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Dr. Parrothead
IF Cutler does do well in the NFL, it would lend some credence to the theory. Part of the "other qb" theory is caused by the lack of success related to qb's drafted early. Year by year...2005 = Smith, Rodgers and Campbell haven't done anything yet (tie)Is it just that people want to be able to say "I told you so" or think they're actually smarter than NFL GMs?![]()
Every year, particularly around here, we get tons of people (if not the majority) who love the OTHER QB. Sometimes it works out (Big Ben), most of the time it doesn't.
2006 -- Jay Cutler over Matt Leinart and Vince Young
2005 -- Charlie Frye over Alex Smith, Aaron Rodgers and Jason Campbell
2004 -- Big Ben over Eli and Rivers
2003 -- Kyle Boller over Carson Palmer and Byron Leftwich
2002 -- Patrick Ramsey over David Carr and Joey Harrington
2001 -- DNP (everyone loved Vick)
2000 -- Chris Redman over Chad Pennington (don't remember people pimping Carmazzi)![]()
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2004 = Theory is correct (bingo)
2003 = Boller is developing; though over Palmer is just plain crazy (wrong)
2002 = Carr and Harrington have not panned out (same w/ Ramsey) = (tie)
2001 = no application
2000 = Pennington has been a big disappointment = (tie)
I would argue that "other qb" was right one year, wrong one year; and then you have four years of drafting "the consensus qb" not really working out = the "other qb offered similar or even better value. I think the only thing this shows is that QB's are a crap shoot.