Tyrod took a hit to the head in last night's game against the Panthers - if you haven't seen the game highlights (found here), it was classic Beamerball in all it's glory - and went straight to the locker room to be evaluated for a possible concussion. In typical Tyrod fashion, he was running on 3rd and long and was diving for the first down. Hopefully he's fine and can suit up August 29th against the Rams in the Raven's preseason finale; if he's able to play, he'll get a lot of reps.
http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Tyrod-Taylor-Goes-Through-...
In other Tyrod Taylor news, I recently read this article and I found these quotes from Flacco to be pretty cool:
Flacco said Taylor has all the physical skills to succeed in the NFL. And while jokingly, Falcco said he hopes Taylor keeps his reps on the field to a minimum, he is confident in Taylors ability to lead the Ravens offense if needed.
Hes going to do nothing but get better and better as time goes on and the more reps he gets Flacco said. Thats the thing with him the reps that he gets, [he has to] take as full advantage as he can and continue to improve. Like I said, hes got all the physical skills and all the mental skills. Its just a matter of getting out there and getting a chance at some point.
I want Tyrod to get his chance like everyone else but I've never really heard Bro Flacco talk about his potential. Hopefully, Tyrod can get some meaningful snaps this year in garbage games or filling in on injury duty so he can show some teams he has what it takes to be a starter. Let's face it, there are plenty of teams out there that need better quarterbacks.
That's it for my first blog post. Have an awesome weekend and #BEATBAMA
Comments
I am sure there are pleanty of NFL teams that would take him in a heartbeat. The probelm is, the Ravens aren't going to trade him because he's a great insurance policy to have behind Flacco.
When his contract ends he'll get his shot. Unfortunately, that's not until 2015.
"And while jokingly, Falcco said he hopes Taylor keeps his reps on the field to a minimum, he is confident in Taylors ability to lead the Ravens offense if needed."
Why is Shane Falcco evaluating Tyrod? I don't think anyone cares about what he has to say after his meltdown in the Sugar Bowl.
The interesting thing I noticed about Tyrod is that he was always a student of the game. Every year he got better, but it was never leaps and bounds better. I figured when he got to the NFL it would probably take 3-5 years for him to really get the full idea of the game and the speed before he got a real shot at starting. Hope to see him soon--would love to see him get a shot.
Tyrod is by far the one VT Alumni in the NFL today that I desperately want to see succeed. I know he can be great, you know he can be great, but its the people outside of VT that I want to be convinced of that. Tyrod can do it, he just needs his shot.
This wouldn't have happened if Sam Rogers was his fullback.
Wish my 'Skins drafted him prior to the year they got RG3 -- not that RG3 isn't good or anything, but having Tyrod back there (a la RG3) we wouldn't have had to trade our 1st rounders and might be an all-round better team.
That would have been a pretty big risk of the Skins at the time. It would have been awesome, but nobody at the time thought Taylor was a sure thing starter in the NFL and really even now, we can't say for sure he is. Drafting Tyrod would have been a longer-term investment and Skins fans were getting very impatient.
RGIII, even though we gave up a lot for him, delievered instant results and we can now build around him.
RGIII is just an injury waiting to happen every year..Go Boys!
Maybe we should try to get MV7 and TMobile as backups to RGIII. Pat White is already the 4th string. #AllTheRunningQuarterbacks