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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
Based on your way of thinking, these guys would have NEVER seen the field to PROVE that they are the talented guys they are.
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*Scratching my head*
Croyle has seen the field.
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The Saints, who needed a QB like I need oxygen, RELEASED Marc Bulger.
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I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
Talented players are routinely released in the NFL.
Why is this always seen as some knock on a player's ability to produce?
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David Garrard SAT behind a below average Byron Leftwich for years, as did Romo in Dallas.
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Yes, they did.
I'm going to ask you how to explain why Brady and Bulger were able to produce though after becoming starting QB's in their second season (like Croyle).
The real truth is all four QB's worked out because they had the requisite skills necessary to being starting QB's.
All Romo and Garrard were gifted with were roster spots.
They still had to go out and prove themselves.
And I'll be damned if after 6 starts they weren't both much more efficient than Croyle has been.
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And we've discussed ad nauseum around here that the Patriots have Mo Lewis to thank for their recent run of Lombardi Trophies. Had he not re-arranged Drew Bledsoe's internal organs, there's no telling when Brady sees the field.
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It's silly to isolate any one incident.
IF my aunt had been born with dangly parts she'd be my uncle.
The fact that Bledsoe got hurt didn't make Tom Brady into an All-World QB.
It gave him the opportunity, but again... It doesn't end there. Opportunity did not make Tom Brady.
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3 of the 4 guys listed had the benefit of spending years as a back up.
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Try 2 of the 4.
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Croyle got 1, and was thrown into the fire behind one of the worst lines in NFL history.
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Having a year and a half to learn an offense can't be categorized as being "thrown into the fire". In fact, he sat longer than both Brady and Bulger.