2013-14 Seniors in NFL Draft

Toughness is based off of ballhandling skills and cleanliness of jersey, not playing through injury and taking hits. Got it.

 
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Taylor takes this shot, the ball would be on the ground and he'd have been out for 3-4 weeks before being hobbled the rest of the season.


 
this on the other hand is taylor, stutter stepping into contact before getting body slammed. crouch/frost would have shoulder down ran that guy over for an extra 2 yards.


 
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kchusker_chris said:
Taylor takes this shot, the ball would be on the ground and he'd have been out for 3-4 weeks before being hobbled the rest of the season.
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That is so wrong. He woulda played every game, with a hippointer, strained shoulder, concussion, and sprained MCL.

People knock the way Taylor took hits, but I always noted it as him just being a different character. Regardless what it looked like, he got up from every single one of them. Much more than you can say for guys like Braxton Miller.

 
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Taylor takes this shot, the ball would be on the ground and he'd have been out for 3-4 weeks before being hobbled the rest of the season.


 
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Just as a few easily accessible examples that when he wasn't coached to try and, against his nature, avoid contact, he was plenty 'tough' as a quarterback.

 
I think people are confusing "I didn't like Taylor Martinez as our quarterback" with "Taylor Martinez wasn't tough."

It's fair to say you didn't like him as a quarterback here. But there's plenty of evidence that the kid was tough as nails, both physically and mentally. We don't beat OSU in 2011 without him, we don't have those ridiculous comebacks in 2012 without him. He took a TON of solid shots in his career and played through pain a lot.

And if the rejoinder is that everyone in college football plays through pain, that's not an example that Taylor wasn't tough.

 
Oh yay, another good thread turned into "Bash Taylor thread".

I just don't think I can take anyone who thinks Taylor is soft seriously anymore. I would love to see Eric Crouch's or Scott Frost's numbers (WITH THE SAME LINE) put up with a high ankle sprain AND stage 3 turf toe, or if they would even be on the field...

 
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The idea that ANYBODY could believe that Taylor Martinez wasn't tough during his career at Nebraska shocks me. Kid played through injury, and gave his body for this team.

Toughness is something that this current generation lacks, and you guys take shots at one example they have of somebody tough as nails? Unbelievable.

Why is it so damn hard for anybody to be able to see two sides to something anymore? Its like knapp said. You can not like his QB skills, but to call him anything but an unbelievably tough football player is just ignorant. There are always 2 sides to the same coin, people.

 
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