Again, I go back to Ryan Mallett. He only dressed out 1 game. He never took a snap. And I am basing Stanzi off of being told early he would not play his rookie season.

It makes it hard to be patient when you see Newton and Dalton have success, and Ponder, Gabbert, Locker, and even Yates get quality playing time. But I still think when the dust settles on this QB class that Mallett and Stanzi will have a chance to be ranked at the top of the class. And neither of them saw the playing field their first year.

Mythical, you say?

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Poppycock, most of his starts were after Romeo was fired. Both seasons he started games, he ended up on IR. IMO his linebacker build is an impediment. He created his own chances, and was equally swift in snuffing them out. Once Romeo was fired, he couldn't beat out Derek Anderson, who after his one good season was historically bad. He got another chance when Derek stunk it up in the 3rd game. Quinn was Mangini's guy from that point, but didn't prove himself. With Mangini coming back the next year, Quinn was traded for a little known fullback and a late round pick.

Not at all. Tebow has this unfathomable fan love that drove the Broncos to play him once they hit the eject button on Orton. The guy is a gamer to be sure, but a better QB than Quinn? Not a chance.

And even saying that, Tebow has won a playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The NFL is bizarro world sometimes.

I've always been realistic about the expectations of a 5th round pick.

But what really strikes me is that when you look at his scouting report, it's actually really hard to find any kind of fatal flaw. He's above average on pretty much everything you want out of a QB. Not elite on any one thing, but very good at most things.

So I don't know. I know he's a big long shot, but I've been scratching my head for a while figuring out why he fell as low as he did.

Ah, the little known Flying Stanzibovine. Impressive.

You know what bovines are? Never mind. Clearly you don't.

It's a pig that turns into a cow after it mates with a Stanzi, n00b.

Those Cleveland teams were complete ass. Outside of Kellen Winslow II, who else did he have to throw to?

But you are correct in saying he played when Mangini was there. I had that wrong.

SNR touched on this a bit, but our 3rd string scrubs last oreseason were worse than our opponents 3rd string scrubs, most notably on the O-Line.

In his limited snaps in the preseason, he spent the majority of his time running for his life.

He did show some real moxie and toughness in those situations.

In his only appearence with the second team, he was calm and collected in the pocket and lead the Chiefs to a TD with efficiency and poise, making at least two passes that neither Cassel or Palko could even dream of making.

Granted, it's only preseason, and there's a lot of preseason pro bowlers that never amount to anything when the real bullits fly, but in that one series, we did get a glimpse of what his potential may be.

It's like Huard/Croyle all over again.

This was from Pioli if I recall correctly. Told Haley he couldn't play him unless Palko broke, RAC didn't play him either as you noticed. I still have no idea why.