UGA - Jamie Newman Opting Out

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Rumors he is opting out.

Georgia fans spent most of this offseason telling me he was gonna win the Heisman. He’s out.

This leaves Georgia in really bad shape at QB. JT Daniels is still banged-up and they’ve got true freshmen or scrubs after that.
 
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Oh, and they’ve got a brand new OC trying to install his new system without a spring practice.
 
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J.T. Daniels must have won the starting job, or have a commanding lead. There's no way he's opting out because of COVID.
 
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Thanks for the info!

Always great to see Georgia lose in something.
 
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Clearly uga making room for fields to come back. Plot twist he is still enrolled and can start immediately.
 
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For sake of argument, just assume he feels he is better off preparing for the NFL regardless of covid/competition /whatever.

WTH is he thinking? His NFL draft stock is highly dependent on seeing what he could do surrounded by talent. Based on his WF career, i'll be surprised if he goes earlier than the 4th and would not be shocked that he winds up being a late round flyer. He may have just cost himself $millions.

For his sake, I do not see the upside here for him unless one of the other QBs was going to beat him out.

Otherwise, HA HA, UGA has QB problems three weeks before thenseason.
 
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GroverCleveland said:
For sake of argument, just assume he feels he is better off preparing for the NFL regardless of covid/competition /whatever.

WTH is he thinking? His NFL draft stock is highly dependent on seeing what he could do surrounded by talent. Based on his WF career, i'll be surprised if he goes earlier than the 4th and would not be shocked that he winds up being a late round flyer. He may have just cost himself $millions.

For his sake, I do not see the upside here for him unless one of the other QBs was going to beat him out.

Otherwise, HA HA, UGA has QB problems three weeks before thenseason.
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...and for that reason, there is no way he's sitting out due to COVID. For all intents and purposes, NFL scouts by and large haven't even seen him play, much less play against great competition. I mean on how many scouts' radars do you think he was last year? The only possibility that makes sense is that he's sitting out because he wasn't going to get to play this year (unless Daniels, or whoever the starter ended up being, got hurt).

NFL scouting departments do put a ton of stock in the combine, so it is possible if he really wowed people there he could still be drafted in say, the first half of the draft. But you're right, his draft stock was going to be incredibly dependent on what he did at Georgia this year.
 
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05_never_again said:
The only possibility that makes sense is that he's sitting out because he wasn't going to get to play this year (unless Daniels, or whoever the starter ended up being, got hurt).
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Daniels isn't even medically cleared yet. He can't even fully participate at practice, and hasn't been able to for over a year.

Maybe the word is out that Daniels is about to be cleared. But I cannot imagine that Kirby is going to name him the presumptive starter with 24 days left until kickoff.
 
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bamawriter said:
Daniels isn't even medically cleared yet. He can't even fully participate at practice, and hasn't been able to for over a year.

Maybe the word is out that Daniels is about to be cleared. But I cannot imagine that Kirby is going to name him the presumptive starter with 24 days left until kickoff.
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Kirby doesn't actually have to name Daniels the starter though for Newman to start getting an indication. Newman's at practice every day, in meetings, has conversations with coaches, etc. and I'm sure can tell how the competition for starting QB is going. He must not have thought it was going very well for him.
 
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05_never_again said:
Kirby doesn't actually have to name Daniels the starter though for Newman to start getting an indication. Newman's at practice every day, in meetings, has conversations with coaches, etc. and I'm sure can tell how the competition for starting QB is going. He must not have thought it was going very well for him.
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That's entirely possible. But if that's the case, then Kirby and Company are absolute morons for allowing that message to come across. Heck, what if Daniels gets cleared, spends a few practices putting pressure on the leg, and then decides to opt out because it doesn't feel right?
 
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I am kind of with you guys; the only thing that supports his decision is if he thought he was about to get Easoned. But to other points, that still does not make a lot of sense because of all the variables.

Stay, continue to get reps and leave IF it becomes certain the bench is where he starts.

Hope I am wrong for his sake, because it looks like a bone headed move.
 
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Jaws said:
Rumors he is opting out.

Georgia fans spent most of this offseason telling me he was gonna win the Heisman. He’s out.

This leaves Georgia in really bad shape at QB. JT Daniels is still banged-up and they’ve got true freshmen or scrubs after that.
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Friend of mine here texted me this story earlier, and he's convinced fields is transferring back. Wouldn't shock me a bit.
 
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GroverCleveland said:
Stay, continue to get reps and leave IF it becomes certain the bench is where he starts.

Hope I am wrong for his sake, because it looks like a bone headed move.
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That's the thing: he's not leaving or transferring. He's simply opting out on 2020, which would retain his eligibility for next year should he choose to stay. Daniels could go pro next year. Even if he gets jumped on the depth chart, wouldn't it make more sense to keep getting reps?
 
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bamawriter said:
That's entirely possible. But if that's the case, then Kirby and Company are absolute morons for allowing that message to come across. Heck, what if Daniels gets cleared, spends a few practices putting pressure on the leg, and then decides to opt out because it doesn't feel right?
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I think Kirby's shown already that he might not be the most adept handler of offensive personnel moves, particularly at QB.

Kirby is a fantastic recruiter and defensive coach - IMO, he still has a lot to prove about offensive management, both in terms of coaching staff and offensive roster managament.
 
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bamawriter said:
That's the thing: he's not leaving or transferring. He's simply opting out on 2020, which would retain his eligibility for next year should he choose to stay. Daniels could go pro next year. Even if he gets jumped on the depth chart, wouldn't it make more sense to keep getting reps?
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Based on his Twitter farewell statement, it sure sounds like he's gone. He says he's opting out to prepare for the draft, "would like to thank Coach Smart for extending the opportunity," "although my time has been short," "I've had a chance to continue my development," etc.

I mean, I guess he could change his mind, and he'd have to do that before officially declaring for the draft.
 
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05_never_again said:
Based on his Twitter farewell statement, it sure sounds like he's gone. He says he's opting out to prepare for the draft, "would like to thank Coach Smart for extending the opportunity," "although my time has been short," "I've had a chance to continue my development," etc.

I mean, I guess he could change his mind, and he'd have to do that before officially declaring for the draft.
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But that makes so little sense. This move will mean death to his draft stock. I'm sure he'll spend the year working with a private coach, but I don't care what he does at the combine. Sitting out a year and relying on his WF tape is an abysmal decision.
 
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bamawriter said:
But that makes so little sense. This move will mean death to his draft stock. I'm sure he'll spend the year working with a private coach, but I don't care what he does at the combine. Sitting out a year and relying on his WF tape is an abysmal decision.
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It makes very little sense, but IMO that's a more plausible explanation than him sitting out because he's genuinely concerned about COVID. That makes even less sense. There's just no possible way he's actually sitting out purely or in any part due to virus concerns. Hell, he's probably more likely to catch the virus by not playing than playing and being in all the protocols.

I think it's kind of a flaw in NFL scouting philosophy, but there are lots of scouting departments that put an inordinate amount of weight on the combine. You don't care what he does at the combine, but a bunch of NFL personnel people do. It does seem possible that if he went and blew it out of the water there, he could still be like a mid-round pick or something.
 
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