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Barkley, Rosen & Darnold would be crazy to play in Bowl Games...
From the article:
It’s well-established that college football bowl games are simply exhibition games in which the people in charge get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the players get fidget spinners or other trinkets.
If you’re going to be drafted high in the NFL Draft, there’s no point to playing in a bowl game that isn’t a playoff game. If you can’t help your draft stock, what is the point?
Take Florida State defensive back Derwin James. He’s a 1st round pick, perhaps as high as the top 10. He’s already announced he’s going to skip the “Walk-On’s Independence Bowl,” which is smart.
UCLA QB Josh Rosen almost certainly won’t play in the “Cactus Bowl” on December 26th. Barring an off-the-field disaster in the coming months, Rosen will be a Top 5 pick, perhaps even #1.
I’m a little worried that Saquon Barkley, the most talented offense player in college football this season, hasn’t backed out of playing in the Fiesta Bowl. He’s got nothing to gain going against the Washington Huskies. Absolutely nothing. Even if he’s got an insurance policy, Barkley can’t help himself. He can only hurt himself.
Which brings us to Sam Darnold, the great USC QB who I believe would be the #1 pick in the draft if he were to come out. I think he’ll the best QB to enter the draft since Andrew Luck. But Darnold hasn’t made a decision on if he’s coming out yet, and he hasn’t given a hint he won’t play against Ohio State.
http://thebiglead.com/2017/12/08/saquon-...owl-games/
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12-09-2017 11:05 AM |
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