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Edited by: Alworth No.19

RE: VY's mental state. This has been in question since reports of his shockingly low Wonderlic score were leaked. Certainly some of his comments and actions in recent years raise doubts as to his maturity. When one looks at the way Leinhart has handled his adversity and disappointment, Young...

Commentators have said Tebow isn't tough enough? Wow! What Florida team have they been watching? There may be problems with Tebow's game, but I would think his toughness is beyond dispute. It's just hard to project his future because Florida's offense is as primitive as it gets these days.

Right. A QB's job is to distribute the ball efficiently to his fellow offensive playmakers. Whenever I hear of the "new breed" of QB, I always think back to Gary Beban. Back in those days a QB in the NFL who tucked it in and ran was often considered a coward. It just wasn't done. That's what...

Right, it's always portrayed as a racial dichotomy, playing the position "White" v. playing the position "Black"; but that's just nonsense. It's playing the position right v. playing the position wrong. Young was a great running QB, probably the best, but he had to learn the discipline of the...

Cunningham admitted as much in the 1998 SI article (although he said he was encouraged to play this way by Buddy Ryan). Once he got hurt, lost much of his mobility, and learned how play the position, Cunningham returned to the league and had a monster season for the Vikings: they set the season...

Here's an interesting bit from Tuesday Morning Quarterback at ESPN.com: What I don't understand is why, with about three decades of evidence to draw upon, anyone still believes that QBs whose primary attribute is running with the ball can succeed over time in the NFL. This has been the next...

I can't get the links to work, but all the information is easily found at profootball-reference.com

Here's the data: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/WR-1980-now.htm http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/ http://www.hockey-reference.com/draft/ The WR selections seem to be getting worse in recent years. 1996 was a pretty good year for wide outs. Edited by: Alworth No.19

Sure. That's what I can never understand when a White guy excels in a black-dominated sport: it isn't like players like Welker are genetically unique. There are dozens of guys like him. Even at the pro level, Welker is virtually identical to Wayne Chrebet. Finding a White guy who is smart, fast...

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Actually, I think that taking any RB in the first round, or even the second, is unwise. In my lifetime of watching football, most of the great running backs have won very few championships.

If untimely fumbles are what has put Hillis in McDaniels doghouse, he should soon be joined by Moreno, who couldn't have fumbled at a more crucial moment for the Broncos today. That drop may well have cost Denver the game today, and the season. Even Brandon Marshall, of all people, wanted to...

Man, why would anyone vote for Spiller? Maybe he's "electrifying," but his numbers are mediocre at best. It isn't like he's set the college football world on fire. He' rushed for 894 yards, averaged 5.2 yards a carry, and he's scored 11 TDs. Those are Heisman numbers? Maybe in 1959. Plus Spiller...

Isn't this the truth. It's unbearable to watch an NFL game from beginning to end, either at home or in person. I had Charger season tickets for 30 years, but I gave them up in the mid-90s because the idiotic noise and racket was non-stop. It was like going to a really bad concert. I can't...

I just looked the matter up on Wiki, and Olajuwon and AK are the only players to record multiple 5x5s (5 of each of the major stats), and they are the only two to have an official 5x6 - and AK did it in regulation. AK has had 3 5x5s, but none since 2006. The guy either peaked extremely early, or...

If this quote from ESPN.com is any indication, Welker has broken through for keeps:

Absolutely. From 04 -06 AK looked like potential MVP. His mix of skills was highly unusual, and his defense was top notch. He was a real lock-down defender, capable of matching straight up with Kobe, LeBron, anyone. Then he just dropped off dramatically. It seems that many of the talented...

Kessler's loss to Calzaghe seems to have really done a number on his confidence. Calzaghe just mentally overpowered Kessler in that fight, and Kessler said afterwards that he was crushed. Some guys never bounce back from that first crushing loss, and it looks like Kessler may be one of them. I...

AK is a remarkable player, but he had a huge drop off in production after 06. He seems to be bouncing back somewhat, but he's not nearly back to his peak, when he was easily one of the best players in the league, and one of the most unusual. Twenty years ago, if a player had that kind of drop...

I have no difficulty envisioning LeBron excelling at football, probably at TE, if he went the Antonio Gates route of forsaking hoops for football, and all that entailed. Actually Lebron lining as a QB is the shotgun spread would have some interesting possibilities. Otto Graham, who was a...

Pau is remarkably consistent. You could wake him up at three in the morning, get him suited up, spin him in circles, but hood on his and lock him in trunk of a limo, drive him to the Staples Center, walk him onto court at the beginning of a game, remove the hood, throw up the ball, and Pau would...

Did I type "Daugherty"? That's what I get for posting at four in the morning.

The only limit on Budinger is his attitude. He is an extremely gifted perimeter player, and his game is made for the NBA. He's a SoCal kid who is also a world-class volleyball player, which is always something of a red flag in the intensity department. If he had the motor of, say, David Lee, or...

I'll have to the buck the consensus here (which I'm loath to do, as I'm a lifelong Charger fan, meaning I hate the Raiders and Al Davis as a matter of course - well, I did until they sank to the point that the Bolts have beaten the Silver And Black 13 consecutive times), but the benchmark of QB...