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**Dave Lane** · 07-21-2001, 11:02 AM

Ken,

You are missing several things here.

1) Trent Green has made progress over the years as a QB. This happens alot. Favre sucked when he got started in Green Bay and the list could go on ad naseum.

2) We got Green without having to suffer through what the Seahags will suffer through this year with a totally inexperianced QB.

3) Green is completely familiar with this offense. No learning curve for Buerline or Brister.

4) A #12 pick does not guarantee you a Pro Bowl caliber player. TG and DT were the exceptions. Granted you get a better shot at a good young rookie but I'd guess 80% of first rounders never make the Pro-Bowl or an impact in the league. Look at Hicks as a undrafted FA. Defensive players are MUCH easier to come by as a undrafted FA or through FA. Defenses can be built quickly while good offenses are quite rare. Hence a Pro-Bowl caliber QB has a major premium.

5) Most of the QBs you mentioned happened to develop into a better QB AFTER they took over at a team than before. Cunningham prehaps was the lone non-contributor. I think you could have had Vinny for a couple of boxtops and a bubblegum wrapper at several points in his career. Gannon was a journeyman at best and despite what Denise may think is nothing special. Green has that chance. He towers above all the other OK QB's in your list, record not withstanding. Wait till the season starts. Unless he gets his second injury he will prove me right.

07-21-2001, 11:02 AM	#14
Dave Lane Space Cadet and Aczabel Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Kanab, UT, USA Casino cash: $9333275 VARSITY	Green's worth Ken, You are missing several things here. 1) Trent Green has made progress over the years as a QB. This happens alot. Favre sucked when he got started in Green Bay and the list could go on ad naseum. 2) We got Green without having to suffer through what the Seahags will suffer through this year with a totally inexperianced QB. 3) Green is completely familiar with this offense. No learning curve for Buerline or Brister. 4) A #12 pick does not guarantee you a Pro Bowl caliber player. TG and DT were the exceptions. Granted you get a better shot at a good young rookie but I'd guess 80% of first rounders never make the Pro-Bowl or an impact in the league. Look at Hicks as a undrafted FA. Defensive players are MUCH easier to come by as a undrafted FA or through FA. Defenses can be built quickly while good offenses are quite rare. Hence a Pro-Bowl caliber QB has a major premium. 5) Most of the QBs you mentioned happened to develop into a better QB AFTER they took over at a team than before. Cunningham prehaps was the lone non-contributor. I think you could have had Vinny for a couple of boxtops and a bubblegum wrapper at several points in his career. Gannon was a journeyman at best and despite what Denise may think is nothing special. Green has that chance. He towers above all the other OK QB's in your list, record not withstanding. Wait till the season starts. Unless he gets his second injury he will prove me right. __________________ Thanks, Trump for the civics lesson. We are learning so much about RICO, espionage, sedition, impeachment, the 25th Amendment, order of succession, nepotism, separation of powers, 1st Amendment, obstruction of justice, the emoluments clause, conflicts of interest, collusion, sanctions, oligarchs, money laundering and so much more.
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