QB Jake Rodrigues is a Duck!

[TheMaehlMan]

Gonna make a way too early prediction (somebody call me on this in 3 years) that this kid pushes Mariota into more of a Hawkins-type role.

i'll call you on it now. it's stupid. hawkins was never close to being as good as Mariota out of HS. why do people keep doing this crap? i love how you say 3 years. yeah, that makes sense. did you even think that if mariota was to be moved from qb that we'd have to take 2 straight classes of qb's? of course you didn't. that would be too hard.

Agreed that comparing Hawkins to Mariota is baseless, I love Mariota's future at quarterback.

[greenyellow]

Gonna make a way too early prediction (somebody call me on this in 3 years) that this kid pushes Mariota into more of a Hawkins-type role.

i'll call you on it now. it's stupid. hawkins was never close to being as good as Mariota out of HS. why do people keep doing this crap? i love how you say 3 years. yeah, that makes sense. did you even think that if mariota was to be moved from qb that we'd have to take 2 straight classes of qb's? of course you didn't. that would be too hard.

Agreed that comparing Hawkins to Mariota is baseless, I love Mariota's future at quarterback.

He almost seems like a perfect fit for the offense. I highly doubt the coaches move him since it would really mess with the depth and grade separation at QB.

[Bigducker]

Gonna make a way too early prediction (somebody call me on this in 3 years) that this kid pushes Mariota into more of a Hawkins-type role.

Gotta totally disagree Hoagduck. Rodrigues looks pretty good but IMO Mariota has got it all. Tall, great arm, very accurate, quick release and very good mechanics, great pocket awareness and escape ability, very, very fast, the fastest since Dixon. He ran an electronically timed 4.58 40, Rodrigues 4.98.
Been watching HS video's for 10 years and IMO Mariota is one of the most impressive video's I've seen of a QB, at least for Chip's offense. I really think he is the jewel of last years class which is probably the best in Duck history.

[Hoagduck]

Yeesh. Didn't mean to offend anybody.

[Bigducker]

Yeesh. Didn't mean to offend anybody.

Looks like there's a few Mariota fans. I really do think Mariota is going to be an absolute star in Chip's system. You could just see how excited Chip was talking about Mariota.

[sx1080]

Gonna make a way too early prediction (somebody call me on this in 3 years) that this kid pushes Mariota into more of a Hawkins-type role.

Gotta totally disagree Hoagduck. Rodrigues looks pretty good but IMO Mariota has got it all. Tall, great arm, very accurate, quick release and very good mechanics, great pocket awareness and escape ability, very, very fast, the fastest since Dixon. He ran an electronically timed 4.58 40, Rodrigues 4.98.
Been watching HS video's for 10 years and IMO Mariota is one of the most impressive video's I've seen of a QB, at least for Chip's offense. I really think he is the jewel of last years class which is probably the best in Duck history.

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THIS

Rodrigues will make a good back up. way to slow to run spread.

[vagusnerve]

never thought i'd say this, but...

I AGREE WITH HINES ON THIS ONE.

wooop... did i just say that?

Sorry Hoagduck, but ditching Mariota to another position just because Rodrigues is better? really? REALLY? so we should just have on scholarship qb on the roster in a couple years? wtf?

[TheMaehlMan]

Yeesh. Didn't mean to offend anybody.

No worries, you are entitled to your opinion as well. I just have a very high opinion of Mariota, can't wait to see what he does in our offense.

[quackattack]

So after watching some of his highlight vids so seems like a decent thrower and his running style is much more Masoli/Tebow and while he doesn't appear quick (foot speed/jukes ect) he is certainly deceptively fast because he running away from DBs in the open field, very cool!

So I really like this guy he seems really good and a different type of QB to compliment BB and MM for the future....really loving this verbal so now we have to wait and see if it stays this way.

Also have to see if they continue to pursue Jared Johnson or just stop with Rodrigues.

i kinda hope they stick with just Rodrigues, not adding another guy like Johnson, so Rodrigues knows he's the guy and stays firm. if we do add another qb, i'd rather it be a kid like Devin Fuller, who's got a lot of upside/potential, but is more of an athlete than a true qb (i.e Daryl Hawkins). so basically let Rodrigues know he's our #1, but let Fuller try out for qb if he wants to (but make sure he's willing to switch to wideout if he's not gonna beat out Rodrigues or Mariotta). basically a low risk, high reward situation.

To get a solid depth up to 4 QBs, we are going to have to take 2 QBs one of these years. I do like the idea of having an athlete who is capable of playing QB in case of a severe emergency, but it's just not ideal.

our depth will be 4 next year with only 1 QB this class.

Thomas - Sr
Bennett - So
Mariotta - rFr/So
Rodrigues - Fr

the following year, ideally it'd look like this:

Bennett - Jr
Mariotta - So
Rodrigues - rFr
?? - Fr

and that would be ideal for most coaches

[buckmarkduck]

Gonna make a way too early prediction (somebody call me on this in 3 years) that this kid pushes Mariota into more of a Hawkins-type role.

Gotta totally disagree Hoagduck. Rodrigues looks pretty good but IMO Mariota has got it all. Tall, great arm, very accurate, quick release and very good mechanics, great pocket awareness and escape ability, very, very fast, the fastest since Dixon. He ran an electronically timed 4.58 40, Rodrigues 4.98.
Been watching HS video's for 10 years and IMO Mariota is one of the most impressive video's I've seen of a QB, at least for Chip's offense. I really think he is the jewel of last years class which is probably the best in Duck history.

^^^^^^^^

THIS

Rodrigues will make a good back up. way to slow to run spread.

Yes because blazing speed is required in CK offense? Here's a hint DT runs a 5 flat 40, you don't have to be Mike Vick to make this offense roll.

[dthomas=ddixon]

Suh-weet. Amazing what a national title appearance can do for you, along with the RB the year before. Kids are dying to commit.

[L Perry]

Mariota and Rodrigues are both very good prospects at QB! It will be interesting to see how they develop/compete against each other. As to who wins out? Either are capable of it! Also as 'buckmarkduck' has pointed out Rodrigues' 40 time is more than sufficient to run the O spread. A point that the staff seems to agree with, as they offered him.

[uostudent]

Gonna make a way too early prediction (somebody call me on this in 3 years) that this kid pushes Mariota into more of a Hawkins-type role.

Gotta totally disagree Hoagduck. Rodrigues looks pretty good but IMO Mariota has got it all. Tall, great arm, very accurate, quick release and very good mechanics, great pocket awareness and escape ability, very, very fast, the fastest since Dixon. He ran an electronically timed 4.58 40, Rodrigues 4.98.
Been watching HS video's for 10 years and IMO Mariota is one of the most impressive video's I've seen of a QB, at least for Chip's offense. I really think he is the jewel of last years class which is probably the best in Duck history.

^^^^^^^^

THIS

Rodrigues will make a good back up. way to slow to run spread.

That's just as foolish as the prediction that Mariota isn't going to amount to anything. Neither player has even arrived on campus yet. Imo, getting Rodrigues makes up for losing out on Jerrard Randall.

Have we heard anything about Rodrigues' grades yet? I know that he is graduating from high school early.

[buckmarkduck]

I could see Bennett after DT, then MM for his SR year then Rodrigues. It's doesn't happen a lot in D1 ball but all of these guys are legit D1 QB's, and FWIW if any of them where on the 2008 team they would have started.

[briarduck]

Gonna make a way too early prediction (somebody call me on this in 3 years) that this kid pushes Mariota into more of a Hawkins-type role.

Gotta totally disagree Hoagduck. Rodrigues looks pretty good but IMO Mariota has got it all. Tall, great arm, very accurate, quick release and very good mechanics, great pocket awareness and escape ability, very, very fast, the fastest since Dixon. He ran an electronically timed 4.58 40, Rodrigues 4.98.
Been watching HS video's for 10 years and IMO Mariota is one of the most impressive video's I've seen of a QB, at least for Chip's offense. I really think he is the jewel of last years class which is probably the best in Duck history.

Sorry Hoagduck but I agree with this as well, MM looks to be one hell of a QB for us but what I like about Jake is that he's different than what we have in the pipe-line. Our future at QB looks bright and as far as who's better, well I have always been of the opinion of...may the best man win regardless of seniority.

BTW Hoagduck, I predicted that BB would push DT this year for the starting spot...yikes I was way off! DT looks to have taken the next step while BB has more work to do so you just never know with the development of players from year to year. Man I can't wait for fall camp to see how the fresh faces do!