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Schaffer leaving - BostonCard - 01-12-2021
[tweet]https://twitter.com/THschaffer/status/1349058509703245824[/tweet]
Good luck!
BC
RE: Schaffer leaving - Phogge - 01-12-2021
There will be a bonanza of players declaring all over the country. Hope this kid has a chance as an UFA but it's a very long shot.
RE: Schaffer leaving - winflop - 01-12-2021
Really wish the NFL declaration process was set up like the NBAs where you could go to the combine/have a pro day and then opt out of the draft and either return to the same school or go into the transfer portal. These guys have to make some very difficult decisions and are doing so with very incomplete information.
RE: Schaffer leaving - JustAnotherFan - 01-12-2021
Schaffer was such a pleasant surprise this year. He came in as a project and turned into a really reliable piece for the team in this weirdest of years. I hope he beat the odds.
RE: Schaffer leaving - BostonCard - 01-12-2021
(01-12-2021, 01:40 PM)winflop Wrote: Really wish the NFL declaration process was set up like the NBAs where you could go to the combine/have a pro day and then opt out of the draft and either return to the same school or go into the transfer portal. These guys have to make some very difficult decisions and are doing so with very incomplete information.
I think players like Schaffer and Antoine know they are longshots to make the NFL but are ready to move on with their life one way or another. If they make it in the NFL, great, but I suspect that even if they don't, they're looking forward to starting a career somewhere.
As someone else has noted, Schaffer became a valuable contributor this year so good for him.
BC
RE: Schaffer leaving - JustAnotherFan - 01-12-2021
(01-12-2021, 02:29 PM)BostonCard Wrote:(01-12-2021, 01:40 PM)winflop Wrote: Really wish the NFL declaration process was set up like the NBAs where you could go to the combine/have a pro day and then opt out of the draft and either return to the same school or go into the transfer portal. These guys have to make some very difficult decisions and are doing so with very incomplete information.
I think players like Schaffer and Antoine know they are longshots to make the NFL but are ready to move on with their life one way or another. If they make it in the NFL, great, but I suspect that even if they don't, they're looking forward to starting a career somewhere.
As someone else has noted, Schaffer became a valuable contributor this year so good for him.
BC
I wear the 'someone else' label with pride.
RE: Schaffer leaving - donkey687 - 01-12-2021
I certainly didn't expect him to come back for a 6th year but it would have been nice. DWP coming back for a 5th year is pretty important given our lack of depth on DL. If we are somehow able to recruit a grad transfer, DL and Safety would be positions of greatest need. If Gabe Reid doesn't return, OLB is another place where a grad transfer would be key. Trent Murphy's brother would be a nice addition.
Speaking of Safety's, what do you think Jonthan McGill is referring to in this tweet posting his highlights and talking about trying to change the culture?
https://twitter.com/OriginalMcGill3/status/1348798442827558916
RE: Schaffer leaving - CardinalSagehen - 01-12-2021
(01-12-2021, 03:34 PM)donkey687 Wrote: Speaking of Safety's, what do you think Jonthan McGill is referring to in this tweet posting high highlights and talking about trying to change the culture?
https://twitter.com/OriginalMcGill3/status/1348798442827558916
Maybe he's referring to our defense's lack of performance in recent years and our 4-8 record in 2019. McGill's entering class was large and pretty good - it contains most of our returning OL, our RBs, and our secondary. I can imagine them feeling like this team is becoming theirs now.
RE: Schaffer leaving - winflop - 01-12-2021
(01-12-2021, 03:34 PM)donkey687 Wrote: I certainly didn't expect him to come back for a 6th year but it would have been nice. DWP coming back for a 5th year is pretty important given our lack of depth on DL. If we are somehow able to recruit a grad transfer, DL and Safety would be positions of greatest need. If Gabe Reid doesn't return, OLB is another place where a grad transfer would be key. Trent Murphy's brother would be a nice addition.
Speaking of Safety's, what do you think Jonthan McGill is referring to in this tweet posting his highlights and talking about trying to change the culture?
https://twitter.com/OriginalMcGill3/status/1348798442827558916
I wouldn't count on Connor Murphy being able to transfer in. Graduating from U$C with a 3.4 GPA probably doesn't make the cut with admissions
lex24 - lex24 - 01-12-2021
(01-12-2021, 01:40 PM)winflop Wrote: Really wish the NFL declaration process was set up like the NBAs where you could go to the combine/have a pro day and then opt out of the draft and either return to the same school or go into the transfer portal. These guys have to make some very difficult decisions and are doing so with very incomplete information.
Agree completely.
Be a great story if he makes a team. Reminds me of watching a game years ago when Bob Trumpy was the analyst. Toni Fritsch was the kicker for one team and I think Uwe Von Schamann (I know I butchered the spelling) the other. Both were from Austria and as Trumpy noted, perhaps the only NFL players that could have a conversation in Austrian.....
Edit: so not Von Schamann. He was German. Looked up players from Austria. Ray Wersching was one. So maybe that was the other kicker.
RE: Schaffer leaving - CompSci87 - 01-12-2021
I was going to laugh at "a conversation in Austrian" since the official language of Austria is German. But then I looked on the web for more info. There is Austrian German, which is the official language and differs not very much from the standard German of Germany. There's also a widely spoken dialect called Austro-Bavarian that differs enough that it's hard for those who speak only standard German to understand. There are some other dialects spoken in parts of Austria too.
RE: lex24 - CowboyIndian - 01-12-2021
(01-12-2021, 07:56 PM)lex24 Wrote: when Bob Trumpy was the analyst.
I think he changed his name recently.
RE: Schaffer leaving - VB Card - 01-12-2021
(01-12-2021, 03:34 PM)donkey687 Wrote: Speaking of Safety's, what do you think Jonthan McGill is referring to in this tweet posting his highlights and talking about trying to change the culture?
https://twitter.com/OriginalMcGill3/status/1348798442827558916
It's a popular rap lyric lol, nothing to read into.