Jason Campbell is slightly above average

I've been snowed in since Friday afternoon, and on a long enough timeline it's inevitable that I'd make a list of my top 16 NFL quarterbacks. This was inspired by a discussion as to whether Jason Campbell was above average.

1. Peyton Manning
2. Tom Brady
3. Drew Brees
4. Aaron Rodgers
5. Philip Rivers
6. Brett Favre
7. Ben Roethlisberger
8. Tony Romo
9. Donovan McNabb
10. Eli Manning
11. Matt Schaub
12. Carson Palmer
13. Joe Flacco
14. Jay Cutler
15. Matt Ryan
16. Jason Campbell
17. David Garrard

Had Kurt Warner not retired he'd be #8.
So 32 teams, #16 and above constitutes above average. Everything I'm hearing is that Jason Campbell will be back, at least on a one year deal, so Washington could be doing a lot worse.

Mediocrity is mine!

As if Bills fans haven't suffered enough, the Bills play a home game tonight in Toronto, a city far too clean to be American. Ralph Wilson has done some positive things to keep the team in upstate New York over the years, but playing footsie with Toronto sets him up to be the next Modell. Or Stewie, with whom the resemblance is unmistakable.

The NFL is on the air tonight. Oh lord.

Now that the NFL preseason has begun and the regular season is just around the corner, I find myself able to think about little else. In fact, I've been replacing the lyrics to songs that I hear with lyrics that more accurately describe my excitement.

I want something to watch on TV tonight, oh lord.
I can't watch The Dark Knight - yet again - tonight, oh lord.
I'm watching my fifteenth preseason game tonight, oh lord, oh lord.

When you told me they don't count, I got a season pass.
I know I've got laundry to do, but I just can't get off of my ass.
But I know the reason why - nothings on
Except for season three of Mad Men
I don't even mind Campbell, even though he's an asshole
When oh when is it on again?

I want something to watch on TV tonight, oh lord.
I can't watch The Dark Knight - yet again - tonight, oh lord.
I'm watching my fifteenth preseason game tonight, oh lord, oh lord.

Well I remember
I remember, Tom Brady
How I could ever forget?
it was the first time, the last time, his ligament snapped.
But I know the reason why you're staying up
past 2:00 to watch this crap
to see if he's healthy
to help you in fantasy
It's a good thing I took a nap.

I want something to watch on TV tonight, oh lord.
I can't watch The Dark Knight - yet again - tonight, oh lord.
I'm watching my fifteenth preseason game tonight, oh lord, oh lord.

I want something to watch on TV tonight, oh lord.
I can't watch The Dark Knight - yet again - tonight, oh lord.
I'm watching my fifteenth preseason game tonight, oh lord, oh lord.

Emmitt: His Rice of Passage

I just found this on WalterFootball.com - a comprehensive collection of Emmitt Smith greatest nuggets of wisdom. Previously, the most recognized collection of Emmitt quotes was featured on the Jimmy Kimmel Show. I copied all the quotes from them, but put my own commentary.

The Greatest Hits

1. "Don't worry about the game you just won or the team that we just blew out... uhhh... blown... blown out... Let's think about what we need to do going forward, and they had... blown out." (The gold standard. PFT takes credit for this; he actually had it right with blew.)
   
   
2. "Defensively, they're solid. They have solid defenses." (This would make sense if he was planning an attack on the Death Star and not talking about a football team.)
   
   
3. "You hear Andy Reid going online and say, Donovan McNabb is my starting quarterback."
   
   
4. "Now the Colts are probably playing with more confidence than they ever have played since they been with the Indianapolis Colts."
   
   
5. "They need to right the score to get revenge." (You either right the ship or even the score.)
   
   
6. "This will get you completely blowed out." (This was came before the gold standard; criticism for use of a non-word made him hesitant.)
   
   
7. "They did a good job flying around the football field and carousing the football carrier." (Meant to say corralling.)
   
   
8. "Brady will put up monster numbers because he can throw."
   
   
9. "You cannot change the stripes of a leopard."
   
   
10. "The hill represent another rushing title this year for the season. For others watching this thing who've worked out on hills, this is a opportunity to build strength within." (I can picture an 87 year old grandmother saying this.)
    
    
11. "...Go to Arizona, sharp as a whistle, and do some finishing touches, so we can go down in the Super Bowl and play our best football of the whole entire season."
    
    
12. "The strength of the Patriots, their offense, got... DEBACLED."
    
    
13. "That can be a swing their way eventually. I just hate to be the team that they winned it against."

Grammatical Errors

1. "Wade [Phillips] inherit this success."
   
   
2. "My game-breaker go to Brett Favre."
   
   
3. "And when defense felt my will, it was a total different game then."
   
   
4. "The Packers don't has a running game."
   
   
5. "This team have not played confident football in three weeks."
   
   
6. "He gets the ball over to their third read than most quarterback can."
   
   
7. "Mike Martz have this offense rollin"
   
   
8. "The Pittsburgh Steelers are not as good as everyone think they are."
   
   
9. "He deserve to be coach of the year."
   
   
10. "He's gonna be the guy Tom Brady look for on third downs."
    
    
11. "It takes a coach who know how to communicate."
    
    
12. "He turn around and go deep on Dre' Bly"
    
    
13. "Brett Favre went into Dallas nine times and have a big goose egg."
    
    
14. "I love those style of play that the Tennessee Titans bring to the game."
    
    
15. "Let's see if he step up big today and play great for the Chargers."
    
    
16. "That offense does... do look good." (Thisclose to noun/verb agreement.)
    
    
17. "He just need a runnin game to help him."
    
    
18. "Giants has too many guys in the secondary banged up."
    
    
19. "All those things messes with the mentality of your ball club."
    
    
20. "I'm concerned about a guy who fall down before get hits."

Factual Errors

1. "Wes Worker is a possession receiver that make things happen." (He's the leading receiver in the NFL. How can you take about football for a living and not know his name?)
   
   
2. "Norv Turner have a lot of experience in the playoff." (Beside mixing verb tense and leaving the s off of playoffs, Turner was 1-1 in the playoffs with one playoff berth in 10 seasons when this was said.)
   
   
3. "I like the Eagles based on what I saw on Monday night." (Said in reference to a Sunday Night game.)
   
   
4. "Tom Brady is buyin' time for his lineman." (This would be funny if he was talking about Brady buying his O line Rolexes but of course it's just Emmitt confusing the noun and subject again.)
   
   
5. "Let's not judge the Giants until we're in the bottom half of the season... The bottom half of the schedule get much tougher."
   
   
6. "Reggie Bush is definitely effective. Just not tonight." (Said after a game in which Reggie Bush didn't play.)
   
   
7. "The NFC West is probably one of the weakest... CONFERENCES... in the whole NFC. These guys over here, you have the Cardinals, you have the 49ers, you have the Seahawks, and you also have the Rams..."
   
   
8. "Alex has a lot of growing up to do, and it's hard to grow up when you are learning three different offenses every year." (This sentence is grammtically correct and only an exaggeration, but the 49ers offensive coordinators year by year since the drafted Alex Smith: Mike McCarthy, Norv Turner, Jim Hostler, and Mike Martz. Martz is the only one who dramatically chaged the offense.)
   
   
9. (On the Super Bowl) "The loss tonight... And the loss today is gonna hurt for a long time."
   
   
10. (Attempting to quote Jimmy V "Don't give up. Don't ever give up.") "Don't quit. Don't ever quit."
    
    
11. "He was coming through line to make a move and got blind sided by Al Wi... Al Wi... Al Jackson." (Al Wilson has been out of the league since 2006, and there is no Al Jackson in the league. This was referring to a Broncos linebacker, D.J. Williams if I remember correctly.)

Pouporri

1. "T.O. just do not draw the double team." (I thought he do - oh no it's happening to me!)
   
   
2. "The leadership definitely have to come from the leaders." (Besides the obvious, does this guy ever get do/does right?)
   
   
3. "You have new offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator."
   
   
4. "If it slip in Week 1, it slip in Week 8."
   
   
5. "The percentages for teams that go into score before the first half is pretty high that they wins the game." (Sounds a little like Gollum here.)
   
   
6. "The one thing that derail a team is a thing called the injury bugs."
   
   
7. "They're gearing up to stop the run. They put eight men in the box. Eight men... sometimes nine." (Here he sounds like a six year old.)
   
   
8. "You have to have the personality to match up with the Patriots." (He probably meant personnel, or was trying to channel Jules Winnfield.)
   
   
9. "A reason they don't want to repeat what they did last year, they don't want to look really bad down the stretch."
   
   
10. "And then he come back and throw another pass and he drop it." (In this sentence he was unable to correctly use three consecutive words.)
    
    
11. "I'm going with the Pats ... they are an all-around good ball club." (In this game the Patriots were favored by 22, one of the largest point spreads ever.)
    
    
12. "Not only does he have the NFC East record for touchdowns, but also the team record."
    
    
13. "Last year there was a lot of things the Colts had to address. They couldn't stop the run... and all those... that was one of the biggest things they had to address."
    
    
14. "The Giants secondary really have to be physical with this guy."
    
    
15. "They started 6-2. Now, they're 6-3." (This makes me want to hear Emmitt do play by play.)
    
    
16. "He has a chance to correct those things once he come back outside." (He was talking about Mike Vick.)
    
    
17. "As my offense get better, my defense is goin be that much more better."

Gibberish

1. "Wade Phillips have not had time to insert this." (That's what she said.)
   
   
2. "The Jets can only be disrespected by every team in the league."
   
   
3. "What else can you say about a defense that get together?"
   
   
4. "The way you perform make them feel about you different."
   
   
5. "This team need to get in their mind."
   
   
6. "They can ride Adrian Peterson into the doggone playoff." (This is actually close to a line from Friday Night Lights, but obviously not uttered by a character who is supposed to be smart.)
   
   
7. "That would definitely be a slowed down."
   
   
8. "Eli Manning has been given the rice of passage."
   
   
9. "He's giving them all the confidences they need... he giving them the confidence that he need."
   
   
10. "Detroit Lions had our numbers." (Those numbers are 0 and 16.)
    
    
11. "He's goin change how the front office even think."
    
    
12. "When you are the single or the lone ranger, so to speak." (Putting so to speak on the end of this makes it much funnier.)
    
    
13. "When he get over the Texas line, something crazy happens in his head."
    
    
14. "I think it's his self-confidence in himself that make him so confident when it get down into the crunch time." (He also said my hair makes me hairy.)
    
    
15. "They both can return kicks and punt return guys."
    
    
16. "Why doesn't... don't the defensive players put their hands on Randy Moss? Don't back back." (It's like he's allergic to getting do/does correct.)
    

And he laterals the shoe to Rolle!

Ed Reed is literally catching everything right now. You've probably seen the stats: 10 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries, 335 return yards, and 3 touchdowns in his last 7 games (including his first playoff win). That's an average of about 2 turnovers a game each of which he returns 28 yards. If you're responsible for two turnovers that you return 28 yards a piece, 95% of the time you've made the two biggest plays of the game. And this was on a playoff run for a team that had zero wiggle room.

Riker to Ray Lewis's Picard, Reed faced a career threatening nerve injury in the offseason due to a crushing hit from Hines Ward. "Hopefully, I can get back, but health is more important right now," Reed said at the time to the Baltimore Sun. "It's a long season, and I feel like the team is going to need me more down the line than earlier and having to get hurt and can't play again." So Reed picked his spots to start the year, with only one pick in the first 10 games. Now he's clinched a spot in the Hall of Fame after only seven seasons, an amazing accomplishment for a defensive player. He's being mentioned in the same breath as Ronnie Lott among the all time greats at safety, although with the caveat that he needs a Super Bowl ring. Three more wins to go.

Teen Wolf in the news

In a move that sounds remarkably like an episode of Family Guy, Tampa DE Greg White has changed his names to Stylez G. White, a moniker in honor of the best friend (outside of his platonic friend Boof) of Michael J. Fox's character from the ridiculous 80s movie Teen Wolf. Which leads to an obvious question - is it more cool or less cool that he acknowledges that it's in honor of Teen Wolf. Had he not mentioned it, I would have assumed it was in honor of Furious Styles from Boyz n the Hood. Hmmm. I'm going to have to say it makes him less cool.

No amount of Old Spice swagger will make up for this

In what has vaulted past Tatum Bell stealing Rudi Johnson's bags and Brett Favre breaking down Packers' tendencies with the Lions as the NFL story of the year, Brian Urlacher's baby momma has accused him and his current girlfriend of painting his three year old son's toenails are putting him in pink Cinderella diapers.

Yeah. And you thought Michael Strahan's ex wife was a bitch. Well, maybe that's just how the most overrated linebacker in the NFL (yet only the second most overrated linebacker taken in the 2000 draft) was raised.

Kornheiser: "[noun] [verb] Brett Favre!"

I've been a fan of Tony Kornheiser's work ever since the nascent days of the Bandwagon in 1991. And I firmly believe that PTI is the best sports discussion show on television. But I can't take anymore of Kornheiser's insertion of Brett Favre or Tom Brady into every Monday Night Football broadcast, often times every drive. Last night Kornheiser mentioned Favre more than Aaron Rodgers and twice as much as Drew Brees in a game in which he wasn't playing. Keep in mind it was an NFC matchup, so Favre and the Jets were in no way pertinent to the teams actually playing.

I do give credit, however, to Kornheiser's ousting of Joe Theismann from the booth. Ron Jaworski is one of the best in the world at breaking down quarterback play on tape, and it's a joke that it's taken this long for him to get a spot in the booth. And Jaws has no trouble standing up to his benefactor: he finally got Kornheiser to stop the Favre references for a few minutes last night.

Kornheiser: Aaron Rodgers, every time he goes out, he competes against the other quarterback and he competes against Brett Favre. There is not only Drew Brees to worry about, there's Favre, too.

Jaworski: I think that is ridiculous. I think it is an absolutely ridiculous statement. When you are a quarterback, your focus is on your opponent.

Kornheiser: I don't mean consciously, I mean subconsciously.

Jaworski: I don't think so. You have to focus on what you have to do. He doesn't care what Drew Brees is doing, or Brett Favre. He's worried about his job.

Kornheiser: Well, thanks for ruining my... whole metaphor.

The greatest commercial ever

Brightening the affront to taste that was last night's MNF snoozer was the most spectacular commercial I've ever seen, a spectacular display of product placement that made me reconsider my decision to bypass Guitar Hero World Tour.

The showdown

Roy Williams (the one that wasn't on the Cowboys) has been traded to the Cowboys. Ed Werder is reporting

The trade would involve multiple draft picks but would not involve the Cowboys' first-round pick.

Adam Schefter, on the other hand, is reporting

The Lions have traded WR Roy Williams to the Cowboys for at least one first round pick.

So who is right (probably Schefter) and who is wrong (probably Werder)? I confirmed that Dallas only had one first round pick for next year. I think Williams is a fantastic player, but a first rounder for a guy you only have for 10 games and have to integrate in the passing game is a steep price.

Oakland puts the fun is dysfunctional

The Raiders are truly the laughingstock of professional sports. If there was any doubt a week ago, this latest episode removes all doubt. During Lane Kiffin's postgame press conference, Tim Kawakami referred to an incident where Al Davis's crony John Herrera reportedly distributed an ESPN article critical of Kiffin. Out of the back of the room Herrera yelled out "That's not true!" and Kiffin starts smiling ear to ear like he just cracked a case. It's only a matter of time until he drives around the parking lot dragging the team's three Super Bowl trophiesbehind his car, because he just can't get fired. After the press conference Herrera got all up in Kawakami's business accusing him of false reporting and smoking pot. Here's Kawakami's account, along with Lowell Cohn's. This could be the most unintentionally funny video since last year's Kevin Everett video.

This just showed up in my email

From: EDWARD HOCHULI
To: me
Sent: Frisday, September 19, 2008 9:46 AM
Subject: RE: keep your chin up

Thanks so much for your email. I will learn from this mistake and move on, but this one will live with me for a long, long time.

Ed Hochuli

---

From: me
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 1:02 PM
To: EDWARD HOCHULI
Subject: keep your chin up

Feel better big guy.

I'm convinced Vince Young is gay

With the Vince Young shenanigans of this week as context, I'm convinced Vince Young is gay. Contributing to my opinion is the fact that he seems to enjoy slamming shots with topless men is some type of disco.

I mean what is wrong with this picture (made public this past offseason)? I know: no women present. Now there's not anything wrong with being gay, or being a gay quarterback, but I have to imagine the pressure on you would border on the ridiculous.

They can call it The Motherlands

The frontrunner for naming rights for the Giants and Jets new stadium is Munich based insurance company Allianz. Although ending it's name with a Z may be very 21st century, the company has been around since 1890 and provided insurance to Auschwitz under Hitler. It's CEO at the time was in Hitler's cabinet. If they're considering Allianz, I'd hate to see the companies they rejected.

Moses comes down off the mountain

Commissioner and sexy beast Roger Goodell is conducting a web chat tomorrow on NFL.com, so I put some thought into it and came up with this whopper of a question.

One of the hot button issues this past offseason is the length of the preseason and the fact that preseason tickets cost as much as regular season tickets. What I don't understand is why teams don't just raise the price of regular season tickets and make preseason tickets cheaper. The practical advantage is that season ticket holders would have an easier time recouping their costs without selling regular season tickets at a premium. Could this upset the relationship between broker sites such as Razor Gator and Stub Hub and the teams with which they are partnered?

Yoko Romo

Props to Profootballtalk on this one.

Six pack of questions - week 1

I'm going to experiment with different wrap ups this year, because my MMFMQB format of last year was so difficult to maintain. I'm going with the ESPN six pack format this year until I don't, hopefully I'll nab a sponsorship from any beer company, alcoholic, non-alcoholic, or root.

1) The Steelers are the favorite to win the Super Bowl. True
The Chargers, Jaguars, and Colts all lost, while the Steelers dominated a healthy Texans team. Of all my predictions, I'd like to take back the Texans going 11-5, (I still think they're winning 9 or 10 games) but that's a quality team the Steelers rolled, and LaMarr Woodley looks like the latest stud elephant developed by the Steelers machine.

2) The Patriots are done. False
In 2001, the Patriots were coming off a 5-11 season when they lost their leading passer (Drew Bledsoe) and one of their leading tacklers (Ted Johnson) to injuries, and suspended their leading receiver (Terry Glenn). How soon everyone forgets. Coming off a 16-0 season and playing one of the weakest schedules in the NFL, it's not hard to see them making the playoffs. Take a look at their schedule and pick out six losses. At San Diego, at Indy, Pittsburgh, maybe a split with the Jets, and then? Denver? At Seattle? A split with Buffalo? And can you assume a loss at Indy or San Diego? They still look like a 10-6 team to me, at worse.

3) The Detroit Lions are the worst team in the NFL. True
The 2008 Detroit Lions look like Matt Millen's masterpiece. They've got two stud receivers and not another player who could start for more than 10 teams. The Falcons rushed for 318 yards yesterday after rushing for 1520 yards all of last season. Here's a stat for you: Matt Ryan hadn't had a game without an interception since 10/6/07 against Bowling Green! He threw a pick against Notre Dame last year! Two against Maryland! If you've got guys going against the Lions this year in fantasy, start them. Aaron Rodgers vs. Detroit or Peyton Manning vs. Jacksonville? Start Rodgers.

4) The Eagles are going back to the NFC Championship Game. False
The Eagles absolutely dismantled the Rams, and I am clearly a believer that they'll go to the playoffs, maybe even win a game. But there is just too much depth in the NFC this year. Carolina looks like they'll be in it all year, Dallas is still the favorite, and we still haven't had a look at Minnesota and Green Bay. Finally, I may have been very wrong about Chicago.

5) The Tennessee Titans are better off with Kerry Collins at QB. True
Vince Young reportedly tried to take himself out of the game yesterday, and "Fisher seemed to all but throw Young back onto the field." Young averaged 5 yards an attempt yesterday, Collins 32.5. The two starting quarterbacks in maybe the greatest bowl game of all time both look like busts entering their third season.

6) Matt Ryan will win Offensive Rookie of the Year. False
Matty Ice looked great against the ole defense employed by the Lions, but tougher days are ahead and quarterbacks rarely win the award - twice since 1971, although both times in the last four years. Matt Forte and Desean Jackson firmly established themselves as contenders, McFadden starts his career tonight, and Jonathan Stewart averaged over five yards a carry. I still feel OK about picking Stewart, but Matt Forte must look like this when he thinks about taking on the Lions defense twice this season.

How excited am I about the NFL season?

As excited as this guy.

Your 2008 NFL season predictions

You hear ESPN and NFL Network talking heads predicting no worse than a six-win season for any team, but of course it can't work out that way. Which is why I've predicted every NFL game this season to make sure these are plausible predictions. If you think any record seems unseemly, please check the schedules and tell me where the wins or losses are going to come from.

NFC East
Dallas Cowboys 13-3
Philadelphia Eagles 12-4
Washington Redskins 8-8
New York Giants 6-10

NFC North
Minnesota Vikings 13-3
Green Bay Packers 12-4
Detroit Lions 5-11
Chicago Bears 2-14

NFC South
Carolina Panthers 10-6
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9-7
New Orleans Saints 6-10
Atlanta Falcons 2-14

NFC West
Seattle Seahawks 11-5
San Francisco 49ers 8-8
Arizona Cardinals 5-11
St. Louis Rams 3-13

AFC East
New England Patriots 14-2
New York Jets 8-8
Buffalo Bills 6-10
Miami Dolphins 5-11

AFC North
Pittsburgh Steelers 9-7
Baltimore Ravens 6-10
Cleveland Browns 5-11
Cincinnati Bengals 2-14

AFC South
Jacksonville Jaguars 13-3
Indianapolis Colts 12-4
Houston Texans 11-5
Tennessee Titans 11-5

AFC South
San Diego Chargers 12-4
Denver Broncos 9-7
Kansas City Chiefs 5-11
Oakland Raiders 3-13

NFC Playoff seeds
Minnesota Vikings 13-3 (12-0 in conference)
Dallas Cowboys 13-3 (9-3 in conference)
Seattle Seahawks 11-5
Carolina Panthers 10-6
Green Bay Packers 12-4 (9-3 in conference)
Philadelphia Eagles 12-4 (8-4 in conference)

AFC Playoff seeds
New England Patriots 14-2
Jacksonville Jaguars 13-3
San Diego Chargers 12-4
Pittsburgh Steelers 9-7
Indianapolis Colts 12-4
Houston Texans 11-5 (2-0 against the Titans)

Take a look a the gnarly AFC South. It was a fantastic division last year, and this year, as long as Manning is healthy, I can't see any of the teams taking much of a step back. The AFC North looks mediocre by their records, but their schedules are so absurdly hard. I don't know if any team could win more than 10 games playing the AFC South and the NFC North. Their might be some objections to the Giants going 6-10, but they've lost their two best players in Strahan and Umenyiora. The Jets take a step forward with the acquisition of Favre, but there's just too much depth in the AFC South.

Wild Card Weekend
Eagles over Seahawks, Packers over Panthers
Chargers over Texans, Colts over Steelers

Second round
Vikings over Eagles, Cowboys over Packers
Patriots over Colts, Jaguars over Chargers

Championship Games
Patriots over Jaguars, Cowboys over Vikings

Super Bowl
Patriots over Cowboys

Major Awards
Super Bowl MVP: Tom Brady
NFL MVP: Tom Brady
Defensive MVP: Jared Allen
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Jonathan Stewart
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Leodis McKelvin
Coach of the Year: Gary Kubiak

I picked the games week by week instead of going by each teams schedule so it was easier not to have different teams win the same game. Here's my picks for the entire season. A "1" denotes a win, and I used the Excel summation function for the tallies.

Arizona Cardinals					1				1	1		1		1				5	11
Atlanta Falcons										1							1	2	14
Baltimore Ravens			1				1	1			1		1	1				6	10
Buffalo Bills			1	1					1		1			1	1			6	10
Carolina Panthers		1		1	1	1	1	1			1	1		1	1			10	6
Chicago Bears						1			1									2	14
Cincinnati Bengals	1																1	2	14
Cleveland Browns				1		1			1	1						1		5	11
Dallas Cowboys	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1	1	1	1	1		13	3
Denver Broncos	1	1	1	1					1		1	1		1		1		9	7
Detroit Lions	1				1			1				1				1		5	11
Green Bay Packers		1		1	1	1	1		1		1	1	1	1		1	1	12	4
Houston Texans		1	1			1	1			1	1	1	1		1	1	1	11	5
Indianapolis Colts	1	1			1	1		1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1		12	4
Jacksonville Jaguars	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1		1		1	1		1	13	3
Kansas City Chiefs		1	1								1	1				1		5	11
Miami Dolphins		1						1			1				1		1	5	11
Minnesota Vikings	1		1		1	1	1		1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	13	3
New England Patriots	1	1	1		1		1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	14	2
New Orleans Saints		1		1		1								1	1		1	6	10
New York Giants	1		1				1		1					1		1		6	10
New York Jets	1		1	1		1	1	1		1			1					8	8
Oakland Raiders									1	1			1					3	13
Philadelphia Eagles	1		1	1	1	1		1		1	1	1	1		1		1	12	4
Pittsburgh Steelers	1	1		1			1	1			1	1			1		1	9	7
St. Louis Rams		1										1	1					3	13
San Diego Chargers	1			1	1	1	1	1		1			1	1	1	1	1	12	4
San Francisco 49ers	1		1					1			1		1	1		1	1	8	8
Seattle Seahawks	1	1	1		1				1	1	1	1			1	1	1	11	5
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1	1	1		1		1		1				1		1		1	9	7
Tennessee Titans		1		1	1		1			1	1	1	1	1		1	1	11	5
Washington Redskins			1			1	1		1		1		1		1	1		8	8

Osaka vs Canton

Six years ago to the day that Steve Spurrier made his preseason NFL coaching debut in a 38-7 trouncing of the 49ers, the Redskins unveiled Jim Zorn's offense last night in the Hall of Fame game. No quarterback threw more than one incompletion in the 30-16 win, but the Colts outgained Washington by 55 yards. But this blog entry is about comparing the quarterbacks' performances.

Sage Rosenfels: 10/20, 172 yards, 2 TDs, 1 Int
Danny Wuerffel: 16/25, 269 yards, 3 TDs
Spurrier's QBs: 26/45, 441 yards, 5 TDs, 1 Int, 129.4 passer rating

Jason Campbell: 5/5, 61 yards, 1 TD
Todd Collins: 5/6, 32 yards
Colt Brennan: 9/10. 123 yards, 2 TDs
Derek Devine: 0/1
Zorn's QBs: 19/22, 216 yards, 3 TDs, 147.2 passer rating