You guys do realize that the basis of this thread is an article in the Bleacher Report. Right?

And you do know that within ten minutes any of us could sign up for Bleacher Report and post an "article" on anything we want, without having to use our real names, without having to cite any sources, and without having to worry about one iota of accuracy or credibility.

So I wouldn't get too worried about anything that's ever "reported" on Bleacher Report if I were you.

BTW, the Bleacher Report article says, "...according to a report in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the injury is severe enough to merit shutting the quarterback down for the year..."

The funny thing is I can't actually locate any report in the Cleveland Plain Dealer that says that. Can any of you?

Yeah. Colt is injured. Maybe he'll miss a game. I hope not but maybe he will. But I'm sure not going to fret about his future until I see a report from a reliable source.

Since all of the lurkers from Texas are speaking up, I might as well say I'm here too. I posted back in April on the "McCoy Not The Answer" thread but have been lurking ever since.

It may seem mystifying to see so many NFL-vagrant Texans but many of us became un-Cowboy-fans when Jerry Jones bought the team in 1989 and like why the hell would we ever want to root for the Houston Texans? Really?

So I root for the Horns and take an interest in the NFL teams that recruit Texas players.

I'm really happy that Colt is working out so well for you. He had a hard act to follow, you know. Vince Young was something like Jesus, Superman and Houdini all rolled into one. Somebody like Ryan Perriloux or Jevan Snead was supposed to take his place. Not that scrawny little small town kid with the squeaky voice. He seemed like a nice kid and it was good for him that the coaches were letting him be a place holder until a real QB could come along, but I never really viewed Colt McCoy as the next great thing.

Until that's exactly what he became.

And therein lies the wonderfulness of Colt McCoy. He's easy to underestimate. He's easy to overlook. He's easy to dismiss. Nobody will ever confuse him with Jesus, Superman and Houdini all rolled into one.

And then one day... you realize wow. Maybe he's the next best thing.

It's one thing to tell the Plain Dealer that you want to be a Brown. To do so, you're preaching to the choir and telling them what they want to hear.

Buffalo fans are under the impression he wants to play for them too.

http://boards.buffalobills.com/showthread.php?t=247978

But how crazy is Colt McCoy? He told an Atlanta, Georgia radio station that the Browns would be his choice.

http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/0...s/nh2391700.txt

@miktoxic said:

who doesn't follow college football? any player drafted in the top ten is a huge risk. i wouldn't draft bradford. some people like other players than you do, so what? imo i don't think mccoy is big enough for the nfl. hey i might be wrong. and there are people like you that think he's the next godenboy. you just don't know how these guys will pan out. i do know if you send in a rookie with no offensive line the kid will get killed....i.e. tim couch. and who didn't hype him and akili smith as the next 2 franchise qbs? i say be safe and get someone in the 2nd or 3rd round. less money and less risk. but don't come on the forum and say noone watches college ball. let me guess you're a big 12 fan and texas is your favorite team.

Sorry if my last sentence sounded a bit snarky. I didn't intend for it to come out that way.

I can understand why teams might not want Colt McCoy and I'm not trying to sell anybody on him.

But why should people justify their opinions by making claims that just aren't true? Why did J Gatskie say Colt McCoy has "never operated under center" when that just isn't true?

If a person is going to write a persuasive article shouldn't they get their facts straight? Don't they owe their readers that much?

Since he couldn't get his facts straight we can only can conclude that he either lied or he was mistaken.

Why would he lie? Aren't there enough knocks against Colt McCoy without having to lie?

So, he probably made a mistake. And why did he make it? Because he probably assumed he knew everything there was to know about the kind of offensive formations Colt McCoy worked out of.

In other words, he didn't know as much about college football as he thought he did. There's no sin in that.

Hey - I don't pretend to know everything about pro football, because yeah... you got it right, miktoxic, I am a Texas fan.

Good luck, Cleveland! I hope you get a good one, whoever you get.

In his article, J Gatskie tries too hard to make his point by asserting his own mistaken assumptions as absolute facts.

He says Colt McCoy has "never" operated under center. That is not true. Over the last couple of years, Texas went almost exclusively to the spread just as they had with Vince Young but you must remember that McCoy was a four year starter and in his first two years, McCoy played quite a bit under center.

Look at this clip:

Was he under center? Absolutely. By the way, I reference that particular game because it was played in 30 degree weather with gusty winds and snow flurries, which rather shoots down Gatski's contention that McCoy can't play in cold weather. He went 25-40-0 for 220 yards and two TDs. Not spectacular, but Texas won. McCoy took a few hits in that game too.

It's kind of funny that some people think he can't take a hit.

Sam Bradford didn't last a single game after his brilliant offensive line of 2007 and 2008 graduated, yet he's the number one quarterback in the draft.

McCoy not only started 52 straight games, he also rushed 447 times for 1589 yards and 20 TDs during his career. Now why would he tuck the ball and run if he couldn't take a hit?

It's kind of strange what people who apparently don't follow college football seem to imagine they know about college football when it comes time to draft players.