It will be good to see Carson Beck against the Ohio State defense and Mendoza against an SEC defense next week, or whenever they play
Definitely a B team that should not have been in the play-offs, but not a bad team. Not top 12, but perhaps top 25. To put up a 50 burger on them is pretty good. That throw where he looked left 1st, then quickly moved to the next read in the middle and threw a dime between 3 defenders was awesome. The INTs also were not his fault. The WR got bumped on the 1st one and could not get to his spot even though the throw was perfect, and on the second Moore got hit as he threw plus a WR slipped as well. That was an excellent showing, not too many misses on his part. Moore is still my #1 guy. Looking for forward to the next game on the New Years Day.
That Moore TD throw from the 50 that was a perfectly thrown rainbow down to the 4 yard line where he didn't even wind up or throw it hard was insane. Dude has a cannon. Higher ceiling than Mendoza but lower floor.
I would rather see Jets take Moore if he's there at our pick vs. giving up a bunch of picks to trade up for Mendoza. The new QB will have no supporting cast if we burn all this draft capital.
I’m around. Badly. Freak injury, surgery, loss of vision in one eye. On the upside - a pirate eyepatch and a really cool year for college football.
Hate to take sides in a spirited debate, but I have to lean with JV on this one. That pass was meant to err on the side of long, not short. Simpson’s job was a short drop and heave it up, expecting Bernard would beat one-on-one coverage. A better ball was a TD. I don’t doubt Simpson could go in Round 1, but if the 2025 season taught us anything it’s that you should want at least a two-year college resume before investing the next five years of your franchise in a QB. Partly why I’m out on Simpson. Easy to love his second half vs Oklahoma and the middle-third of the season that same guy showed up; still have to explain-away his first half vs. Oklahoma and the last third of the season when that guy didn’t. And I don’t buy the injury rumors.
Props to @Brook! - if you could pick any year to start a college QB discussion thread, this was the one. With the regular season, the Heisman and the first round of the CFP in the books, Moore is the only QB I’d want to spend a Round 1 pick on. My opinion on Mendoza has moved slightly, but not much. He showed some things as the season evolved that I didn’t know he had. The biggest - he showed the grit that all great QBs have to pull out games when Indiana could/should have lost. He also has a fantastic back shoulder throw that a guy like Matt Patricia should be smart enough to shut down, but couldn’t. I just think he has limitations that Cignetti does an incredible job of managing. If you’re drafting Mendoza waiting for that first 20-yard stick throw down the middle - good luck. A few guys worth a second or third round project - Mendoza included - but Moore is the only one I wouldn’t hate in Round 1.
Every time I see Carson Beck play I’m glad I don’t have to root for him anymore. …. which just means there’s like an 87% chance he’ll be at Jets camp next summer.
This anti-trust horseshit ESPN is selling us on is fixable without having P4 teams playing the 24th-ranked team in the first round. Good for JMU for not lying down. In the end, they got a pizza party for Selection Sunday, with all the Hawaiian Punch they could drink and a life lesson. Meanwhile, we got a crappy football game and Texas Tech got a whole bunch of sloppy Oregon defense on tape.
