Ricky Storm Rising

Pretty interesting article. This guy is setting himself up for some major media play if this all pans out anywhere close to how he says it will. If it doesn't he is just some guy who was wrong. Good move on his part. As an Iowa fan it will be interesting to see how it plays out. I doubt anyone else cares.
 
Very convincing article, and I know I am more critical on Hawkeye players than others because I see them play every down. Some of the players I only see highlight films.
Stanzi- He is a winner... solid team leader. Mature.... a fan favorite. Easy to work with. Has a style like Tom Brady, and I would like to add that Tom Brady was in the same boat Stanzi is coming out of college. Stanzi is not a gimmick. He is solid and he should be the greatest Iowa QB ever in the NFL (to this point) as we have lacked at this position in the NFL in the past.
I live on the East Coast, and talk is Stanzi to NE in the first round, and it makes sense. Pretend you own a team. Who do you want as a back-up QB, Cam Newton or Ricky Stanzi? Pretty dang obvious choice to me.
 
I like how he is now spinning his little theory and throwing Dalton in the mix as a safety net. Of course Dalton is going to get drafted higher than Stanzi and everyone knows it but now he's saddled on to two horses at once.

I would hate to meet this guy on a street corner in Vegas with a three shells game.
 
He may be all-day crazy but the thing is that he backs up his analysis with logical points and is not afraid, apparently, to go against the grain.

I'm not saying I'm jumping on this train but I think I am hearing Randy Rhoad's custom Les Paul...
 
Mel Kiper was talking the other day about how he is a steal in the 3rd and Todd Mcshay was hating bad. That was their biggest debate and Todd thinks he won't ever be more than a backup. I hope he is wrong.
 
Regardless of his evaluation of Stanzi, I think his analysis of how draft rooms should work is spot on. The good teams make a plan and act on it regardless of perception; the bad teams have no plan and react to the way players are perceived and ranked. If Stanzi is drafted by a team that has shown the ability to evaluate talent, I think that will bode really well for his career.
 
I still remember the poster who posted he'd bet 'some other Iowa fan' Stanzi would be drafted. What a sucker bet not to acknowledge Stanzi being drafted - like the bet proposed on HN after the Indiana game that Iowa would beat NW 42-7 in 2010.

The sucker had to be a Stanzi or offense hater.
 
cabse5 said:
I still remember the poster who posted he'd bet 'some other Iowa fan' Stanzi would be drafted. What a sucker bet not to acknowledge Stanzi being drafted - like the bet proposed on HN after the Indiana game that Iowa would beat NW 42-7 in 2010.

The sucker had to be a Stanzi or offense hater.
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I'm going to make some good money from a couple of my idiot friends that thought Stanzi would not get drafted :)
 
What if he gets drafter higher than the third round? What if he becomes even a semi-star in the NFL? What does that say about Ferentz as a coach and developing talent? No D1 schools wanted him did they?

A lot of people will probably point to 08 and ask why he wasn't the starter from the get go. I like to think--and may be way off--that Ferentz knew Stanzi would be the guy, but felt that he wasn't getting serious enough, and Ferentz had to keep rotating him and Christensen so Stanzi knew he had to keep working hard to keep his job. Thereby making him a better QB in the long run. That's all speculation of course, and may be a long shot, but I like to think that was the case.
 
Stanzi just got a mention from Golic as "one he is going to keep his eye on." That was after McShay was on talking QBs. I didn't hear what McSHay said, but it is obvious he doesn't have much faith in the Stanzinator.

Here is another tidbit. This is just a mockdraft from team bloggers, but it has about as much meaning as anything that McShay or Kiper do, and it is guys that actually follow these teams religiously.
2011 SB Nation NFL Mock Draft: Round 2, Pick 43 - Mocking The Draft
 
theboat said:
Stanzi just got a mention from Golic as "one he is going to keep his eye on." That was after McShay was on talking QBs. I didn't hear what McSHay said, but it is obvious he doesn't have much faith in the Stanzinator.

Here is another tidbit. This is just a mockdraft from team bloggers, but it has about as much meaning as anything that McShay or Kiper do, and it is guys that actually follow these teams religiously.
2011 SB Nation NFL Mock Draft: Round 2, Pick 43 - Mocking The Draft
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Kadar's reaction seems about right.
 
tm3308 said:
And yet his description of Stanzi fits Brady coming out of college pretty well. Maybe THAT'S why there are some people considering that possibility?
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Yeah, I agree. At this point, I see him almost at the Kyle Boller stage. Probably will be drafted a bit too high, get put on a decent team...get a chance here and there, but ultimately a backup QB (which is not a bad gig, at all). I'm not wishing this upon him, I just feel that is his range of talent (using my NFL GM skills, you know).
 
Hawkeye11en1 said:
Yeah, I agree. At this point, I see him almost at the Kyle Boller stage. Probably will be drafted a bit too high, get put on a decent team...get a chance here and there, but ultimately a backup QB (which is not a bad gig, at all). I'm not wishing this upon him, I just feel that is his range of talent (using my NFL GM skills, you know).
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He is actually the exact opposite of Boller. Boller was an average college QB, didn't complete a lot of passes, but had an amizing arm and tools. Stanzi was a good college QB, a winner and a good leader, but gets dinged for his tool set.
If you are saying that he will just be a regular backup like Boller that is one thing, but that would be their only similarity if it happens. (unless Stanzi is dating miss Iowa and I didn't know about it.)
 
Jonesy86 said:
What if he gets drafter higher than the third round? What if he becomes even a semi-star in the NFL? What does that say about Ferentz as a coach and developing talent? No D1 schools wanted him did they?...
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More specifically, what would that say about KOK's ability to coach and develop talent? That will certainly be a hard pill for some 'Hawkeye' fans to swallow.
 
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