Is Brady Quinn Being Selfish By Holding Out?

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Originally Posted by jdlea

I understand your argument here and I think Smith probably should have gone a little bitter higher than he did, but while you compare Quinn to Leaf. Troy Smith reminds a whole hell of a lot of Eric Crouch. Smith is hands down a better passer, but he's got to get out of the pocket to do that well at this level.

You also referred to ND's schedule as cupcakes...I agree, but I would contend that Michigan was the only real test OSU faced until they got destroyed by Florida. The SEC comes as close to pro ball speed as any conference in college football and the cream of the crop of that group make Troy Smith look like a JV quarterback. I think that's the major indictment of the kid.

The SEC can make ANY QB look bad.

Truth is, a good evaluator would have had Quinn locked as the number one QB on his draft board prior to the Sugar Bowl. LSU was easily a top three team in the nation, possibly even the team with the most talent, and they were pretty significantly more talented at ND. It's very frusterating to think that the majority of NFL analysts couldn't look at the game for what it was; two teams of uneven talent playing a "big game", in which the outcome was nearly predetermined. Instead it became an indictment on Brady Quinn, because for some bizarre reason, he was expected to win that game.

But I guess theres a reason why the same bad teams tend to stay bad year after year in the NFL while the same half of the league goes deep into the playoffs every season, Saints excepted.