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Dylan Raiola

Wistrom Disciple said:
He's practicing, but limited. Broke the leg about five months ago so he's still probably a few months away from being back to normal. A year with less pressure (literally) would do wonders for him.
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Did he really prefer to take money to be a backup at Oregon instead of starting his 3rd year at NU? Ouch. I'm over it though.
 
admo said:
Did he really prefer to take money to be a backup at Oregon instead of starting his 3rd year at NU? Ouch. I'm over it though.
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Total speculation on my part, but I think he took a monster pay cut and is getting very little compared to what he got here. I think he was told his job was going to be up for grabs and he couldn’t allow the potential tarnishing of his brand. Being a back up to a high performer at a strong program(Oregon) while coming out of an injury preserves the narrative that he’s elite.

I doubt he is the guy next year. I think he will be at low level power conference team in 2027. It’s pretty well played by both DR and Oregon. Both win. Oregon got a desperate back up with experience at a discount.
 
gobiggergoredder said:
Total speculation on my part, but I think he took a monster pay cut and is getting very little compared to what he got here. I think he was told his job was going to be up for grabs and he couldn’t allow the potential tarnishing of his brand. Being a back up to a high performer at a strong program(Oregon) while coming out of an injury preserves the narrative that he’s elite.

I doubt he is the guy next year. I think he will be at low level power conference team in 2027. It’s pretty well played by both DR and Oregon. Both win. Oregon got a desperate back up with experience at a discount.
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I'm sure he took a big pay cut, but it's not about a brand or preserving a narrative. He has NFL aspirations, and while I think he was better here than some fans want to give him credit for he was clearly not on an NFL trajectory. Oregon has the perfect example of what Raiola hopes to accomplish on the roster right now. Dante Moore played below expectations as a freshman at UCLA, transferred to Oregon and sat a year behind an established guy, then took over the next year and completely flipped the narrative from underperforming former 5 star to clear NFL draft pick.

Whether Raiola can match that remains to be seen, and I'm sure he was hoping Moore would leave early and the he could step right in. But the plan is to see if Oregon's staff can do for him what they did for Moore (albeit with 2 years under his belt rather than Moore's 1), and at QB if you think you can get to the NFL it's one of the few positions worth taking the short term NIL loss. Chase Daniel infamously made $40+ million holding a clipboard, and I imagine a similar career starting today would accumulate $100+ million.
 
Toe said:
Bets on how many more transfers Dylan has ahead of him?

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I think a Quinn Ewers/Arch Manning situation is pretty likely. True freshman starters are out of style among the elite teams. If they decide Raiola isn't the guy I think they'd bring in another high profile transfer for '27 rather than gamble entirely on a true freshman.
 
Today's NFL Draft will have the weakest selection of quarterbacks in years. Agents who might have seen it as an opportunity for their underclass QB clients must have still advised them to stay in college -- even fight to stay in college -- rather than declare for the draft. Dante Moore and Arch Manning probably could have gotten first round NFL money, so clearly those NIL paydays are creating the logjam. I gotta assume agents are taking the same cut out of NIL as they do player contracts. If you're a hotshot high school recruit, exactly how long do you stay in a loaded quarterback room at a top school before shopping yourself to the lower tier? What does an ambitious in-betweener like Raiola do if he ends his Junior season as a back-up?

I can see the Undrafted Free Agent market getting pretty interesting these next few years.
 
Guy Chamberlin said:
I gotta assume agents are taking the same cut out of NIL as they do player contracts.
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In a lot of cases they're getting wayyy more from the NIL deals percentage wise. In the NFL agents can only take a max of 3% of your actual player salary, and there's no limits on endorsement deals but they range from 10-20%. In the NIL world, with no unions or regulations or certification and lots of uncles and random "cousins" exploiting these kids, there's horrifying examples all over:

 
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Lorewarn said:
In a lot of cases they're getting wayyy more from the NIL deals percentage wise. In the NFL agents can only take a max of 3% of your actual player salary, and there's no limits on endorsement deals but they range from 10-20%. In the NIL world, with no unions or regulations or certification and lots of uncles and random "cousins" exploiting these kids, there's horrifying examples all over:

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Given all the high school kids and relative newness of the market, I'm wondering how many incoming college players are negotiating their own NIL deals without an agent. Parents and uncles and the family friend who's a lawyer, sure, but are the traditional sports agencies massively expanding their rosters by repping hundreds of still unproven players? Are tweeners negotiating their first NILs themselves while agencies wait till things hit 7 figures?

Who's repping Lateef, Colandra, and Kaelin? Are you a legitimate college quarterback without big name representation?
 
Lorewarn said:
In a lot of cases they're getting wayyy more from the NIL deals percentage wise. In the NFL agents can only take a max of 3% of your actual player salary, and there's no limits on endorsement deals but they range from 10-20%. In the NIL world, with no unions or regulations or certification and lots of uncles and random "cousins" exploiting these kids, there's horrifying examples all over:

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The implication 20% is justifiable because the college players make less lacks self-awareness. It implies these NIL agents are as good & qualified as NFL agents. This is equivalent to a boutique stockbroker claiming they need to charge more from their low-net-worth clientele to compensate for the fact they aren't working at a white-shoe brokerage firm managing high-net-worth clientele.

Part of me says this is exploitation, the other part says it's also your responsibility not to be exploited.
 
Guy Chamberlin said:
Given all the high school kids and relative newness of the market, I'm wondering how many incoming college players are negotiating their own NIL deals without an agent. Parents and uncles and the family friend who's a lawyer, sure, but are the traditional sports agencies massively expanding their rosters by repping hundreds of still unproven players? Are tweeners negotiating their first NILs themselves while agencies wait till things hit 7 figures?

Who's repping Lateef, Colandra, and Kaelin? Are you a legitimate college quarterback without big name representation?
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Diego Paviadidn't use an agent for the draft....Said he didn't see why some guy should get 5-10% of his money.....Actually on 3% and now Diego gets no money either.
 
Back to Raiola, obviously this is a spring game and it's probably the 6th string DB or something on a very good WR. But we ran this RPO many times last year and just never turned it into a big play like this. The most successful one I remember was the first game against Cincy, but he lofted it up super high to make sure he didn't overthrow it so there was no run after the catch.



All that to say, outside of EJ guys just didn't consistently make the plays available to them. Including Raiola, there were as many misses on these throws as there were drops.
 
Husker_In_WI said:
Back to Raiola, obviously this is a spring game and it's probably the 6th string DB or something on a very good WR. But we ran this RPO many times last year and just never turned it into a big play like this. The most successful one I remember was the first game against Cincy, but he lofted it up super high to make sure he didn't overthrow it so there was no run after the catch.

All that to say, outside of EJ guys just didn't consistently make the plays available to them. Including Raiola, there were as many misses on these throws as there were drops.
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Probably correct that the receiver beat a backup DB, however... you are nailing a larger point. We did not have the top end speed we needed to make these plays last year. Yes, Dylan missed some throws that would have been big plays, but we lacked enough guys that could create separation. Jaylen Lloyd last year would have made a significant difference in several games IMO. The mere threat of being beaten with a deep ball spreads the field and allows our possession receivers (Barney, Key, Hunter, etc.) to operate more cleanly. No burners = condensed field, requiring precision route running, passing, and suitable pass protection.
 
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