Did Cowboys' Fans Want Brady Quinn? Really?
Posted May 2nd 2007 10:47PM by Ryan Wilson
Filed under: Cowboys, NFC East, NFL Draft, NFL Rumors
Well, this is surprising:
There's an undeniable groundswell of anger that Jerry Jones didn't select Brady Quinn with the 22nd pick because there's a belief out there that the Cowboys still need a franchise quarterback.
Really? Are there Cowboys fans who are mad about this? Look, I know Tony Romo single-handedly lost the wild card game, but does anybody other than Charlie Weis think Brady Quinn would be an upgrade?
Maybe the Dallas Morning News's Jean-Jacques Taylor is just building a straw man here (Blogging the Boys seems wistful about Quinn but ultimately happy with how things worked out last weekend), or maybe there is some subset of Cowboys' fans who are legitimately upset over this. If so, I don't get it.
I have no real feelings on Quinn one way or the other. I don't care that he never won the big game, but that aside, there's no way he's better than Romo. Not in 2007, and probably not in 2008 or 2009. Is it worth wasting a draft pick that might not see the field for four years? Especially when the Cowboys were able to parlay that pick into a 2008 first-rounder? While still getting the guy they wanted in the first place (DE/OLB Anthony Spencer)?
Taylor makes a good point: "[The Cowboys] were not alone. Why do you think [Quinn] lasted until the 22nd pick? For a team like Cleveland that has no semblance of a quarterback on its roster, rolling the dice to sign Quinn made all the sense in the world. A year ago, before we knew what Romo could do, it would've made sense for Dallas to draft him." And a year later, it makes sense for Dallas to draft Spencer.
Filed under: Cowboys, NFC East, NFL Draft, NFL Rumors
Well, this is surprising:
There's an undeniable groundswell of anger that Jerry Jones didn't select Brady Quinn with the 22nd pick because there's a belief out there that the Cowboys still need a franchise quarterback.
Really? Are there Cowboys fans who are mad about this? Look, I know Tony Romo single-handedly lost the wild card game, but does anybody other than Charlie Weis think Brady Quinn would be an upgrade?
Maybe the Dallas Morning News's Jean-Jacques Taylor is just building a straw man here (Blogging the Boys seems wistful about Quinn but ultimately happy with how things worked out last weekend), or maybe there is some subset of Cowboys' fans who are legitimately upset over this. If so, I don't get it.
I have no real feelings on Quinn one way or the other. I don't care that he never won the big game, but that aside, there's no way he's better than Romo. Not in 2007, and probably not in 2008 or 2009. Is it worth wasting a draft pick that might not see the field for four years? Especially when the Cowboys were able to parlay that pick into a 2008 first-rounder? While still getting the guy they wanted in the first place (DE/OLB Anthony Spencer)?
Taylor makes a good point: "[The Cowboys] were not alone. Why do you think [Quinn] lasted until the 22nd pick? For a team like Cleveland that has no semblance of a quarterback on its roster, rolling the dice to sign Quinn made all the sense in the world. A year ago, before we knew what Romo could do, it would've made sense for Dallas to draft him." And a year later, it makes sense for Dallas to draft Spencer.
posted by The Gryphon at 12:27 PM
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