Quote:The ol "level of competition" argument. What conference a QB plays in is irrelevant when evaluating him.

Well; yes and no.

 

If you're implying that it would be wrong to say that Tebow for example, is a better qb than Bortles simply because he did well in a bigger conference, I wholeheartedly agree with you. I really do.

 

But if you are suggesting that Bortles would have played the exact same way he did this year, that Carr would have thrown for as many yards as he did, or that Teddy would have looked as poised and confident in the pocket as he did, had they played against a higher level of competition(ie, Lsu, Auburn, Alabama, Missouri, etc), I would have to disagree. 

 

I mean think about it, you wouldn't allow that sort of 'disparity of judgment' anywhere else in any other practical situation. Like say you and I were playing a season in the MAdden game. You are playing on the very hardest setting, while I set my season to the easiest mode the game allowed. We both end undefeated, and I look at you and say that overall I think I'm a little better. You'd call me crazy and you'd be right.

 

The point is that all these guys we're talking about can obviously play football(no one's arguing that). But who can still play at a high level against the very best of the best is a whole other question. A question which Johnny has at least answered to the extent that he could in college; and a question Teddy, Blake, and Derek will have to wait to answer after an NFL team takes a chance on them.

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