eltos_lightfoot
FinHeaven VIP
What do we truly love about football? I would argue it is the uncertainty. In football some nowhere pick from Michigan in his second year can emerge against the number one team in football with a superbowl MVP trophy in his hand.
Here in football the last qb taken in the first round of the 1983 draft can become arguably the greatest pure passer to ever play the game.
It is the fact that football is not factual. It defies measurables. Many have weighed in on their beliefs about this pending qb trade. A lot of naysayers have wanted facts. This is football, gentlemen, there are very few facts.
However there is logic. Football can be defined by taking a risk, but carefully structuring that risk by taking the risk that is less of a risk than the others out there. With this, the risk of having Lamar Smith for another season was worth the risk of taking a chance on Ricky Williams. Was he worth the picks we gave up? Yes....
Feidler had to go. Do a search for my responses, I was practically Feidler fan-boy number one. But he is too streaky to be consistently successful. He is probably a west coast qb at best. He is definitely not a Turner-style qb. Feidler is about to hit a wall, and we cannot have him be our starter when he hits it.
Here is a LOGICAL (not factual) argument about each of the potential qb candidates:
Feeley: Decent enough arm for Turner-style offense, great intangibles, good enough stats with a team that may be even worse at receiver than we are. Good leader, and will come cheap. As other mentioned, we still have some draft picks. Is a second too high? Possibly...we shall see. Keep this in mind however: A conditional third round pick would have ended up being a first under most situations, since the guy is already our starter the day he arrives. Rick probably figured better to give up a sure second, than a maybe first.
Henson: I love this guy's tangibles and his leadership abilities in college. I seriously question his heart, and his college pedigree is about the length of Clarett's....He seems very raw. Let some other team overpay for him. We didn't. That is smart. He couldn't have stepped into the starting role...With Henson in the fold, we are back to Feidler.
Ramsey: This would have been my ideal choice. We would have had to give up a first, but he would have been worth it. He is cheap, good arm, good and tough leader. BUT, they are currently not going to trade him. He is not going anywhere. With trying to get Ramsey and turing down everyone else, we are back to Feidler...
Rivers: He is another PROSPECT. Even if he were the best qb at the college level, he is still a rookie. Even Byron Leftwich, the best rookie qb last year was not all that great. There were flashes, but no wins. There are growing pains for any rookie. Miami does not have that kind of time. We need to win now. Moreover, there is a great chance he may not even fall to us. Now we are back to Feidler again...
All in all, I am glad the front office didn't pout as much as we fans do, and went out and made a move. FEIDLER IS GONE AS A STARTER!!!!! That is what I wanted, and that is what I got.
We gave Feidler four years. Let's give Feeley at least one.
Here in football the last qb taken in the first round of the 1983 draft can become arguably the greatest pure passer to ever play the game.
It is the fact that football is not factual. It defies measurables. Many have weighed in on their beliefs about this pending qb trade. A lot of naysayers have wanted facts. This is football, gentlemen, there are very few facts.
However there is logic. Football can be defined by taking a risk, but carefully structuring that risk by taking the risk that is less of a risk than the others out there. With this, the risk of having Lamar Smith for another season was worth the risk of taking a chance on Ricky Williams. Was he worth the picks we gave up? Yes....
Feidler had to go. Do a search for my responses, I was practically Feidler fan-boy number one. But he is too streaky to be consistently successful. He is probably a west coast qb at best. He is definitely not a Turner-style qb. Feidler is about to hit a wall, and we cannot have him be our starter when he hits it.
Here is a LOGICAL (not factual) argument about each of the potential qb candidates:
Feeley: Decent enough arm for Turner-style offense, great intangibles, good enough stats with a team that may be even worse at receiver than we are. Good leader, and will come cheap. As other mentioned, we still have some draft picks. Is a second too high? Possibly...we shall see. Keep this in mind however: A conditional third round pick would have ended up being a first under most situations, since the guy is already our starter the day he arrives. Rick probably figured better to give up a sure second, than a maybe first.
Henson: I love this guy's tangibles and his leadership abilities in college. I seriously question his heart, and his college pedigree is about the length of Clarett's....He seems very raw. Let some other team overpay for him. We didn't. That is smart. He couldn't have stepped into the starting role...With Henson in the fold, we are back to Feidler.
Ramsey: This would have been my ideal choice. We would have had to give up a first, but he would have been worth it. He is cheap, good arm, good and tough leader. BUT, they are currently not going to trade him. He is not going anywhere. With trying to get Ramsey and turing down everyone else, we are back to Feidler...
Rivers: He is another PROSPECT. Even if he were the best qb at the college level, he is still a rookie. Even Byron Leftwich, the best rookie qb last year was not all that great. There were flashes, but no wins. There are growing pains for any rookie. Miami does not have that kind of time. We need to win now. Moreover, there is a great chance he may not even fall to us. Now we are back to Feidler again...
All in all, I am glad the front office didn't pout as much as we fans do, and went out and made a move. FEIDLER IS GONE AS A STARTER!!!!! That is what I wanted, and that is what I got.
We gave Feidler four years. Let's give Feeley at least one.
irate: