From day one when he started at Texas as a Freshman the critics ripped him. That kid getting picked a part by critics is nothing new. Yet he still managed to carry a mediocre high profile College Team on his back. I use to wonder if Colt listened to the critics and took notes just to prove them wrong. I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

If anything Colt was just in the dumps cause he knew he wasn't going to be able to start early on. He is use to being a High profile starter. College Football is as big as the NFL these days, and Texas is not a small team.

The kid is Special and time will prove it as always.

http://videos.utexasclan.com/view.php?id=7124

Its hard to watch as an OSU fan but if Colt gets to this type of level we are in for a hell of a ride!

Clausen actually had his best day as a pro yesterday, took some steps, as his coach said, put up 191 yards and no picks... but I'd still take McCoy over him 20 times out of 20. I've kind of fallen for the kid and nothing happened yesterday to change that. The game-tying drive was spectacular, and done without a serious outside receiver.

Interesting stat: McCoy has now gone three entire games without a pick or a fumble. Rookies don't do that.

@shepwrite said:

You have a WILDLY off-base opinion of me. Please don't drag it over. We're not playing that way.

Still can't get over yourself and the condescending tone can you?

Stick with ole Riff, he'll teach you a thing or two about football and QB's. I'm just glad you have come around on McCoy, it was an absolute hoot going back and reading the old threads with you insinuating anybody who thought Colt could be a good one was basically an idiot. Good times man, good times!!!

Hey, at least Jimmy Fukcnuts is tearing it up LMAO..........

@riffer-x said:

Yeah, you did. I even complimented KoK on a ton of his posts on the other board... didn't help anything. I love great posts and always go out of my way to praise them.

You have a WILDLY off-base opinion of me. Please don't drag it over. We're not playing that way.

@calfoxwc said:

Colt McCoy HAS "IT". To be a rookie, and not look like one, when he was 3rd string, and had to start...

that's priceless !

He really seems to be the smartest Browns qb since Bernie Kosar, and I am hardly the first person to say that.

He really does, and not in a magical way, either... watching the cut-ups of his starts, the pace of his decision making is pretty awesome. I said a million times... when Colt gives me something to cheer, I'll cheer my ass off. I do NOT marry my opinions... just deal with the evidence at hand.

Thanks, Riff. Much love backatcha.

Colt McCoy HAS "IT". To be a rookie, and not look like one, when he was 3rd string, and had to start...

that's priceless !

He really seems to be the smartest Browns qb since Bernie Kosar, and I am hardly the first person to say that.

Probably a wise thing, cuz somebody that could be as colossally wrong as he has been about QB's and Colt gots to need some brownie pointage.

I'm getting a copy and pasting thing going, but it's prolly the wrong thing to do.

Colt McCoy is a winner folks, but just remember, we have supposed Browns fans who lobbied against him like crazy and treated a lot of people like shit who didn't agree.

@shepwrite said:

Smart, accurate, and quick getting the ball from glimmer in the eye to completion, that's what it's all about now.

Which is why when people attach "upside" to freaky athletic quarterbacks, I get crazy. The zenith of pro quarterbacking is Manning, Brady, Rodgers, and Brees... not Vince Young.

agreed. At the end of the day the NFL comes down to being able to read the defense, step up and deliver the ball accurately. The measuring sticks you use above are not going to be beating Mike Vick in a footrace and this year, he is the highest rated passer in the league because his game is more like theirs than different.

Smart, accurate, and quick getting the ball from glimmer in the eye to completion, that's what it's all about now.

Which is why when people attach "upside" to freaky athletic quarterbacks, I get crazy. The zenith of pro quarterbacking is Manning, Brady, Rodgers, and Brees... not Vince Young.

Colt may not have the arm to go deep every time his best receiver is 1-on-1 and allow him to make a play on the ball but he'll make it up where it counts: sustaining drives by moving the chains and keeping his defense fresh.

2. The fact that Colt did not have to hit a tight window on every throw did not imply he couldn't. Just watching his games in college, some of the throws were unbelievable, others were easy "dink and dunk" types. I remember some throws to Shipley in double coverage that just left your jaw hanging.

3. Texas relied on Colt for the ground game; hence, tons of screens that inflated his completion percentage and reduced his YPA. This made his statistics look questionable. When you see 5 YPA and 75% completion rating, you think system QB.

A lot of people don't realize this, but Colt took 35% of his snaps from under center in '06 and '07. He's throwing downfield way more, and you can definitely see that he's not nearly as accurate with the 35-45 yard throws as he is with the 10-25 yard throws. I'd say he's improving, though.

@sisky-fringo said:

if it were 6 1/2, they woulda said he's 6'2".

Official combine measurements: 6' 1-1/8".

@shepwrite said:

i thought it was/is 6' 0.75". just under 6' 1".

if it were 6 1/2, they woulda said he's 6'2".

We were told how "unanimous" media and draftnik experts said he was a midget with no arm, never played in a pro set (which is bullshit BTW), maybe wasn't all that bright and too into Jesus. Many quotes were attributed to real NFL types who said he had a better arm than people thought, but those were poo pooed for internet propaganda types who ran with the myths they wanted to perpetuate.

Some of us saw a winner, a guy with intangibles, savvy, athleticism, pocket presence, accuracy, leadership and more than enough arm to be successful. We understood that he was a rookie coming in and not even getting first team reps. Then we were told after he completed 13 straight passes in his only start of preseason with no names that he was a dinker and dunker, that's all he could do.

Where were the Browns ever "internally concerned"? What, cuz they saw a rookie they fully expected would take awhile to get up to speed? They planned for that with Wallace and Jake, which is why Colt didn't even get reps with the first team. They knew Jake was not only a fill in starter, but could be a great mentor and locker room guy. We were told what a horrendous signing it was and he was nothing more than an older and smaller DA with less arm.

Colt McCoy is exactly what he was at Texas as a four year stud. He has progressed and matured nicely since starting as a freshman (and forcing Snead to transfer), but he didn't just figure out how to throw and play football the last month. If not for Wallace and Jake getting hurt, Colt would still be tearing up the scout team every week and those same fans would have assumed he still "sucked" and was a bad pick.

He is going to be a good one, and many of us thought he would be, including the Browns staff and especially Walrus (who no doubt followed the advice of a lot of real experts that he talked to, not internet babble).

@bodogjoe said:

he throws as well on the run as anyone i've ever seen. and not just on the run, nearly at full sprint. it's awesome to watch.

that will come in handy playing in CLE, and is a busted play attribute that rivals Big Gay's toughness to bring down. this kid has it.

late last night around 3 am i pulled the trigger on a white Cribbs and a brown McCoy, Cribbs for home games and McCoy for away. can't WAIT til they get here...

@shepwrite said:

lol, look on the right hand side of the screen, you will see the highlight reels for all of the Texas football games (minus Rice, where Blaine Irby had one of the worst knee injuries I've ever seen) from '08. You can see Colt consistently puts the ball in the narrowest of lanes and only where the receiver can snatch it.

But I will say this: McCoy didn't want for exposure, either in volume of viewers or duration of starts. He played for one of the highest profile programs in America. Yet the Browns saved him from a round four draft slot.

There are reasons for stuff like that... and I for one don't think "Everyone's an idiot" is valid. The question marks on McCoy were seen by all 32 teams... and expressed about three times each on draft day.

His arm and his offense were the biggest two. I think size was next... but 6'1.5" ain't that short.

@shepwrite said:

Also, as Mayock said, the Texas QBs aren't asked to throw into tight windows. They create more wide open receivers than I've ever seen anywhere... to their credit. You don't see a Colt McCoy asked to make throws like you see on this highlight reel. Turns out he can (REALLY can on a couple gorgeous tosses), but there just wasn't evidence of that.

I personally think that's why McCoy looked like one guy all summer... then showed some hope in the last very safe preseason outing... then looked like an entirely different QB when he played the Steelers, Saints, and Patriots. He "got it."

I'm sorry but I must, politely, disagree with your observations of Colt's ability. As a (yet another) Texas homer visiting your boards I have had been watching this kid for the past four years. While he has his hot and cold days (just like everyone else) Colt's ability to put the ball in the narrowest of windows and where only the receiver can catch it is unmatched. But, please, look back at his highlights from the '08 seaons, the year he light up the accuracy rankings, and see for yourself:

Texas highlights from 2008

@tshirtfan said:

Bill Walsh said nothing they do at Texas prepares a player for the NFL... because it's first option, checkdown (Dave Thomas), and run (which is why they like athletic QBs). It asks almost nothing of the quarterback intellectually.

Also, as Mayock said, the Texas QBs aren't asked to throw into tight windows. They create more wide open receivers than I've ever seen anywhere... to their credit. You don't see a Colt McCoy asked to make throws like you see on this highlight reel. Turns out he can (REALLY can on a couple gorgeous tosses), but there just wasn't evidence of that.

I personally think that's why McCoy looked like one guy all summer... then showed some hope in the last very safe preseason outing... then looked like an entirely different QB when he played the Steelers, Saints, and Patriots. He "got it."