ckparrothead
Premium Member
I think Spielman said he had been looking at Feeley seriously before Wolf consulted.
The thing is, after watching the Philly game tapes myself, as soon as Spielman watched those tapes, he must have liked AJ Feeley. It is really, really, really hard not to...even knowing he was facing some very bad defenses.
He was in some pressure situations and he performed. The whole thing was a pressure situation, Philly was down when McNabb went down and Koy had to come in, and then they thought all was lost when Koy went down too...I mean, to that point, AJ Feeley had already been cut before the 2002 season began, and then he was brought up, and he had trouble beating Tim Hasselbeck for a roster spot.
But sometimes you just never know, until the guy gets on the field and acts as field general. Some people point to lack of total games (only 8 in college, 5 in pros) and say thats a bad thing. I say, that only increases the odds that the NFL has inefficiently priced AJ Feeley as a starting QB. Lots of investment managers make their way exploiting market inefficiency by investing in under-researched, low-coverage companies that are somewhat "off the radar screen" If you can manage to do research that the rest of the market isn't seeing or doing, you end up getting a potential star for a bargain price...depending on how reliable you think your research is. I would say Spielman has faith in his own findings...and Wolf came up with the same conclusion, sat on it, the Browns paid lots of dough to get his opinion, they got his recommendation, and they squandered it.
BTW Kerry Collins is a very talented quarterback who has proven he's capable of winning big in this league. He has imperfections but they all do, and its up to the coach to mold the talent we have to cover those imperfections. The only weakness of grabbing Feeley, IMO, is the fact we didn't know Kerry would be available...but I also believe we really couldn't have counted on him being available.
The thing is, after watching the Philly game tapes myself, as soon as Spielman watched those tapes, he must have liked AJ Feeley. It is really, really, really hard not to...even knowing he was facing some very bad defenses.
He was in some pressure situations and he performed. The whole thing was a pressure situation, Philly was down when McNabb went down and Koy had to come in, and then they thought all was lost when Koy went down too...I mean, to that point, AJ Feeley had already been cut before the 2002 season began, and then he was brought up, and he had trouble beating Tim Hasselbeck for a roster spot.
But sometimes you just never know, until the guy gets on the field and acts as field general. Some people point to lack of total games (only 8 in college, 5 in pros) and say thats a bad thing. I say, that only increases the odds that the NFL has inefficiently priced AJ Feeley as a starting QB. Lots of investment managers make their way exploiting market inefficiency by investing in under-researched, low-coverage companies that are somewhat "off the radar screen" If you can manage to do research that the rest of the market isn't seeing or doing, you end up getting a potential star for a bargain price...depending on how reliable you think your research is. I would say Spielman has faith in his own findings...and Wolf came up with the same conclusion, sat on it, the Browns paid lots of dough to get his opinion, they got his recommendation, and they squandered it.
BTW Kerry Collins is a very talented quarterback who has proven he's capable of winning big in this league. He has imperfections but they all do, and its up to the coach to mold the talent we have to cover those imperfections. The only weakness of grabbing Feeley, IMO, is the fact we didn't know Kerry would be available...but I also believe we really couldn't have counted on him being available.
