[CBFF] Miserable Day for Brady Quinn

[Dwayne]

I find it hard to feel sorry for a guy who is going to make millions of
dollars playing football. Poor Brady, boo hoo, lmao.
 
by Tom Shannon

Yeah, I know.  He's still an NFL QB who is still going to be making
millions
of dollars.  So why should I feel sorry for Brady Quinn?

Well, let's consider the context.  Quinn was expected to go within the
first
few picks on Saturday.  Looking back on it, all of the hype and the high
expectations were very unfair.  Quinn was setup to fail.  Mel Kiper had
Quinn as his fifth best prospect and railed against the Miami Dolphins
for
passing on him for WR Ted Ginn.  But even as he (correctly) called the
pick
of Ginn "ridiculous", the best he could could say of Quinn was that they
were passing on a "solid NFL QB".  And in that single phrase we can
summarize Quinn's problem.  If I'm selecting a prospect in the top ten,
I'm
not looking for "solid".  Solid is what you call a decent selection five
years down the road.  But its not what you call a potential top ten
selection on draft day when all is still hopes and dreams and a
prospect's
career is still in front of him.  Most NFL GMs know that you start with
"spectacular" and when reality hits you fall to solid (if you are
lucky).
But there's always the chance that "spectacular" sticks.  But if you are
starting with solid, that's all you get.  And who knows where you sink
to
from there.

But the reason I really pity Quinn is because, as he watched his draft
stock
fall and as he watched tens of millions of dollars slip though his
fingers,
I figured he could take consolation in one fact.  The farther he fell,
the
better the team he would end up on and the better his chances to
succeed.
Surrounded by good players and with a coaching staff that can develop
talent, Quinn's chances of rising above the "solid" evaluation could be
maximized and, perhaps, he could look forward to a big pay day on his
second
contract to match the one currently falling away.

Think, therefore, how far his heart must have sunk when the Browns
traded up
to get him.  Now he's getting #22 pick money playing for the third worst
team in the league.  Yeah, he's going home.  But who knows better how
miserable that team is.  And how miserable his next five years may be as
well.




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