Cook: Pryor worth gambling on

Friday, June 17, 2011
By Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A few players came out of the NFL supplemental draft since it began in 1977 and went on to have strong pro careers. Quarterback Bernie Kosar. Wide receiver Cris Carter. Nose tackle Jamal Williams.

Terrelle Pryor will be the next.

The NFL team that takes Pryor is going to get a star.

It won't be the Steelers. They won't reach out to Pryor for the same reason they won't touch Plaxico Burress. They don't need a player who is considered a character risk, not after their problems with Ben Roethlisberger and Santonio Holmes.

That's just as well for Pryor. He needs a fresh start in the NFL, as far away from his hometown of Jeannette as possible and as far away from Columbus, Ohio, as possible, for that matter. He's considered a villain in Columbus for bringing down the storied football program at The Ohio State University. That others were bigger villains -- how about former coach Jim Tressel for one -- hardly matters. You know what they say about perception being reality.

But Pryor is going to make some NFL club very happy.

"Terrelle Pryor will be a great -- not a good quarterback -- a great quarterback in the National Football League," agent Drew Rosenhaus said the other day.

I'm not sure I agree with that assessment. It's just as likely Pryor will be a great safety or a great wide receiver. He's so physically gifted he could play a lot of positions. He could play the "Slash" role better than the Steelers' Kordell Stewart once did, and Stewart was pretty good.

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The PG needs to send Ron Cook for a drug test!!

I wonder how many OSU games Cook watched? Pryor wasn't a great college quarterback, and there's no way he's going to be a star in the NFL.

And to suggest that he could be great in the "slash" role is both racist and insulting. Why is there an assumption that all African-American quarterbacks who are good athletes can also play wide receiver? Racist view aside, this is an insult to wide receivers who have spent years and years working on their skills. Just because a few players have been able to do it doesn't mean every African-American quarterback can.

And to suggest that Pryor would be better in the "slash" role than Kordell ... pfffft.
Our memories might be a little clouded by Kordell's tenure as quarterback, but he was damn good in the "slash" role.

Wallace108 wrote:

The PG needs to send Ron Cook for a drug test!!

I wonder how many OSU games Cook watched? Pryor wasn't a great college quarterback, and there's no way he's going to be a star in the NFL.

And to suggest that he could be great in the "slash" role is both racist and insulting. Why is there an assumption that all African-American quarterbacks who are good athletes can also play wide receiver? Racist view aside, this is an insult to wide receivers who have spent years and years working on their skills. Just because a few players have been able to do it doesn't mean every African-American quarterback can.

And to suggest that Pryor would be better in the "slash" role than Kordell ... pfffft.
Our memories might be a little clouded by Kordell's tenure as quarterback, but he was damn good in the "slash" role.

ive always said if he remained in that role he would of been hall worthy

BGSU A Dub wrote:

I never thought Pryor was a good quarterback anyways.

He wasn't a good QB. Well, he was good as far as a collegiate QB, but not great. He won't be playing QB in the NFL. And as far as the slash role, it's a crap shoot. Although Ron Cook already has him in the Hall of Fame.

vasteeler wrote:

ive always said if he remained in that role he would of been hall worthy

With the defense we had in the 90s, I wonder what would have happened if Kordell had remained slash and we would have picked up a good QB.