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Hugh_Lebowski

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1. Drafted #1 overall, total college stud and considered as close to a sure thing in the NFL as it gets

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 02:12 PM

Oct 2021

I'd rank him only slightly below guys like Manning, Luck and Lawrence in terms of what the consensus was about how he'd do in the NFL coming in.

It's cool he's doing well and of course there are no guarantees, but it is at the same time a case of him living up to what was expected.

Just sayin

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