Comments on: Poor Brady Quinn

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:47:25 +0000

Quinn has the 3rd worst QB rating since 2008, yeah. Something that might be applicable to your point is the fact that Anderson has the absolute worst rating since 2008. Quinn’s been bad THIS year, Anderson has been bad for both this and last.

By: Cleveland Frowns

Cleveland Frowns — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:59:00 +0000

Nice work. You too, MJenks.

Another thing that has to be considered is the $11M incentive payment that Quinn stands to lose if he doesn’t take 70% of the snaps this season. It looks like he might have been playing not to lose that $11M. On one hand, who can blame him, and who out there wouldn’t have been affected by such a contingency, at least subconsciously. On another, if true, what an a$$ for putting his $11M above the team, and good riddance.

By: MJenks

MJenks — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:46:39 +0000

Even though Samardzija was the one who got all the hype, it was Walker who really made Quinn what he was. He had excellent hands, ran his routes, and was able to pass block and get out for the check-down.

I guess I didn’t read this here blog back when he was still in college. Gross incompetence on my part. Hell, it took me a year to find you guys AFTER you switched out from Blogger. Sheesh.

As for the Quinn hype…yeah, it got dialed up after Cholly’s first season, mostly because Quinn didn’t look completely at a loss like he did his first two years. And while I liked him well enough, I saw what he was–a good college quarterback who would struggle in the NFL.

By: Phillips

Phillips — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:30:14 +0000

MJ,
Fair enough, it should read “all the Notre Dame fans I know” were talking him up to be a franchise quarterback since he was a freshman. But, you are right that the Quinn hype didn’t really go overboard until he was a junior.

And you’re spot-on correct about his receivers. I’ve always said that (even on this here blog back when Quinn was in college).

By: MJenks

MJenks — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:43:12 +0000

And, actually, ND fans didn’t talk him up as a “franchise” quarterback since he was a freshman. When he arrived on campus, the other quarterback he had to compete against was Pat Dillingham, who was a walk-on given a scholarship. Pretty much, at that point, ND fans wanted someone–anyone–who could throw the ball. This was after Davie had pretty much run the gamut of anyone on the team that didn’t have a noodlearm. Such names as Arnez Battle, Matt Lovecchio, Carlyse Holliday, Gary Godsey and Dillingham aren’t exactly names that rank up there with the Four Horseman.

By: MJenks

MJenks — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:37:21 +0000

The thing about Quinn was always his accuracy. I remember watching him his last two years, and his accuracy was always a step off. Jeff Samardzija, Mo Stovall, Darius Walker, John Carlson and Anthony Fasano all made Quinn look better than he actually was because they would adjust to his throws. Walker was always pulling balls off his hip because Brady threw behind him. There was plenty of praise thrown to the receivers and tight ends and all, but they are the ones that made Quinn look sensational, not the other way around.

Especially now, watching Ji-Ji-Jimmy, you can see a huge difference between the accuracy of the quarterbacks. Clausen at least hits guys in stride. Quinn’s receivers (especially Samardzija) always had to make acrobatic catches because of where Quinn placed the ball.

In other words, I’m not surprised by his lack of NFL success. If he doesn’t have talented receivers to make him look better, then he’s…well…exactly what you see before you in Cleveland.