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What’s Terrelle Pryor’s ceiling? Why are we so high on Cincy? Has Fitz finally found a QB in Palmer?
(Editor’s note: A new NFL season is upon us. We don’t know anything, at this point, but that won’t stop us from hurling unapologetically strong opinions with premature authority. “Cover 3” is TSL’s weekly post-Sunday NFL feature. It’s a simple concept. Three writers, three questions. Let’s get it.)
QUESTION 1: Terrelle Pryor almost outdueled Andrew Luck — 217 yards in the air, 112 on the ground. Not that he’s the second coming of Randall Cunningham, but what’s a realistic ceiling for a kid that, not too long ago, appeared to be a career backup?
GAMBLE: To NFL bandwagon bandits and media groupies , sure T Pryor was going to be a bust, but this Shadow League all-star’s been singing Pryor’s praises since he was on his jersey hustle and getting it in Ohio. Today’s NFL is built for QBs with cannons and elusiveness. Pryor’s perfect for the Raiders, who FINALLY did something right!
BOADU: Terrelle Pryor will be as good as he wants to be. For a kid that’s been blue chip everything since he spin-moved out the womb, it seems as though the past three years have humbled him. It’s simple for TP: be the first one in the building and the last one out and he’ll reap the benefits for his hard work.
SCOTT: This is Al Davis’ final impression on the NFL. Pryor turned heads with that Sunday performance. It’s still way too early to say what his ceiling is, but that “career backup” tag came from the antagonistic NCAA teaming with NFL heads to convince people the kid wasn’t about anything. So about that …
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