pat, Kiefer (10/26/2009 3:12:18 PM)

THE ONLY forseable reason for Bradford to return next year is if his recovery/rehab is slowed due to a complication and he misses the draft. I feel, if that occurs, he may return for his senior year and await the 2011 draft. Otherwise, Sam will play on Sundays!

tulsandn, out in the woods (10/26/2009 12:45:13 PM)

Quickly now, forget about Sam, Landry is the man....See Landry throw, throw Landry throw, forget about Sam, Sam who, Sam what, Sam where, Sam when, go sam go....

It's all you can do though, Sam is done, Sam is gone, goodbye, good luck Sam....

What if Sam wants to play for OU next year if no one in the NFL drafts him in the first round???? Will he be welcomed back???? It's not his team anymore, it's now Landry's team....Is the NFL Sam's only option now????

yep, Tulsa County (10/26/2009 11:28:03 AM)

He does seem to have great poise and good accuracy. He doesn't have the big game experiences and tends to make a few more beginner mistakes. But he certainly seemed to fill in quite well and should develop well. The OU system (at least last year) did not require the QB to be the savior, so while there's not a strong line and dependable receivers this year it does require more of the QB. Bradford was accurate and poised, but not much was asked of him. Jones should do well in this same system. Bradford will be a big project at the pro level because much more will be asked of him.

yep, Tulsa County (10/26/2009 3:51:46 PM)

Bradford seems committed, he made a lot of progress over the past offseason, so the surgery recovery most likely will go well. If I were to bet, I'd say even if he had troubles he'd go pro. Hopefully we don't see him on Sundays for a couple of seasons...he is far from ready to be an NFL QB and the development time w/o huge expectations would be a great benefit to him.

MaintenanceMan, Tulsa (10/26/2009 11:43:21 AM)

Let Landry get a few more games in and there will not be a drop off in performance. Future Heisman possible. Throws a great deep ball.

Boomer!!

lovethemsooners, Fayetteville (10/26/2009 11:50:01 PM)

Not being the first overall pick isn't a bad thing. The further he slips the better chance he has of ending up on a decent team. I sure didn't want to see him go become a Lion, anymore than I wanted to see Blake Griffin be a Clipper. The two worst pro franchises in their respective sports.

shaw411, Scottsdale, AZ (10/26/2009 11:41:00 AM)

He is more agile than Sam is. I see a lot of great potential in Landry if the O-line can improve....

Oilsooner, Tulsa (10/26/2009 10:56:57 AM)

Fear the 'Stache!!

OPEN YOUR EYES TULSA, Tulsa (10/26/2009 12:00:42 PM)

Imagine how good Landry will be in a year or two.

Soonersteve50, Aberdeen (10/27/2009 11:43:28 AM)

It is never really a great idea to compare quarterbacks in my mind. Sam is Sam. Let Landry be Landry.
Mr. Jones has a lot of potenial. But Mr. Jones must do a better job of throwing the ball to a spot... instead of at the reciever You will have also noticed that Mr. Jones tends to throw (some) balls about a foot too tall for any reciever to go up and get which can lead to interceptions.
Unfortunately for Mr. Jones..he does not have a lot of time to get better. He is really under the gun to show that he can put the ball in the right spot on a pass pattern whether it be 1 and 10 or 12 or 4th and short. A tall order considering the other Offensive issues.
Our running game has yet to blossom to be consistant. We have no guy who can get 2 yards up the middle on 3rd and 1.
We also should agree the recievers for OU have not proven they can catch and run constistantly.
NOR has the O line proven they can play run blocking and pass blocking for anything close to 60 minutes. The Kansas game when OU had 1 down on the 1 yard line should remind us of this.. Watch the replay. Kansas was much faster off the ball then the OU O line..and we wound up with 4th and goal..
Good Luck Mr. Jones..YOU CAN DO IT!!

Steff M, Claremore (10/26/2009 1:46:58 PM)

tulsandn, that makes very little sense. Did you not see the article in which Sam said he will have surgery and head to the pros? He is projected anywhere from 5 to 15. That's not going to change much, if any at all. He's gone. Get it?

Steff M, Claremore (10/27/2009 7:44:48 AM)

You don't have to "believe" Stoops, gba, to recognize the talent Jones possesses.

unbelievable11, (10/26/2009 2:17:32 PM)

Bradford's still a first round pick IF all goes well with his recovery and rehab. If he has any setbacks at all, there will be lingering questions which he could help to answer by coming back next year.

tulsandn raises a good question. Say OU wins out this year (conceivable, with that defense and only one real quality opponent remaining), with RS Freshman Jones at QB getting better each week. Would OU WANT Bradford to come back? Or would his return stunt Landry Jones's growth and maybe hamper the development of Drew Allen (or this new guy Blake Bell coming next yr who's supposed to be a physical freak)? Would Sam coming back next year have the same negative effect on the OU QB position that Jason White's 6th year had?

So let's hope Sam's shoulder heals well and he is ready come draft time--it's in his best interest as well as OU's.

gba, (10/27/2009 6:03:36 AM)

you gooner fans would believe the all-mighty stoops if he said the same thing about the water boy
can ya say ...maybe next year,or the next,or the next,or the next...........

hornhater2, (10/26/2009 11:55:49 AM)

This article sayes he didn't throw any interceptions saturday, but if I remember right he threw two, one of which Kenney should have cought even though it was slightly behind him on the crossing pattern.