Perhaps. But whether or not you like Quinn as a QB, this article isn't about "the dangers of trading up for Quinn" even though he was the example King used. He said, "What if he's awful?" and that was the extent of his Quinn analysis for the day. The other 99% of it dealt with the potential cash, cap, and draft pick consequences involved in trading up in the draft for anybody.
I would have used a different title on this thread, but it was an interesting and informative read, so for that, I thank you.
Fair enough. Sorry to have misguided you. I agree that King was referring to anybody, but nonetheless, I found it interesting that he used Quinn as an example.
Maybe it's only because, aside from C Johnson, Quinn is the player most often discussed as a potential trade-up, and so King thought he was an apt example. I also think, however, that King was deliberately (although subtley) mentioning Quinn due to the debate that seems to be emerging between his supporters and detractors.
There is no question that Quinn has received a tremendous amount of press coverage. It's difficult to measure (alothough it can be done-I've done it before, and trust me, it's very tedious) but I would guess that the last QB to receive so much 'scratch' was Peyton. QBs obviously get lots of attention every year but that attention differs in amplitude and scope.
When Vick came out, the majority of the talk focussed on his athleticism. He was, to some, the best athlete they had ever seen. Flash forward 6 years and Vick still remains one of the best athletes in all sports. Lousy quarterback, however. Eli got a lot of coverage mainly because of the family name. Not to say he wasn't a promising Qb out of college but the scribes just couldn't help themselves with a mouth watering story-line,
'Eli the Chosen one: The Holy Trinity is completed'.
Some of Quinn's supporters make comparisons to Tom Brady, Charlie Weis being the most famous (or notorious, depending on where you stand on Quinn). Some of his critics bring up names such as Harrington and Carr. In my opinion, the comparisons to Harrington and Brady are both weak, however, I would lean more to the Harrington one.
He is definitely a different style Qb than JH (much closer to Tom Brady in this regards) but I think his success rate will be more similar to Joey's.
