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Seahawks release Keith Price.
Shit. Admire his determination. I hope he catches on in NFL or CFL.
$50 for whomever kicks Hugh in the nads if he says "I told you so."
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Thanks for the memories, kid. I wish you all the best in the future.
With a real coach, Price wouldnt be playing on two bum knees and wouldve likely been drafted.
Mike Reilly (American football)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mike ReillyNo. 13 Edmonton Eskimos
Date of birth: January 25, 1985
Place of birth: Kennewick, Washington
Career information
Status: Active
CFL status: Import
Position(s): QB
Height: 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight: 230 lb (100 kg)
College: Central Washington
High school: Flathead
Hand: Right
Organizations
As player:
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010–2012
2013–Present
Pittsburgh Steelers*
Green Bay Packers*
St. Louis Rams
Seattle Seahawks*
BC Lions
Edmonton Eskimos
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
2× Second-team All-GNAC (2006–2007)
2× First-team All-GNAC (2007–2008)
GNAC Offensive P.O.Y. (2008)
Third-team Little All-American (2008)
99th Grey Cup champion
Career stats
TD–INT 28–20
Passing yards 4,901
QB Rating 89.1
Playing stats at CFL.ca (http://www.cfl.ca/index.php/roster/show/id/3881)
Playing stats at NFL.com (http://www.nfl.com/players/profile?id=REI568278)
Mike Reilly (born January 25, 1985 in Kennewick, Washington) is an American and Canadian football quarterback currently playing for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Central Washington.
Reilly has also been a member of the BC Lions, Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks.
Contents
1 Early years
2 College career
3 Professional career
3.1 Pre-draft measureables
3.2 Pittsburgh Steelers
3.3 Green Bay Packers
3.4 St. Louis Rams
3.5 Seattle Seahawks
3.6 BC Lions
3.7 Edmonton Eskimos
4 Statistics
5 References
6 External links
Early years
Reilly played three seasons for Kamiakin High School in Kennewick, Washington, before relocating to Kalispell, Montana. As a senior, he set a Flathead High School record with 2,280 yards. He originally signed with NAIA Montana Tech, but chose to walk on at Washington State.
College career
Reilly was a co-runner-up for the Harlon Hill Trophy, which is presented to the nation’s top Division II football player, as a senior. He holds the NCAA all-divisions record with at least one touchdown pass in all 46 career games. For his career he completed 64 percent of his passes over his four years as a starter for 12,448 yards, 118 touchdowns and only 40 interceptions.
After redshirting at Washington State as a 5th-string quarterback, Reilly decided he didn't want to bide his time waiting for playing time. Central Washington offered him a chance to start right away so he transferred. He was the 2008 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year after completing 65.2% of his passes (207 of 414) in 2008 for 3,706 passing with 37 TDs, six INTs and he rushed 103 times for 415 yards (4.0 avg.) with four touchdowns. He was also named First-team All Great NW for his efforts. He was also Third-team Little All-America.
In 2007 he started all 13 games and completed 271 of 435 passes (62.3%) for 3,386 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions while be named Second-team All-North Central. He also rushed 129 times for 266 yards (2.1 avg.) with three touchdowns.In 2006 he started all 11 games and was 231/351 (65.8%) for 2,660 yards 21 TDs and 12 Ints., rushed 137 times for 272 yards (2.0 avg.) with four touchdowns and was named Second team All-North Central. The year prior, 2005, he started all 10 games and was 223/353 (63.2%) for 2,686 yards 30 TDs and 11 Ints. and rushed 86 times for 310 yards (3.6 avg.) with three touchdowns.while being named First-team All-Great NW.
Professional career
Pre-draft measureables
Pre-draft measurablesHt Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP Wonderlic
6 ft 3 in 214 lb 4.74 s 1.62 s 2.71 s 4.11 s 6.76 s 32½ in 9 ft 1 in 38
40 (and splits) and vertical from Pro Day, all others from NFL Combine.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Mike Reilly was eligible to be selected in the 2009 NFL Draft, but went undrafted. He signed a free agent contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Reilly went 10-of-15 for 117 yards during the 2009 preseason, but was waived on Sept. 5, 2009.
Green Bay Packers
On Nov. 19, 2009, Reilly was signed to the Green Bay Packers practice squad.
St. Louis Rams
On December 9, 2009, he was signed off the Packers' practice squad by the St. Louis Rams. He was waived on May 4, 2010.
Seattle Seahawks
Reilly was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Seahawks on May 4, 2010. He was waived on May 18, 2010.
BC Lions
On July 26, 2010, it was announced that Reilly had signed a practice roster agreement with the BC Lions. On August 26, 2010 Reilly was activated by the Lions and spent the remainder of the year as the third-string quarterback.[1] He dressed for all 18 games in 2011 as the third-string quarterback and shared in the Lions' 99th Grey Cup victory. He got his first pro start on October 19, 2012, against the Edmonton Eskimos due to an injury to Travis Lulay. Reilly completed 19 of 28 throwing attempts for 276 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, leading the Lions to victory of over the Edmonton Eskimos 39-19. The win clinched a first round bye for the BC Lions in the 100th Grey Cup Playoffs.
Edmonton Eskimos
On January 31, 2013, Reilly was traded to the Edmonton Eskimos by the BC Lions; the trade included the exchange of the clubs' second round picks in the 2013 CFL Draft and the Lions receiving the Eskimos' second round pick in the 2014 CFL Draft.[2] Entering the 2013 CFL season Reilly was in open competition with Matt Nichols for the starting quarterback job. [3] Nichols tore his ACL in preseason which made Reilly the starting QB for the season. On August 18 2013 (Week 8) Reilly threw for over 500 yards in a losing cause, the fourth highest performance for yards passing in a single game in the history of the Eskimos football club. In his first season as a full-time starter in the CFL Reilly threw for 4,207 yards, with 24 touchdowns and 18 interceptions. He also finished 5th in the league in rushing yards with 709. Despite his efforts the Eskimos struggled all season finishing with a record of 4-14 and missing the playoffs.
Statistics Passing Rushing
Year Team Games Started Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Rating Att Yards Avg Long TD Fumb
2010 BC 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
2011 BC 18 0 2 1 50.0 12 0 0 68.8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
2012 BC 18 2 75 52 69.3 682 4 2 104.4 34 122 3.6 18 2 4
2013 EDM 18 18 512 305 59.6 4,207 24 18 86.9 84 709 8.4 45 1 5
CFL totals 58 20 589 358 60.8 4,901 28 20 89.1 118 831 7.0 45 3 9
References
^ Lions add quarterback Mike Reilly, release Robert Jordan (http://bclions.com/article/lions-add-quarterback-mike-reilly-release-robert-jordan)
^ Reilly traded to the Eskimos (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/story/2013/01/31/sp-cfl-eskimos-lions.html)
^ Open QB competition (http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=424563)
External links
Edmonton Eskimos bio (http://www.esks.com/roster/show/id/3881)
Green Bay Packers bio (http://www.packers.com/team/players/reilly_mike/)
St. Louis Rams bio (http://www.stlouisrams.com/team/players/77249/)
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Categories: 1985 births
Living people
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BC Lions players
Central Washington Wildcats football players
Edmonton Eskimos players
Green Bay Packers players
Grey Cup champions
People from Kennewick, Washington
Pittsburgh Steelers players
Players of American football from Washington (state)
St. Louis Rams players
Seattle Seahawks players
Undrafted National Football League players
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I'm surprised Price was cut this soon. I actually thought he had a fairly good chance at making the practice squad. Hopefully, he was cut this early because Carroll/Schneider are doing him a favor and letting him find a better opportunity because he didn't have a chance to make the Seahawks.
He's far from the first good college QB who wasn't NFL caliber. There are QB's who get great coaching who don't make it. It's not always the coach's fault a guy doesn't succeed in the NFL. The fact is, Price is pretty small and has limited mobility. Smaller QB's are getting more of a chance nowadays, but most of those guys are mobile.
2) I'm unconvinced Sark is some ascendant QB guru. At USC, he was coaching 5 star QBs that you'd have to actually undermine in order for them to not have success. I was unimpressed with his work on Locker. You can argue that Price has good numbers in 2/3 seasons because of Sark's coaching, but then you also have to recognize all the flaws in Sark's tutelage discussed in poont 1.
3) Not having an O-Line fucked up Price more than any other factor. The dude got abused in 2012 and never had the same quickness. He was way more mobile at the start of his career than he was at the end. Go rewatch the 2011 Alamo Bowl. That is Sark's fault. You can have the best general ever (QB), but if the troops suck (O-Line), it's not going to matter and the general is going to get fucked up. A great QB "guru" like Sark should be able to recognize the importance of the fucking O-Line. Sark had an amazing O-Line at USC, and Locker was very mobile, so Sark was skating by on the talents of other individuals.
4) Yes, plenty of good college QB's don't have success in the NFL. The game has changed, and most QBs put up big numbers these days. Still, Price set the UW passing record for TDs in a season, and managed to put up solid numbers while playing behind the aforementioned dreckfest of an O-Line. He also had the "benefit" of playing for one of the most inept play-callers in the nation: Sark.
5) Fuck off
Sark was good at recruiting talented skill players and barely beating less talented teams. That's it. The dude is a fraud and got exposed by any coach with a pulse.
2) I don't think he's a magical QB guru, but who is? The fact is, he has put more QB's in the NFL than any other college coach. That's a fact. Other coaches are getting 4 and 5 star guys too. He has some clue about coaching QB's and getting them to the NFL.
3) 2012 definitely hampered Price's development. At the time, I was pissed at Sark. It was right after Garnett, Banner, and Williams said fuck you and his recruiting issues were fresh in our minds. Sark gets some blame for not recruiting any OL in 2009, but we had to wait for the "Cascade Front" from 2010 to develop. In 2009, it's very debatable we would have gotten any good OL. Price and Trufant were the only good players from the shitty class. It is inexcusable he got none. It's not hard to look at the roster and see a huge need. In his defense, he took 7 the year after.
The Cascade Front were first time starters in 2012 (they were young), got better in 2013, and I'm optimistic about them this year. We didn't have anyone else. It's as much, and in my opinon much more Ty's fault for not recruiting any decent OL from 2007 and 2008. Not to mention, Riva and Tanigawa went down in the first 2 weeks. Sark deserves some of this blame, but it's definitely less than I gave him at the time. It was unfortunate for Price and he wasn't the same after. It's not entirely Sark's fault though.
4) Price was a good college QB. Sark has some issues with playcalling, but those were often abandoning the run at the wrong times. He gave Price the chance to sling it around and Price put up good numbers under him. Connor Shaw played for Steve Spurrier, had a 24-1 TD:INT ratio in the SEC, is more mobile than Price and went undrafted. Kellen Moore broke records at Boise State. He wasn't drafted either and is a 3rd string QB now in Detroit and will be out of the league soon. There are only so many spots in the NFL.
5) Good job. You finally stopped being a cunt and made a football post. It was your best effort in weeks, maybe ever.
2) The QBs he has put into the NFL haven't done much. And again, he had access to the best QB recruits in the country, playing behind one of the best OL's in the country, on one of the best teams in the country. He has some clue, yes, but he greatly harmed Price's chance at an NFL career. Most QBs who put up Price-like numbers get drafter, and don't have two fucked up knees.
3) Dude, are you REALLY blaming Ty for Sark's OL? W, JW. Sark had plenty of time to analyze his team and search for deficiencies. Anyone with half a brain could've seen the OL needed more bodies. Yet still, he didn't emphasize the OL in recruiting. He didn't have good backup options after whiffing on Garnett, Banner, etc. In short, he fucked up. And Price paid the price.
4) Sark's issues with playcalling wasn't limited to abandoning the run. Instead of throwing the ball down the field, he called a bunch of those half-assed lateral passes that he was so fucking fond of. He also was a fucking idiot when it came to the timing of his playcalls. Typical Sark series against a competent defense:
1st and 10: Incomplete pass
2nd and 10: Polk/Sankey rush for 2 yards
3rd and 8: Lateral pass for no gain
Connor Shaw had the throwing mechanics of Tim Tebow. The only reason why Price didn't get drafted is because Sark threw him under the proverbial bus.
5) If you think this is my best effort, you haven't been paying attention. When it's the actual football season, I consistently make football related observations. I also made threads recently discussing the Pac-12, and I've gotten a lot of flack recently for my belief that WSU is going to be good next year.
A true freshman Garnett would have played, but the OL still would have sucked. Porter medically retired before the year. Tanigawa, Riva, and Kohler all got hurt in the first two weeks. Any school that loses 4 starters on the OL is going to be in trouble. The depth wasn't there, but part of that is bad luck with injuries. 4 starters being out is rare. The thing is, the OL still would have been below average with all 4 healthy. It was never going to be good.
Ty blew it in 2008, Sark blew it in 2009. Sark tried to take care of it by recruiting 7 in 2010. 4 of those guys got hurt in 2012. Sark completely fucked up 2011 OL recruiting, but true freshman OL aren't going to help much anyways. I agree with you about 2012 hurting Price, but the OL was bound to be shitty that year, and I think that's regardless of who was our coach.
Price didn't get cut because of his stats. He put up good stats (although a lot of QB's do in this era). His health issues hurt him, along with the OL. I'm in complete agreement there. I just don't think the only reason he's not there is Sark. There aren't many QB's smaller than him, and every one I can think of but Chase Daniel is way more mobile than he is.
I really thought he had a decent chance at making the NFL, and maybe he still does. I'll put my money where my mouth is, I bet Sark gets Kessler to the NFL and if he doesn't flame out (he will) the next qb (Max Browne or Ricky Town) will get to the NFL too. He's a shitty coach who will always have undisciplined teams, but he has a decent system for QB's and a track record of getting them to the NFL.
Matt Leinart: NFL bust
John David Booty: Has never taken a snap in the NFL
Mark Sanchez: NFL bust
Jake Locker: NFL Bust
Keith Price: probably will never take a snap in the NFL
I think it's time Doogs stop praising him as a QB "genius" when every QB he's coached hasn't done shit.