK is there), 11 Chicks (casual Venezuelan restaurant) is close (MLK and 2nd Ave N), and imo it offers the best bang for your buck in St. Pete. The Venezuelan Bowl (carne asada, plantains, avocado, black beans, salsa fresca on a bed of jasmine rice) and the Jerk Arepa are two of my favorites, but everything I've tried - including the churros and other arepas - is really good.
I could walk to Tropicana Field, but I've been working a lot and can't get the time off to go, and I wouldn't want to go to the Trop anyway.
I'm not as high on Stick, but I don't put much stock in these all-star games. Also, some guys practice (better or worse) than they play. Sam Darnold was reportedly a bad practice QB at USC - not notably better than the guy (whose name escapes me) he eventually beat out. Some said he was worse.
Also, if you've ever been to Tropicana Field, it's one of the ugliest places in the world and easily the ugliest in St. Pete. It's like the stuff from a vacuum filter had a baby with dim, florescent lighting. I can't wait for them to tear it down.
For anyone going (think CK is there), 11 Chicks (casual Venezuelan restaurant) is close (MLK and 2nd Ave N), and imo it offers the best bang for your buck in St. Pete. The Venezuelan Bowl (carne asada, plantains, avocado, black beans, salsa fresca on a bed of jasmine rice) and the Jerk Arepa are two of my favorites, but everything I've tried - including the churros and other arepas - is really good.
I could walk to Tropicana Field, but I've been working a lot and can't get the time off to go, and I wouldn't want to go to the Trop anyway.
Whoa. I haven't seen someone say McMaryion is a better QB than Ta'amu!
just an FYI, Stick has reportedly been awful at the Shrine Game. Most reports indicate he's been the worst QB there
He absolutely wasn't the worst in the game itself. Threw a really nice TD pass, there were no designed run plays for him which was a shame. He had very few reps. Rypien was up and down, Blough won the stats battle with two TDs, but he seemed to get a lot of reps and didn't impress me at all, just nothing to get excited about with him. The other QBs were pretty poor tbh. My impression of the game was that Stick is still the one QB among the group to be intriguing would have liked to have seen a lot more of him.
McMaryion was simply awful, probably the worst, with Ta'amu following closely behind.
No, the most impressive throws in that game were all made by Ta'amu and it wasn't even close. They had McMaryion running RPO's from the shotgun while Ta'amu was trying to execute 7 step drops from under center with a play action fake mixed in, but the offensive lines simply couldn't block for that long.
Ta'amu's first pass of the game was a huge play to Godwin that was wiped out due to a penalty on the other receiver Horsted. Ta'amu's arm and athleticism was in an entirely different category from any other quarterback in the game. That much was clear and shouldn't even be debated. It was odd that all of Ta'amu's drives were killed by penalties or sacks due to what he was being asked to execute compared to the others.
Ta'amu certainly throws a good looking ball and looks the part, but I will have to respectfully disagree with your analysis. He was often off target especially throwing on the run, perhaps he was just not used to throwing to these guys, but it was the same for all the QBs out there. Although I wasn't impressed by Ta'amu, I can see the attraction in the kid, Maybe a decent late round project pick.