The NFL draft makes much more sense now than it did a month ago. If you recall, Brady Quinn was expected to go no later than #9 to the Miami Dolphins. When the Dolphins passed on him for Tedd Ginn, Jr. ( a huge stretch at #9 by all accounts), Brady entered a free fall that lasted hours and became the subject of much drama and many articles.
Why wouldn't Miami, who had a fairly obvious need at quarterback, take Brady? Well, as I had indicated here on my blog, Miami was looking at Trent Green from KC which would free up Daunte Culpepper (whom I thought would land with the Raiders who would trade out of the #1 pick or select Calvin Johnson and leave JaMarcus Russell for the Lions at #2 with Brady Quinn going to Cleveland at #3). Well, that didn't happen. The Raiders stood pat and took their QB of the future leaving the Lions with yet another first round wide receiver.
And now, finally, the Dolphins have acquired Trent Green from KC and will release Culpepper tomorrow. Soooooo, can anyone think of a team that could use a 6'5" 270 l.b. quarterback with 5 full years of playing experience and 129 TD's and 75 picks in though seasons? Sure, he's been banged up the last two seasons and had knee surgery. Culpepper on crutches is better than Grossman 100% healthy. But who is looking at him now? Baltimore with Steve McNair, Kyle Boller and Troy Smith. Maybe we can get one of their castoffs as any of the three would probably be better than Grossman in 2007!!
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Well it's about time we got back to some football. Yeah some good old sports bitching. I got kind of sick of hearing about you troloping through the city with your butterfly net trying to catch cicadas and your hemeroids throwing off your golf game.
I don't know Joe. You're starting to sound like my son-in-law from Buffalo.
He's a cripple who hasn't played even regularly in three seasons! During those last two seasons, his QB rating is in the low 70s.
He does make good sense as a replacement for Brian Griese -- at least because if/when he can play, he'll be a better backup -- but it's foolish to expect him to start 16 games as the #1 QB next year.
C'mon Dry Dock, it's baseball season and the football teams aren't even in camp! What am I supposed to write about? :-)
And yes d.f., he's a cripple but I'd love to have him start as many games for me as possible. Then, when he goes down, bring in Griese. When Griese goes down, bring in Orton. When Orton goes down, bring in Maynard. Never would I get to Grossman again. Ugh.
How about the stanley cup? oh You know i love ya, lets get together and grill some vegies and i will fix you wine spritzer.
Watch it DD....watch it!!
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