I Can't Believe (2008 NFL Draft Edition)

Woodson looked terrible against a depleted FSU defense this year; half the starters were suspended. Mike Martz was not coaching him then. Woodson earned his low Draft spot through his own poor play, IMO.

"I can't believe that the Ravens went after small school and unproven QB Joe Flacco after the Kyle Boller disaster when tested and accomplished Brian Brohm was available."

Seriously. People need to stop bitching about how Flacco went to a small school. He's good. I go to UD. I've seen him play. Actually...on second thought I'm going to utliize some Ctrl + v

"Seeing Flacco play on a highlight reel and actually seeing him play in person are two very different things. I was lucky enough (or perhaps intelligent enough) to be a Blue Hen this year and didn't miss a single home game and tried to catch as many away games as I could.

Flacco is big. Real big. Like I walked by him on campus and was like, "Man, this kid is enormous." Additionally, he's quick, strong, and intelligent (he's a Civil Engineer major even). He deserved to get drafted as high as he did because he does have all the talent people claim he has. He's a better quarterback than any of the quarterback he was picked in front of, and, in time, will prove himself to be the best quarterback drafted in the 2008 class (yes, he's going to be better than Matt Ryan. Trust me).

Granted, I'm biased I'm sure. I got to the University of Delaware, I was born in Baltimore, and I'm a huge Ravens fan (so this really couldn't have worked out any better for me), but he really does have the potential to be the Ravens' answer at quarterback.

I'd rather not see him start more than 2 or 3 games this season (to keep him from being a Kyler Boller) but if they let him develop into the quarterback he is perfectly capable of being, there's no reason why he couldn't become the face of the Ravens franchise."

and just replace Matt Ryan's name with any of the quarterbacks highly touted that came out of FBS schools in this next quote (including Brohm)

"It all depends on how they adjust to the NFL. Maybe Matt Ryan faced better competition than Joe Flacco did (but in reality, that's debatable itself. There are good defenses in both the FCS and the FBS) and maybe he didn't. The thing I don't think anyone is going to argue that the level of competition in the NFL is better than the FCS and the FBS.

The differences between the FCS and the FBS is negligible when you consider the differences between college and professional football. It doesn't matter where you came from, because you're going (or at least trying to go) to the same place: the NFL.

That's the only thing that matters. They'll face much better competition. However the respond to that higher level of competition will determine how well they will ultimately play in the NFL."

On a side note: UD's all star running back Omar Cuff didn't get drafted, but was picked up on free agency by the Titans right after the draft ended. He really did get out shined by Flacco and while he is not the talent Flacco is, he still deserves a good load of credit and maybe a late 5th to 7th round pick. Oh well.