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That's what he said. He also said, in the same interview, that he suffered a concussion during the Eastern Final. Either statement might or might not be true. I have a hard time seeing any NFL GM selling his fans on a QB who led his team to nine turnovers in a championship game, but we'll see, won't we?
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This is where the Argos were smart on how they structured Kelly's contract. I believe he will receive a significant payment in the winter. If he were to accept an NFL contract he would forgo that payment from the Argos. I don't know the numbers, but I can't see an NFL team giving him 100,000+k to sign and report to camp. I think it would be a lot lower, especially after the EF and concussion claim.
Yeah seems unlikely; HOWEVER - this year's NFL season has seen a record number of rookie QBs (plus a couple of other journeymen with weak resumes) forced to start, and some of them have been next to useless; so, there could possibly be some new thinking there about looking far & wide for new QBs - maybe, perhaps, possibly ? Ok - still doubtful. And I really doubt an NFL GM has to worry too much about which QBs they sign to be #3 camp competition. Kelly signed as a starter - like Warren Moon or Dieter Brock were right out of the CFL back when NFL thinking was different - now that might cause some howls of WTF . IF Kelly believes he has a shot at anything other than a #3 job right away, he, or his agent, is dreaming.
Little question in my mind that Kelly is a far superior QB talent to some of these stiffs who have been trotted out this season; but then again so is Nathan Rourke and he signed with a team where he had little hope to progress to #2.
I can't see Kelly leaving for a #3 job in the NFL and, quite frankly, no NFL team is going to bring in a soon to be 30 year-old to be their developmental QB. Also, given that the 3rd QB is now almost always a practice roster QB, that would be a substantial pay cut for Kelly.
The only way he leaves for the NFL is if someone brings him in to be a #2 QB but I just don't see that happening either.
Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
With scoring down, the NFL seems to be hungrier than ever for QBs. I think Kelly would go if he got an offer in a situation he liked. Such an offer may be unlikely, but all it takes is one.
I don't buy OV's claim that NFL thinking was different in the 80s. Moon's signing in 1984 is commonly accepted as the NFL atoning for GOBs (the real racist kind) overlooking him in the 70s. Moon's situation may have helped Brock a year later, but he had to work out for three teams before the Rams signed him. I don't remember Holloway, Dewalt or Dunigan being pursued for #1 NFL jobs. Sean Salisbury didn't get into a game with the Vikings until his 3rd year. Tom Clements didn't rise above #3 during his NFL attempt.
Dinwiddie's name has been brought up as a possible candidate for the head job at his alma mater Boise State. Losing our coach and QB would be really depressing.
With Joe Burrow out in Cincinnati, the Bengals have elevated AJ McCarron to backup a guy named Jake Browning. Former Arlington Renegade QB Drew Plitt, who was just horrible…I mean horrible last XFL season has scored a PR agreement as a result of Burrow going out.
Times are tough in the NFL QB situation.
And they still won't give a rat's @$$ about CFL QBs; pretty well every CFL team has a starter (and sometimes a #2) that are IMO far better QB talents than some of the stiffs that some NFL teams have been forced to trot out this season - maybe if there was an agreement to allow it after the CFL season, some desperate NFL teams might sign a Collaros or Kelly or Fajardo or Vernon Adams or Tre Ford, even as an emergency stop-gap type measure, but I don't think it would happen. And again - this is a good thing for the CFL, and hope the myopic morons stick to their thinking.
It is hard to believe that none of the Jets, Giants, Bengals, Browns and Patriots would pick Rourke off of the practise roster given how their own QB's have struggled. Other than having to add Rourke to the active roster, they would have nothing to lose. It does boggle the mind.
I believe if given the opportunity he would never leave the field like Tom Brady when he came in for the injured Drew Bledsoe. Just as he never looked back when given the starting job in BC. He wasn't just good in BC, he was doing things as a QB that had not been done since Doug Flutie as a first year starter.
GO ARGOS!!!
I believe that Kelly would qualify as a fourth year NFLer should he go there, which would provide him with a pension and benefits. This may place him at a competitive disadvantage when compared with younger QB's when teams are considering what players to sign. I'm with Ravi with his assertion that it is a big longshot. However, all it takes is one GM and/or coach who is interested.....
Not sure if it's still the case, but it might depends on how many times he's dressed. Used to be 50 games dressed which was he NFL's way of getting rid of fringe players that had played 3 seasons. 4th season meant a salary bump, so rookies would take the jobs of 4th year back ups. They were cheaper and the veterans got screwed out of their pensions.
It's us vs the rest of the country
In my previous post, I forgot to mention that QB's have won the MOP close to 3/4 of the time (73.9%) this century, including 7 of the last 8 winners.
I wish we could have seen Rourke play the entire second half of the 2022 season to see how he would have handled adjustments that teams threw at him.
Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
Did anyone see Chad joining Jay Onrait as a college football analyst yesterday?
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