ckparrothead
Premium Member
Wow. The man crush for Quinn just astonishes me. I`ll give you that it was a fairly lengthy analysis but I would also say it was highly selective. First, and perhaps most important, nowhere do you mention the fact that Brady Quinn failed to win the big game. I`ve heard it manyn times that his O-line was pathetic, he didn`t have the same quality WRs as Russell, on and on. Simply put, these are just excuses. You are correct is saying Russell has the best arm to ever come out of college but when you speak of Brady`s arm, I think you are being very generous. His arm is OK, it is not great by any means. I rememebr hearing the same thing about Carr`s arm when he came out of college. Quinn has trouble with the deep and intermediate ball. Not that this would preclude him from having success in the NFL -and conversely, Russell`s arm does not guarantee success (see Jeaf George)- but let`s not overstate the guy`s arm.
You talk about Quinn`s work ethic, which while admirable, also does not translate into success. There is something very off putting about Quinn (****iness, sense of self entitlement) that I just don`t like, and I think will hurt him throughout his career. The comparisons to Brady are just laughable. Trust me, Brady QUinn will not come close to Tom Brady as far as success is concerned. Incidentally, you mention that you want a guy who is not friendly with the competition. Well, I think that is a lot of hooey. You can be friendly ( Tom Brady and J Taylor) and still be fierce competitors. Sometimes, the false animosity that exists between competing teams can distract from the game at hand, especially when you`re talking about a QB.
I`ve said it many times before on this site: Brady Quinn is one of the most overrated players to come out of college in a long while. He has been hyped primarily beacuse he plays for the Fighting Irish, America`s favourite college football team. He may have some success in the NFL, but to compare him to Brady, or even Peyotn for that matter, is a big stretch. If he falls to us at nine, I think we would be well served to trade out of the position and get some more picks. Brady Quinn is not the answer.
Yes, because obviously your excellent and detailed analysis, which basically amounts to "excuses are for a-holes" and "he never won the big game", obviously presents all sides of the story. Oh how stupid of me, to go on such detailed fact finding missions when it was really so simple, right in front of me the entire time...excuses are for a-holes! Gosh. How did I miss that?
Damn my eyes for actually taking the time and effort to analyze Brady Quinn on a throw-for-throw basis to figure out what happened in his losses. Damn my unbastioned stupidity for considering victories against Georgia Tech, UCLA, and Michigan to be big wins. How dare I actually look at his performance against USC in 2005 and discern how he brought his team to the brink of victory only to have it snatched away in the final seconds by a porous defense that allowed a ridiculous 4th down completion to Dwayne Jarrett after Quinn had put up the go-ahead touchdown. Such knowledge is dangerous! It can only lead to corruption! Burn the stat sheets! Burn the books!
It's quite obvious that I've been mesmerized by the mystique of the Touchdown Jesus, I have been corrupted by America's darling team which I happen to not like, coached by a coach whom I absolutely loath. But that is simply beside the point. I *must* like Brady Quinn only because he plays at Notre Dame, regardless of my lack of respect for the Fighting Irish and my detestation of their coach. It couldn't have possibly been objective analysis that led me to my conclusions, no way jose!