IT'S UP TO YOU, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Deejay dude's playing Sinatra's "New York, New York", which means either that the Yankee game just ended (they lost again ?!?) or the Giants are on the clock.
I was thinking about Brady on the brain. BQQB is a little like the gridiron Britney, and I'm as guilty as anyone for helping that situation manifest itself. Basically, I've been spending most of the day talking about a quarterback who hasn't even been selected yet. That's part of the curse of Quinn. He just attracts attention, and perhaps that makes some teams shy away from him.
Quarterback's also a position in which you either need a player or you don't. You don't pick a QB in the first round unless you intend him to start, and soon, and the teams who fit that profile (Oakland, Cleveland, Minnesota, Miami) decided to go another way. Three went the safer route.
I do know that BQQB is going home tonight a lot less wealthy than he thought he'd be. And that his dropping so far in the draft will indirectly affect Notre Dame's recruiting in the coming months. Hey, if you're King Stud QB couldn't go in the top 20 picks, how good, really, is your overall talent?
I've just got one word for everyone who says that they are not surprised that Quinn has yet to be selected: Where were you yesterday? Did anyone see a mock draft--even one--in which Quinn was not a top ten pick? And now suddenly no one's shocked? Interesting.
Don't put too much credence in draft day expertise. I remember a year ago when dolts such as you and I were verklempt at how Houston could fail to select either Reggie Bush or Vince Young, but all the experts assured us that real NFL minds understand the importance of a great defensive end. Hey, so do we. But is Mario Williams a GREAT defensive end? No.
So I'm not too concerned when the draftniks say that Quinn isn't a high first-rounder. I saw what he did in actual games (someone wanna pop in the tape of the fourth quarter at Michigan State) under far more pressure than anyone except Russell could appreciate at the college level. And he seemed to do okay.
In the NBC studio we have backstage here, I just visited with Andrea Kremer. We both are intrigued, looking ahead at the next few picks, by who could possibly select Quinn among the remaining first-round teams.
Breaking News: Dallas has traded its pick, Cleveland is on the clock.
There goes Brady, at No. 22. Well, I'm still simply supposing, but why else would Cleveland trade up for the pick?
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I was at that Michigan State game. It was cold, wet , and yet so happy to be part of the excitement in that fourth quarter. The nicest group of ND fans befriended me under the stadium stairs for cover. Text messages were flying back and forth to get the time remaining on the clock since we couldn't see. Our eyes were focused on the game. Quinn was our hero that evening.
Where are all those ND fans who chastised you when you wrote that ND didn't belong in a bowl game, the game where Brady's stock fell badly. Yet, I believe Brady will show those other teams that passed on him in the draft, what a huge mistake they made. Can't wait to see how all this plays out.