[CBFF] [Fwd: Bears were not only team interested in QB Hanie]

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On 5/2/08 5:26 AM, "Tom Shannon" <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:

> ``We kind of liked [Booty] too. We felt he was going to be maybe the 
most
> initially ready to play quarterback in the draft. We didn¹t know 
how much
> upside he had, but he¹s polished and he played in a really 
good, pro-style
> system at SC. All the concepts the NFL runs are very 
similar to what they
> were doing. He¹s pretty polished. Very accurate on 
intermediate stuff to low.
> As it got deep down the field, it didn¹t 
always happen for him, but thought
> that he was polished and certainly 
could be a No. 2 for a long time and maybe
> could be a No. 1 but we 
didn¹t really project him that high."

What always baffled me about Booty was the way he never threw a good spiral.
The two or three games I saw him play, I thought the ball floated and
wobbled on him.  There was really never any zip on that pass to where he
could slip it past a pro cornerback, I thought.  I saw these quick, big or
physical USC WRs make him look good by burning mediocre defenders on routes
where a pro DB would never bite.  Then Booty would loft it in there after
holding it too long.  Looks good in college; never fly in the NFL.

Is that anyone else's impression?  Frankly, I'll be surprised if he ever
consistently starts in the NFL.

And yes, Jim, you can squirrel this post away too to roast me some day down
the road.  ;  )

Steve