I think the NFL guys believe the system didn’t highlight what Stidham does best, which is fair
He doesn’t have the financial need to push himself but he also seems to lack the desire that pushes some guys in his same situation to still do the work. Just don’t see it happening.
He had very little trouble getting to where he needed to be. It was generally his shit hands or terrible scheme that left him double teamed that caused him trouble. DCs were like, "oh look, it's Slayton on a go route again. I bet he doesn't catch it even if we leave him uncovered."
Feel like the strangest thing bout him is he got inflated as a recruit basically cause he had some tools and made the absolute most of them with max effort and fooled folks into thinking he was elite. Then he got to college and never seemed to give the same effort again. Weird. He needed to say on that try hard route for longer. Don't coast till you are getting NFL checks son.
He put on like 35 pounds and moved to defensive tackle. He’s not a total failure or anything and still got invited to the combine. And his time isn’t terrible either. He was obviously overrated but he was also never heralded as some Clowneyesque physical freak
I may be proven wrong, but I'd bet against Stidham with every dollar available and I won't believe he can do it till I see him play a few games against a defense that's live and actually trying to hit the QB. He's got all the tools and none of the mental toughness it seems. Gus ruins a lot of things, but Jeremy Johnson and Jarrett Stidham seemed destined to be overhyped and underperform.
They both looked awful but I agree that Jeremy’s issues were from day one and Stidham turned pussy starting around the Clemson game when he was laid in the dirt most of the game. 2017 Stidham was not all that impressive. I will give him UGA and UA but seeing how it was meaningless in the end, I really give it grudgingly. 2018 Stid was awful. He came back because of a stronger 2017 qb class and just mailed it in.
JJ was not only horrendous, but he was also unwilling to put his body in harm’s way to gain a yard or get a first down for the school that gave him a free education and leveraged their entire football program on him. I have zero respect for him and wish we’d pulled his scholly.
I'm really hoping ATL takes him as a backup QB so I can continue to truly hate the fuggin' punk. Gus/Rhett have less than zero QB evaluation skills or they'd have seen this kid has no drive, desire, guts, fortitude, whatever you want to call it. This kid's lived the easy life and expects things. Fugg that.
Andrew Williams doing more reps than D Russ. That's a little surprising. Williams slow AF though for his body type.
Could be. I'm not looking to hard for evidence that would vindicate him. I really shouldn't despise him like I do, it's not his fault he played at Auburn.
yeah. His whole thing was RPO timing routes. And he had an accurate deep ball in his jr year but that disappeared last season for whatever reason. There's absolutely something off about him that makes me think he'll just be a career backup but he'll stick around for awhile just because his arm is ridiculous. It's definitely possible that he could gain a lot of confidence in a system and become good too
Didn’t matter what Gus did, he couldn’t change his genetics. Gus didn’t develop Slayton and he’s a combine beast. Gus turned Ryan Davis into an AU record holder and he’s a pro day bum. It’s not all Gus’ fault
Being the career receptions leader at AU with about 900 career receiving yards isn’t a feather in Gus’s cap, especially considering the abysmal roster management at that position, specifically.
