Kolek planning to go pro
Mac Jones is working with Josh McDaniels. Jones probably got better coaching at Alabama as well. Some NFL people aren’t overly impressed with some of the coaching that occurs in Columbus. Fields definitely has issues but he’s in an impossible spot imo.
There is a long, long history of tOSU QBs taken in the 1st 4 rounds. Hard to find a good one in the NFL. Mike Tomczak may have been the "best" if that is the proper word here.
Anyhow, Jones put up passer ratings of 119 and 101 against Dallas and Tampa, respectively.
Testing vaccinated, asymptomatic players is dumb.
You may be right. How could Fields look bad when surrounded by elite players at RB, WR, and the offensive line?There is a long, long history of tOSU QBs taken in the 1st 4 rounds. Hard to find a good one in the NFL. Mike Tomczak may have been the "best" if that is the proper word here.
Vaccinated, asymptomatic players can still spread the virus.
Monoclonal antibodies and other therapeutics are the answer for symptomatic patients. Still contend covid is here to stay. Learn to live with that, hey?
Eh, if they are symptomatic yes (although for a shorter amount of time.) Asymptomatic? Not settled.https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/delta-variant.html"CDC is continuing to assess data on whether fully vaccinated people with asymptomatic breakthrough infections can transmit the virus."And regardless, hardly any workplaces are regularly testing asymptomatic, vaccinated people. Most schools aren't either. And within a population that is mostly vaccinated, disease is rarely occurring.BTW, this isn't about Adams, I have been saying that routinely testing vaccinated people makes no sense for awhile. It is a misallocation of resources.
I'm glad you aren't involved in policy making. Your ideas are inconsistent with good public health policy and the science.
More recent research (released Oct. 4):A new study from the University of California, Davis, Genome Center, UC San Francisco and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub shows no significant difference in viral load between vaccinated and unvaccinated people who tested positive for the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2. It also found no significant difference between infected people with or without symptoms.The findings underscore the continuing need for masking and regular testing alongside vaccination, especially in areas of high prevalence, the authors wrote....When they analyzed the data, the researchers found wide variations in viral load within both vaccinated and unvaccinated groups, but not between them. There was no significant difference in viral load between vaccinated and unvaccinated, or between asymptomatic and symptomatic groups. https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/covid-19/news/viral-loads-similar-between-vaccinated-and-unvaccinated-peopleThe schools and workplaces comparison isn't really apt, since those places by and large require masking and some level of distancing, and the level of contact/interaction between people is quite a bit different than that in an NFL practice or game.I don't have a dog in this fight one way or the other. If the league didn't test asymptomatic vaccinated players, that's fine. But NFL and NFLPA decided to be extra cautious with player safety (and, more importantly, to prevent a breakout that could impact the schedule). They decided it's better to lose a player for a week than an entire game. That doesn't seem unreasonable, based on what we know and don't know right now, much less stupid.As for misallocation of resources, I think the NFL can afford it.
Right from the study you posted:"This study did not directly address how easily vaccinated people can get infected with SARS-CoV-2, or how readily someone with a breakthrough infection can transmit the virus."
They once said the same thing about Michigan -- until Tom Brady came along.
Jim Harbaugh was the first Michigan QB to throw a TD pass in the NFL. But, before him, Michigan was a run first and second offense. Even after Harbaugh Bo was running out run first guys in Michael Taylor and Demitrious Brown. After Schembechler retired and Moeller and Carr opened up the offense UM started putting a number of QB's in the NFL who had much better careers than any OSU QB (Grbac, Collins, Brady, and Henne).Urban's QB's were particularly bad in the NFL - Pryor (switched to WR), Troy Smith, Cardale Jones, JT Barrett, and Dwayne Haskins. It's hard to separate Fields from that group since it was all modern history.
As for The Great Joe Brady being a hot candidate for head-coaching jobs in the NFL and college football, I'm not even sure how good a candidate he is to keep the OC position for the Carolina Panthers.Don't worry, Brady will probably end up at LSU next year. Another college guy whose schemes don't translate to the NFL.
Neither Pryor nor Troy Smith played for Urban Meyer.Alex Smith is probably the best NFL QB to play for Urban.
similar styles but yeah, didn't play for Urban. But still, a long list of NFL busts from OSU. You probably shouldn't have mentioned Alex Smith considering the approach taken to call out those who dared question Fields.
Urban's QB's were particularly bad in the NFL - Pryor (switched to WR), Troy Smith, Cardale Jones, JT Barrett, and Dwayne Haskins. It's hard to separate Fields from that group since it was all modern history.
Fields never played for Urban.Helmet scouting is silly. How many great QBs did Clemson produce until DeShaun Watson? Was Peyton Manning doomed to be a bust because he wore the same jersey as Heath Shuler? Is Is Joe Burrow going to be bad because of JaMarcus Russell?Whatever Fields becomes, good or bad, it won't be because of where he played in college.