Tag: Steve Walsh

Former Saints quarterback on why Taysom Hill is one of a kind

Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Steve Walsh shared his take on what he feels Taysom Hill brings to the table, and why Hill is ultimately one of a kind:

Taysom Hill has been on an absolute tear as of late, reaching multiple milestones as he’s been a pivotal part of the New Orleans Saints snapping a seven-game losing streak and replacing it with a two-game winning streak.

He’s a jack-of-all-trades that has never fully been able to be replicated, despite several NFL teams’ desperate efforts to do so. At the same time, it’s often said that a player like Hill is not to be invested in as a pure quarterback for the long-term.

That experiment has also been tried and failed as a part of a trend that ultimately faded away. Former Saints quarterback Steve Walsh is among those who shares that line of thinking.

“A guy like Taysom Hill is not going to last. You’re not going to invest 40 million dollars in a guy and let him run QB power, because those 10 million-dollar linebackers know how to hit you, and they know how to hurt you,” Walsh told me an interview for RG.org. “So you’re just not going to survive.”

A player like Hill is also, from a dollars and cents perspective, not going to be smart to go all in on for NFL teams.

“The economics don’t make sense in that type of quarterback. Now, is that somebody you like as your backup or your number three guy that can give you a change of pace?” Walsh continued. “Cam Newton played best when he was running QB power because that’s just how he played. But, he wasn’t going to be able to do that for an extended period of time; like a 15-year career.”

Quarterback or not, there is no denying the wave of success Hill has recently experienced.

Hill tallied 138 rushing yards on seven carries and 50 receiving yards from eight catches injury the Saints’ 35-14 win over the Cleveland Browns.

That wasn’t all he did to earn him the title of FedEx Air and Ground player of the week, though, either.

He also threw a pass for 18 yards and got some special teams action with 42 yards on a kick return. Very few players can put together a three-way performance quite like that.

How he and the Saints continue to build upon the new era they seem to have begun will be something to keep an eye on in a season that could ultimately be much more interesting that it looked like it would be just weeks ago.

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Report: NFL squashes 2020 supplemental draft

There will be no NFL Supplemental Draft in 2020.

One possible entrance to the NFL for college football players concerned their season will not take place has been slammed shut. The NFL will not hold a supplemental draft in 2020, it has been reported.

Per NFL.com:

Under the collective bargaining agreement, the NFL may elect to hold a supplemental draft, but given the current conditions due to COVID-19, and after discussions with the NFL Management Council Executive Committee, the decision was made not to hold one in 2020.

Prospective supplemental draft picks will not be free agents, but can enter the 2021 NFL Draft instead, Tom Pelissero reported.

That’s a big shot to players who would have draft eligibility. They could be looking at a shortened, postponed, or canceled college season. The supplemental draft would have provided players with an opportunity to make themselves available to all 32 NFL teams.

The way it usually works is a team is able to bid on players who, for various reasons, had their college eligibility affected and did not enter the regular spring draft. Teams bid the following year’s draft picks on eligible players. The club submitting the highest pick is granted that player, forfeiting the corresponding pick in the coming year’s spring draft.

Reasons for becoming eligible vary from signing with an agent to being dismissed from a college team to graduating early. The key option in 2020 would have been: decided not to return for his final year of eligibility after the normal draft.

Some of the names that have been chosen in supplemental draft history: Bernie Kosar (Miami, Cleveland Browns, 1985); Cris Carter (Ohio State, Philadelphia Eagles, 1987); Steve Walsh (Miami, Dallas Cowboys, 1989); Bobby Humphrey (Alabama, Denver Broncos, 1989); Rob Moore (Syracuse, New York  Jets, 1990); Jamal Williams (1998, Oklahoma State, San Diego Chargers); Terrelle Pryor (Ohio State, Oakland Raiders, 2011) and John Gordon (Baylor, Cleveland Browns, 2012). Terrelle Pryor (Ohio State, Oakland Raiders, 2011).