Gronowski getting Heat from the local media

Clonewithasigh

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There is NO ROI for people donating money to these collectives. You have zero control over how the kid plays, IF the kid plays, if he gets injured, or if he just mails it in given he's already getting the money. You know what they say, "A fool and his money are soon parted".. And to be clear, true NIL is what Caitlin Clark was doing at Iowa where she had endorsement deals with major brands and they paid her as a spokesperson or in commercials. Whats going on with 95% of these players has nothing to do with NIL..Name, image and likeness...
Don’t be naive. Caitlin Clark does represent what NIL is supposed to be, but she is a complete outlier when it comes to what is actually happening. She is generational in her impact on the sport she plays.
 

Jonesy5960

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Don’t be naive. Caitlin Clark does represent what NIL is supposed to be, but she is a complete outlier when it comes to what is actually happening. She is generational in her impact on the sport she plays.
That's essentially what he just said.
 

Hawk48

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Don’t be naive. Caitlin Clark does represent what NIL is supposed to be, but she is a complete outlier when it comes to what is actually happening. She is generational in her impact on the sport she plays.
that is what he said................
 

AnonymousNolonger

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Anytime you run the ball an injury can occur.

But, I do think there is quite a bit of difference in the odds of it occurring with different runners.

Brad Banks was one smooth cat when it came to toting the rock. Rarely did a defender get a clean lick on him. He would dive down at the last second or make a slight move and avoid the big hits.

I want MG to run it if it’s there or if he can pick up a first down we need. It will add another element to the offense. Could help open up the passing game too.

I want him to try to be smart about it though. Don’t take unnecessary hits and try to avoid the big hits when possible. Instincts take over, so we’ll see if he has good instincts in that regard.

There was a play in the UCLA game last year that exemplified what you don’t want to do. Sullivan had scrambled over to the sideline and was hesitating to see if a TE would separate from a defender about 4-5 yards downfield.

He waited so long that another defender came a considerable distance across the field and absolutely lit him up. He got up slowly, hobbled across the field and was never the same for the rest of his time in that game. He was a yard away from just stepping out of bounds when this happened.

That’s what I don’t want to see from MG.

For the record, I loved and appreciated Sullivan. I do think there were some limits to his game though.
 

Hawkapottomos Rex

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Well like ive said before, I hope MG kills it this weekend. They're going to need it to have a chance.
He doesn't need to kill it for us have a chance the clowns aren't some great team we just needed Mark to move the chains and score touchdowns when we get in the red zone other than field goals. He just can't have a bad game.
 

Hawkapottomos Rex

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Sullivan came in here as an unpolished QB and it showed. In Tim Lester we have a coach who could fix some of those issues. I would take what Brendan brought to the table over a QB coming off surgery on his throwing shoulder. As pointed out by another poster we could have still brought in Brown for depth with Stratton having the hernia.
We beat the clowns last year with Sullivan at QB. I would also feel good about Saturday with him. I'm glad Mark isn't afraid to run the ball. I also felt MG started to improve after that first quarter garbage after watching again
 
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Clonewithasigh

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We beat the clowns last year with Sullivan at QB. I would also feel good about Saturday with him. I'm glad Mark isn't afraid to run the ball. I also felt MG started to improve after that first quarter garbage after watching again
It is Always the next QB in Iowa City, now isn’t it? LOL!
 
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