Quote's been used as a noun for something like 120 years last I checked.
Not arguing, just saying...

If you're going to bother correcting someone...
A little fact-checking might help.
Just sayin...

I also think the first sentence of this thread is funny.

Why did you think the Thigpen support would be more than it is, Mecca? Is it because he played well enough to where even you would be able to understand if people on this board were supporters of him going into next year as QB?

This is my last response on this.

I was giving you the business because of the *sigh* bullshit that you like to do in your posts. That's all.

I explained the quote/quotation thing, and I'm correct. On this subject, there's no one more qualified on this forum. More qualified than the first Google entry. Read my full explanation. Now, drop it. Let's talk about more important things. Like people who think QB's are like rimjobs.

Because during the course of the season we had people comparing him to ****ing John Elway.

Ok you are going to have to post names so we can all point and laugh at them

You don't remember the "Thigpen compares favorably to" posts?

This has been a running joke amongst several of us.

this is obligatory

That's the thing, it's very unlikely that you can have your cake and eat it too.

Say we draft Sanchez. I don't think anyone has a problem with him sitting for at least the 1st half of 09, if not the whole year.

But by doing that, it mean that either:

a) You have to bring in a veteran to run your pro style offense, or

b) Thigpen has to be proficient enough to warrant playing while Sanchez sits.

You're not going to draft a QB at 3, and pay him that money to sit and learn an offense you're not planning to use him in. You can't have him sitting on the bench learning a real offense, while the rest of the team is running the Pistol, because that's the only thing Thigpen can run.

Otherwise, option c) is to start Sanchez right away.

After what we all saw early in 2008, I have a hard time believing that anyone thinks that b) is an option. There's no way that in one offseason, Thigpen can get to a level of proficiency in a pro style offense that either Sanchez or a veteran already have.

So like I said, something has to give.

Vaguely but I have hard time remembering what happened last week.

So I take it they said Thigpen numbers in his "rookie" season = Elway's numbers?'

Rep

I think it's impossible to know. He didn't get any work last offseason, so it will be interesting to see how much he improves his dropback game this offseason.

I don't think Scott Pioli will settle for Tyler Thigpen after he saw what Tom Brady can do.

That he "compares favorably" to every ****ing HOF quarterback who has ever walked the face of the earth.

Elway, Marino, Manning, Brady. You name it.

He also saw what Matt Cassell can do, which was pretty similar to what Tom Brady was doing.

Pretty good system with other great players.

I agree, it's impossible to KNOW.

However, I'd be shocked if you didn't agree that it's a pretty fair assumption that a 7th round pick out of Coastal Carolina who knows nothing but the spread - with ONE offseason of prep-time - is going to be anywhere near as proficient in an offense that a veteran or Stafford/Sanchez have been running for their entire football careers.