Shrader and Excitement...

[OrangePA]

What you mean.. there was no excitement for Greg Paulus…

Loved Paulus!

By the end of his one year, he was playing at a very high level.

And how he did it remains quite remarkable to me.

 

[Jake]

For me it’s:

Mcnabb
McPherson
Graves
Dungey
Nassib
Hurley
Philcox
Shrader

But that’s as of today. I expect Shrader to end up #3 on this list.

 

[OrangePA]

Okay, okay. You've made your point

And Clemson in the Dome that amazing night!

A magical moment in SU Football History that we don't discuss very often.

 

[OrangePA]

For me it’s:

Mcnabb
McPherson
Graves
Dungey
Nassib
Hurley
Philcox
Shrader

But that’s as of today. I expect Shrader to end up #3 on this list.

Let's hope!

 

[ottodaorange]

Shrader is ranked # 16 QB in the nation.

Top 25 college football quarterback rankings ahead of Week 3

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www.on3.com

 

[SUskibum]

Shrader is ranked # 16 QB in the nation.

Top 25 college football quarterback rankings ahead of Week 3

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www.on3.com

PFF has him #1 in P5 and #2 overall (JMU QB is #1)

 

[Dinkyspond]

I am hard pressed to name another Cuse player other than McNabb who has a more exciting style as compared to Garrett.

I am not saying he is second best, just really high on the excitement list.

Dungey

 

[Dinkyspond]

All time Syracuse QB's?

McNabb
McPherson
Graves
Dungey

Is this the list?

I'll give Ryan Nassib a shout-out. Was a backup to Eli. An elbow injury derailed his career but he was good enough to be on an active NFL roster for at least 3 or 4 years.

 

[Dinkyspond]

The 3-headed monster of Todd Norley, Greg Christodulu and Mike Kmetz in the early 80s. Throw in Steve Peach who was before them.

 

[Dinkyspond]

Bill Hurley. But that was just prior to the “Dome Era.”

Bill was a great athlete. Made the NFL as a defensive back and I think he returned punts for the Bills.

 

[Dinkyspond]

For me it’s:

Mcnabb
McPherson
Graves
Dungey
Nassib
Hurley
Philcox
Shrader

But that’s as of today. I expect Shrader to end up #3 on this list.

Good call on Philcox. Got only 1 year to play at SYR because he was behind Donnie McP but made the most of it. Then got paid to be a serviceable NFL backup for a long time. I think he drew an NFL paycheck for 10 years at least. Today, somebody would transfer if they had to sit 3 years to play 1 but Phil took full advantage of his year as starter.

 

[bballbeadle]

Dungey was more exciting because he was freelancing so often that literally anything could happen. Shrader is a better runner, and may be a better passer. But right now he is playing mostly within the system. So… less excitement, perhaps more success.

Well, it’s pretty exciting to me that we have a system!

 

[Orangeman]

Eric D.?

The fun part is it's possible to like BOTH of these posts. Apologies if that's been done too many times. Actually that would be good.

 

[Crusty]

I’d put Nassib ahead of Dungey

Apples and Oranges but I take your point.

 

[OrangeBass]

My opinion: Garrett Schrader hasn't been around long enough or done enough to get to legendary status, but make no mistake I want him to go down as the greatest ever at Syracuse. I think the first SU QB i remember is Bob Mitch, so I have been watching the Orangemen for around 50 years now. I believe the top three SU QB's are proper as McNabb, McPherson and Graves in that order. For many years my all time favorite SU player was/is Bill Hurley. I used to listen to most games on the radio. The announcer often called the option the Hurleyburg option or something like that. Great times with not so great teams. I might even still have the 1976 Sports Illustrated with the Pitt SU game where BH had over 300 combined yards and Dorsett ran for a country mile. I always thought BH would be my favorite, then came Eric Dungey. I had to make room for another favorite player, but again great times, not great teams (2018 was awesome though).

Back to GS; I want to see him in the company of McNabb, McPherson and Graves. I want winning teams. I am exceptionally pleased with his play so far in 2022. Keep it up and Go Orange.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

NFW. I'm a big Nassib fan, but Dungey did more with less. He literally willed the team to victory on several occasions.

That's a bit of a weird thing to give Dungey credit for, but not Nassib.

Nassib had multiple game ending, game winning drives as I recall. Significant "clutch" factor.

That's willing a team to victory. And it's not like those squads were loaded with talent.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Loved Paulus!

By the end of his one year, he was playing at a very high level.

And how he did it remains quite remarkable to me.

Really? I remember Paulus fading as that season went on.

 

[Yeti]

Really? I remember Paulus fading as that season went on.

I remember him throwing five interceptions in a game. Imagine that team without Mike Williams.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I remember him throwing five interceptions in a game. Imagine that team without Mike Williams.

So I looked at his stats and he played pretty well the last two games of that season.

He completed a high percentage of passes, we just didn't throw it much. Lots of games with like 16-18 total passing attempts.

 

[All4SU]

I remember him throwing five interceptions in a game. Imagine that team without Mike Williams.

Imagine what Mike Williams could do on this year’s team…

 

[Lax2020]

Garrett has been amazing so far. Just imagine how we will feel about him when he commands the game winning drive against Notre Dame on Halloween Weekend !!

 

[CuseCactus]

Cecil "the Diesel" Howard
Barry "touchdown maker" Baker

 

[DocFlanders]

Garrett has been amazing so far. Just imagine how we will feel about him when he commands the game winning drive against Notre Dame on Halloween Weekend !!

So you are, of course, referring to our first drive of the game, correct?

 

[Millhouse]

I am hard pressed to name another Cuse player other than McNabb who has a more exciting style as compared to Garrett.

I am not saying he is second best, just really high on the excitement list.

He has a ceiling but he's damn fun

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

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