Sitting here on NFL Draft Eve I cant help thinking about a bet I made two weeks into last year's college football season. The bet was $100 with "The Duck" that Tim Tebow gets drafted before Colt McCoy. Go ahead and save the hate mail Texas Fan! I am one of the biggest Texas homers on the planet. During the Big 12 championship game I don't think two people were yelling at a TV louder then Eric The Migler Ringler and myself. Don't believe me? Just ask John Conner!
So as a self respecting Texas fan how can I make this bet? Simple it doesn't seem like gambling if you know you're going to win and I had this bet won in September!
I think Colt is more pro ready then Timmy. I think Colt has had a better spring then Timmy. I think you can realistically argue Colt should be the #2 quarterback on most draft boards behind Bradford. Yet all this doesn't matter Florida's Golden Boy still goes first. Why? It's easy he sells!
Colt was a great College qb, and is very marketable in Texas.( Did you read that Jerry?) On a national level Tebow has more selling power and hype. He will equal big time dollar bills! Tebow becomes the talk of the town no matter where he winds up. Tebow will be a bigger name and get more press coverage then a #1 , if he is not a # 1.
All the mock drafts have Tebow going 2nd-3rd round. Mock draft smock draft! Those dumb things are all based on stupid stuff like a player's skill or team needs(insert sarcasm here). What they really should base the mock draft on is this: How many more tickets does a team sell with player x on it? How many jerseys does a team sell with player x's name on it? How many more ways can we whore out this guy? In Tebow's case it's a lot more!
If you only took Tebow's skill level he would be no better then a 4th round pick. We all know his problems so I won't go into them here. Colt's skill level should have him going in the late first or early second. Neither one of these things will happen. I see an east coast team like The Panthers reaching for Tebow way to early. Possibly trading up to get their man. I could of said the Jags, but that's to easy. Also don't rule out the Raiders. If there is a team that will reach and screw up their draft then the silver and black is that team.
So where does that leave Colt? Look for Colt to go somewhere between 70-80 in the draft. Cleveland,Buffalo, San Francisco and Denver all have a qb need with a draft pick in that area. Also it wouldn't surprise in the least if the much hated Redskins trade up to get their QB of the future here. They could groom him under McNabb for a couple of years until he's ready.
Happy draft watching bishes! BTW how effn stupid is it to have the draft start on a Thursday this year? The NFL/ESPN greed monster is running wild!
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