'10 IL QB Tommy Rees (Notre Dame Man)

[Bogtrotter07]

Book of Irish, Chapter 26

31 Then Reesus told them, “On the 8th of May you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written:

“‘I will strike the QB,
and the fans of the Irish will be scattered.’​

32 But after I have drafted, I will go ahead of you into New England.”

33 Irish Envy replied, “Even if all fans fall away on account of you, I never will.”

34 “Truly I tell you,” Reesus answered, “that very night, before the Roger Goodell crows, you will disown me three times.”

This is a brilliant post but U, is this the version where Peter draws the sword and cuts the guys ear off? Cause if it is I want a front row seat!

 

[ulukinatme]

This is a brilliant post but U, is this the version where Peter draws the sword and cuts the guys ear off? Cause if it is I want a front row seat!

Peter? There was no Peter among the offensive apostles last season. I believe you're thinking of Saint TJ

 

[dublinirish]

free article on TR from 247

Tommy Rees Aims For NFL Opportunity

Andrew Owens
15 hours ago


Nineteen quarterbacks were invited to Indianapolis for the NFL Combine in February, but none of them were former Irish signal caller Tommy Rees.

Tommy Rees
Former Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees completed 32 of 34 passes at Notre Dame's Pro Day on March 20.

Rees finished third in school history with 7,670 passing yards and second with 61 touchdown passes during an up-and-down four-year career that few could have predicted when he signed as a three-star recruit overshadowed by Andrew Hendrix in the 2010 class.

Throughout a collegiate career that included 31 starts and a few clutch relief performances that helped the Irish go undefeated during the 2012 regular season, few questioned the Lake Forest, Ill., quarterback’s understanding of the game. Instead, criticism of Rees began — and typically ended — with his physical abilities.

It’s a perception he’s out to change during the leadup to the NFL Draft.

On March 20, Rees participated in Notre Dame’s Pro Day with 15 former Irish players and displayed his skills with each of the 32 teams represented at Loftus Sports Center.

“It went great,” Rees said. “The drills were good and I’m happy to move on.”

Rees completed 32 of 34 throws (one pass was dropped) at the event and impressed those in attendance while doing so. He recorded a 5.09-second 40-yard dash, but produced a 31-inch vertical leap that would have ranked sixth at the Combine and ahead of top prospects Tajh Boyd (Clemson) and Teddy Bridgewater (Louisville).

“[I focused on] a lot of movement stuff,” Rees said. “Running the 40 is just different for me and the shuttles. But then specifically building some lower body strength and being able to jump and make all those cuts.”

Since the 2013 season ended, Rees has been training at TC Boost in Chicago with Tommy Christian and Bob Christian. When Rees returned to Notre Dame the week before Pro Day, he immediately began working with new quarterbacks coach Matt LaFleur, who most recently tutored Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins with the Washington Redskins last season.

Tommy Rees
Rees finished second in school history in career touchdown passes and third in passing yards.

LaFleur and Rees collaborated on a throwing script that they felt would best showcase the quarterback’s talents.

“It was great to have a guy out there with me to go through the script,” Rees said. “We talked the past couple weeks. He’s another set of eyes and ears to help me do the best I could.

“He was out there to help me with it. He’s a great coach, so it was great to have him out there helping me with it.”

Rees said LaFleur’s experience stood out as a valuable asset during that week.

“It helps a ton,” he said. “He’s been there and done stuff and knows what people are trying to find. It’s good to have him there with me.”

Between now and the NFL Draft (May 8-10), Rees will continue to train in Chicago while hoping his name is called in New York. Otherwise, he will likely sign with a team as an undrafted free agent and make his case for a roster spot in training camp.

“It’s not like one of those guys [not invited to the Combine] is going to fly under the radar,” said analyst Scott Wright, who runs DraftCountdown.com. “I think [linebacker Dan] Fox, [linebacker Carlo] Calabrese and Rees are all going to be in camp and are in the priority free agent range and probably profile more as backups at the next level. They’re going to be in a camp. I don’t think there’s any question about that.”

Whether Rees’ career is as brief as an August invite to preseason camp or several years longer, coach Brian Kelly has said on multiple occasions that he would welcome his former signal caller back as a graduate assistant or coach.

Rees does not dwell on any negativity that at times surrounding his Irish playing career, but rather focuses on everything that was accomplished in four years.

“People are entitled to their opinions and whatever they want to feel they can,” he said at the end of last season. “The only thing that matters to me is how my teammates feel and I know they’ve had my back and I know they have positive things to say, so the most important thing for me from day one is the people in this building and how they feel about the kind of leader I was, the kind of guy I was, that I came to work everyday and made people around them better and was positive and I’ve competed my entire career here and that’s something I try to hang my hat on.

“I have respect for everyone in that locker room and I think it’s reciprocated.”

 

[connect the dots]

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Thanks for posting the article about Tommy Rees. His comment that his teammates had his back held true for four years. His offensive line respected him, and they wanted him to succeed. Their determination to protect him was most apparent. Not many sacks, and did Tommy ever have a defensive lineman strip the ball for a fumble?

 

[Irish Houstonian]

Thanks for posting the article about Tommy Rees. His comment that his teammates had his back held true for four years. His offensive line respected him, and they wanted him to succeed. Their determination to protect him was most apparent. Not many sacks, and did Tommy ever have a defensive lineman strip the ball for a fumble?

Perhaps, if by "defensive lineman" you mean "a cool evening breeze".

 

[greyhammer90]

Perhaps, if by "defensive lineman" you mean "a cool evening breeze".

ugh. That still stings.

 

[Irish Houstonian]

I know...salt meet wound. But when that door is opened sometimes you just gotta take it.

 

[gkIrish]

ugh. That still stings.

Imagine how I felt sitting there in person with 80 year old scUM fans giving me the finger.

 

[WestCoast]

Perhaps, if by "defensive lineman" you mean "a cool evening breeze".

My 6-year old and I were out throwing the football one afternoon when he threw but the ball didn't go anywhere. He said, "Dad, I pulled a Tommy Rees." I laughed hysterically. I then told him to stare down his receivers and run really slow to complete the impression.

 

[ulukinatme]

Despite the untimely fumble, Tommy played very well in that game, well enough for us to win. Our defense is what lost us that game.

 

[WestCoast]

That pic would be a great caption contest. Notice how he is looking back at it and has his mouth open.

Like Ralphie from Christmas Story, he probably said. "Oooh fuuudge!"

Only I didn't say "Fudge." I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the "F-dash-dash-dash" word!

 

[dublinirish]

Despite the untimely fumble, Tommy played very well in that game, well enough for us to win. Our defense is what lost us that game.

please! no more

 

[Ironman8]

Signed with the Redskins as an UDFA.

Congrats and good luck Tommy!

 

[texbender]

Wonder if LaFluer had any influence on going to 'skins?

 

[aubeirish]

Tommy will be a wonderful asset to have in the film room for RG3.

 

[returnofthemack]

Well, after he gets cut he can be a great graduate assistant for us and help Everett in the film room.

 

[Bluto]

Despite the untimely fumble, Tommy played very well in that game, well enough for us to win. Our defense is what lost us that game.

Kind of sums up much of last year as well. Go get em Tommy Boy!

 

[FrankMA]

Well, after he gets cut he can be a great graduate assistant for us and help Everett in the film room.

Yes, I believe his future is in coaching.

 

[johnnycando]

My guess is that the Redskins plans have nothing to do with cutting Rees.

They want his game management and good decisions to keep them in games when they call upon him.

If he earns a spot, they'll give him a spot.

Good luck Tommy!

 

[returnofthemack]

My guess is that the Redskins plans have nothing to do with cutting Rees.

They want his game management and good decisions to keep them in games when they call upon him.

If he earns a spot, they'll give him a spot.

Good luck Tommy!

Wait, are you serious? It's one thing to be a glorified game manager in college, but that definitely doesn't translate to the NFL haha. The Redskins already have RGIII, Kirk Cousins, and Colt McCoy. No way they waste money on Rees. And "good decisions"? His untimely INTs are the main knock on him!

 

[NCND]

Tommy will be a wonderful asset to have in the film room for RG3.

No disrespect but.. HA, HA.

 

[johnnycando]

We'll see!

 

[stlnd01]

Wait, are you serious? It's one thing to be a glorified game manager in college, but that definitely doesn't translate to the NFL haha. The Redskins already have RGIII, Kirk Cousins, and Colt McCoy. No way they waste money on Rees. And "good decisions"? His untimely INTs are the main knock on him!

If they thought he had no value, they wouldn't have signed him. I agree it's highly unlikely Tommy wins a spot on a roster that already has three young QBs with NFL starts under their belt. But he can be an asset in camp/fallback if someone gets hurt, that sort of thing. Who knows, maybe he learns the system in camp and takes a job on the coaching staff. He made some bad throws in his day but he understands the game. Always has.

 

[connor_in]

I heard WSBT sports radio show discussing that they thought someone would sign him as a UFA and have him as practice squad QB.

 

[returnofthemack]

If they thought he had no value, they wouldn't have signed him. I agree it's highly unlikely Tommy wins a spot on a roster that already has three young QBs with NFL starts under their belt. But he can be an asset in camp/fallback if someone gets hurt, that sort of thing. Who knows, maybe he learns the system in camp and takes a job on the coaching staff. He made some bad throws in his day but he understands the game. Always has.

It's a very low-risk, potential reward deal for NFL teams as far as UDFAs. Very few of them end up actually signing with the team, and they definitely don't give them jobs on the coaching staff. How is a QB who had a propensity to throw horrible INTs against college competition going to give any advice on film or gametime decision-making to three QBs, all of whom have played against NFL competition?

 

[GBdomer]

Good luck Tommy, if not I am sure you have that degree to fall back on or being a coach is always an option.

 

[calvegas04]

Goodluck tommy... you saved ND's ass quite a few times

 

[Bogtrotter07]

My guess is that the Redskins plans have nothing to do with cutting Rees.

They want his game management and good decisions to keep them in games when they call upon him.

If he earns a spot, they'll give him a spot.

Good luck Tommy!

I like it! Reps, sir!

I have heard more and more about how cerebral Tommy is. He could have an Earl Morrall kind of career in some respects. Maybe not the same overall success, but the same kind of situational success could well be possible.

On April 25, 1972, Morrall was claimed on waivers for $100 by the Miami Dolphins, reuniting him with his former Colt head coach, Don Shula. Shula described Morrall as "an intelligent quarterback who's won a lot of ball games for me."[3]

Morrall replaced the injured Bob Griese for the Dolphins during the team's October 15 win over the San Diego Chargers.[4] The victory gave Miami a 5-0 record, with Morrall building on that win to lead the team to the first undefeated regular season in the NFL since 1942 and only undefeated season ever, starting 11 out of 17 games that year. After notching a win in the team's first playoff game against the Cleveland Browns, Morrall struggled against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship game, leading to the return of Griese. However, Morrall's efforts did not go unnoticed when he was named American Football Conference Player of the Year also in 1972, along with the inaugural NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award.

What a lot of people don't remember :

Post-professional career[edit]

Earl Morrall became the quarterback coach at the University of Miami in 1979.[6] During his time there he worked with Jim Kelly, Bernie Kosar and Vinny Testaverde. In 1989 he was elected to the Davie, Florida city council and eventually became mayor.

 

[johnnycando]

Wait, are you serious? It's one thing to be a glorified game manager in college, but that definitely doesn't translate to the NFL haha. The Redskins already have RGIII, Kirk Cousins, and Colt McCoy. No way they waste money on Rees. And "good decisions"? His untimely INTs are the main knock on him!

Wait!

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Nice to meet you hater.

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[Bogtrotter07]

Wait!

Are you a hater!?

Nice to meet you hater.

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(I am thinking mostly it must be penis envy.)