McDaniels’ Players Mirror Himself; OVERRATED
The “Dawg Pound” has been whimpering for a franchise signal caller since Bernie “Is he always hammered or is he a stroke victim?” Kosar left and have drafted bust after bust trying to replace him. Enter Brady Quinn. This Golden Domer impressed scouts going into the 2007 draft with his leadership skills, athleticism, and a body built for the cover of GQ. While I firmly believe that anyone who plays this position in Cleveland is a reincarnated criminal, suffering for the horrible discretions of his past life (David Carr must have been Hitler given the beating he took in Houston), there are some numbers that you simply cannot ignore.
Career Completion Percentage- 52.1%- Even if you subtract Braylon Edwards’ drops, that’s still similar odds of winning at a roulette table.
Yards Per Completion- 4.9 – If Denver is planning on running shuttle passes every down, they have got their man!
Chances that Denver will be able to get anything back for him after he flops, again- 0%
Players and picks are currency in the modern NFL, and maybe having Quinn as a back up is worth losing a 6th round pick and a conditional future pick, but a guy like Hillis who can fill in as a fullback, HB, and is a regular on special teams has way more value then Quinn. To put that into actual cash value, Hillis is more then worth a league minimum contract that is around $350k, while Quinn’s is more like a portfolio containing shares of Enron stock, rubber dog crap, and Monopoly money.
Unless Denver is planning on putting together a swimsuit calendar (Ryan Clady in a Speedo, looks like Pat Bowlen finally got my emails), Quinn is just an overpaid bench warmer. All of his fans need to lay off the Myoplex and ask themselves how a guy who can’t complete an intermediate pass due to his absurdly inaccurate arm, is going to be able to run a multi-level, horizontal passing attack. But I would like to give a shout out to Josh McDaniels for becoming the youngest coach to destroy an NFL franchise (as soon as he finishes his coloring book that is); truly impressive young man.
Delhomme in Cleveland… $20 million…well I guess the ghost of Bob Barker (he died 23 years ago incase your wondering, that was a robot) has returned to neuter the Dawg Pound. And don’t count on getting a bonus spin, because Jake Delhomes agent has already locked that up for the next four years, even though Jake will be appearing on other shows and getting paid by them too.
Thanks again Will. (Who doesn’t love to throw BQ under the bus?)
