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HemiEd 10-11-2012 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by rico (Post 9000897)
I informed him of some of the non-boring shit about the franchise and the whole Elvis Grbac: People Magazine's Sexiest Athlete (because they had him confused with Rich Gannon) was what officially sold him. He thought it was one of the funniest stories he'd ever heard and it was and still is hilarious to this day, IMO. "
This is the first I had heard of this. I remember saying at the time, WTF? Grbac?

Deberg_1990 10-11-2012 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by memyselfI (Post 9000975)
Except that the People article was a mistake. They liked the name Elvis Grbac but thought they were getting Rich Gannon. True story.
Is this just a CP urban myth or the truth? Link please....

rico 10-11-2012 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 9001109)
Is this just a CP urban myth or the truth? Link please....
It's true. I've been studying all night and am too tired to link it, but it is true...

OctoberFart 10-11-2012 12:37 PM
Marty cost the QUEEEFS an AFC Championship game appearence and probably SB by sitting Gannon over Grbac.

Predarat 10-11-2012 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by AutumnWind (Post 9001989)
Marty cost the QUEEEFS an AFC Championship game appearence and probably SB by sitting Gannon over Grbac.
Yes it still pisses me off.

Brock 10-11-2012 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 9001109)
Is this just a CP urban myth or the truth? Link please....
http://deadspin.com/5302475/the-sad-...-athlete-alive

Easy 6 10-11-2012 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Bo's Pelini (Post 9000457)
Gannon sucked Cassel off the whole off season **** him
Thats just the usual Quarterback Fraternity BS, imo.

Warner was doing the same thing, but they know better.

siberian khatru 10-11-2012 02:04 PM
Man, I do NOT need to relive the Grbac years.

qabbaan 10-11-2012 02:04 PM
Gannon was a dink and dunker with some mobility, he was probably the biggest system-made QB ever in Oakland. I don't think anyone felt like he was going to beat them with his arm. His MVP might have been statistically justified and he might have represented a highwater mark for QBing in Oakland for decades, but that is a low standard.

This was a case of "if you think you have two QBs you really have none"

Saul Good 10-11-2012 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Brock (Post 9002251)
Irish Jayhawk with the quote on that article. It even includes a Carl reference.

Chiefspants 10-11-2012 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by qabbaan (Post 9002272)
Gannon was a dink and dunker with some mobility, he was probably the biggest system-made QB ever in Oakland. I don't think anyone felt like he was going to beat them with his arm. His MVP might have been statistically justified and he might have represented a highwater mark for QBing in Oakland for decades, but that is a low standard.

This was a case of "if you think you have two QBs you really have none"
Stats and Ability be damned, Grbac was anti-clutch, a quitter, and possessed no fire for the game.

Gannon, on the other hand, lacked the physical capabilities of traditional star quarterbacks, but almost always possessed an ability to come through when it mattered most.

memyselfI 10-11-2012 02:09 PM
http://www.jeffpearlman.com/elic-grbac-not-so-sexy/

qabbaan 10-11-2012 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Chiefspants (Post 9002285)
Stats and Ability be damned, Grbac was anti-clutch, a quitter, and possessed no fire for the game.

Gannon, on the other hand, lacked the physical capabilities of traditional star quarterbacks, but almost always possessed an ability to come through when it mattered most.
Grbac should not have been starting but Gannon is the most overrated QB ever.

htismaqe 10-11-2012 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Chiefspants (Post 9002285)
Stats and Ability be damned, Grbac was anti-clutch, a quitter, and possessed no fire for the game.

Gannon, on the other hand, lacked the physical capabilities of traditional star quarterbacks, but almost always possessed an ability to come through when it mattered most.
Yeah, he was SO clutch in 1998.

He started 10 games and they SUCKED.

whoman69 10-11-2012 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Chiefspants (Post 9000678)
What's often forgotten is that Gannon put up fairly pedestrian numbers during the 1997 season, I think the major difference was that, unlike Grbac, he wasn't a freaking quitter.
His stats are nearly identical to Grbac. Here are their stats with Grbac first. Completions 57-56%. TD% 3.5-4.0. INT% 1.9-2.3. YPA 6.2-6.5. Rate 79.1-79.8. Grbac was throwing the ball more.


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