A Casual Look at the QB Class of '03

[DallasEast]

• Carson Palmer (USC/#1 overall pick) Cincinnati Bengals. A great quarterback, who was a potential Super Bowl winning one in only his third season in the league (and second season as a starter)—until a (you guessed it) Steeler tore up his knee…
• Byron Leftwich (Marshall/7th overall pick) Jacksonville Jaguars. He rubbed Coach Jack Del Rio the wrong way one time too many. He may soon be fighting for the starting position against Atlanta’s Joey Harrington. That’s Joey Harrington. Can his career go any lower right now?
• Kyle Boller (California/19th overall pick) Baltimore Ravens. Offensive ‘guru’ Brian Billick’s ego tried to remake him into a super field general. Experiment failed.
• Rex Grossman (Florida/22nd overall pick) Chicago Bears. If he had taken notes from Trent Dilfer for tips on protecting the ball and allowing the defense to win the championship for you, it still wouldn’t have helped him.
• Dave Ragone (Louisville/3rd round pick) Houston Texans. Poor guy. Never had a chance behind Dave Carr, who was finally replaced by a backup. He didn’t make any headway on the Rams’ depth chart. He worked out for the quarterback starved Browns last year, didn’t make the team and is currently out of the league.
• Chris Simms (Texas/3rd round pick) Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Being the son of a Super Bowl winning quarterback hasn’t helped him any. Neither has injuries… or surgery complications… or Jeff Garcia…
• Seneca Wallace (Iowa State/4th round pick) Seattle Seahawks. Good backup who is still chasing Doug Flutie’s dream of being a short, starting quarterback in the NFL.
• Brian St. Pierre (Boston College/5th round pick) Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers wanted him. Kept him for a couple of seasons. Cut him. The Ravens wanted him. Kept him for a year. Cut him. Ben Roethlisberger’s appendix was killing him, so the Steelers signed as an emergency quarterback. He’s still buried on the Steelers’ depth chart… for now…
• Drew Henson (Michigan/6th round pick) Houston Texans. Marco? Polo?
• Brooks Bollinger (Wisconsin/6th round pick) New York Jets. Currently buried on the depth charts behind ’06 second round pick Tarvaris Jackson and undrafted Kelly Holcomb.
• Kliff Kingsbury (Texas Tech/6th round pick) New England Patriots. Think Bollinger has it bad? Try being buried on the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback depth chart.
• Gibran Hamdan (Indiana/7th round pick) Washington Commanders. Career highlight: NFL Europe Offensive MVP 2006. Career lowlights: out of pro football in ’04 and ’05. Bounced around with the Commanders, 49ers and Seahawks. NFL.com has his bio and picture for the Dolphins, but Miami’s official site doesn’t have him listed anywhere.
• Ken Dorsey (Miami, FL/7th round pick) San Francisco 49ers. He’s a Cleveland Brown now, backing up current backup Brady Quinn.

Undrafted Tony Romo..?

Pro Bowl quarterback who benched a previous #1 drafted overall pick (Bledsoe), who’s hated immensely by CowboyBlog, but loved to death by CrazyCowboy.

Life is good.

 

[Crown Royal]

Great thread.

 

[superpunk]

Bollinger was in the game yesterday for Jackson.

/irrelevent observations.

Nice research.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Pro Bowl quarterback who benched a previous #1 drafted overall pick (Bledsoe), who’s hated immensely by CowboyBlog, but loved to death by CrazyCowboy.

^
:laugh2:

 

[J-DOG]

Amazing to think that we have the 2nd best qb out of that draft class.
I really think Parcells was able to bring Romo along slowly like they did back in the day, because he was an undrafted FA.
If you sign a qb high in the draft there is a lot of pressure to play them right away because of media and fan pressure. Not to mention salary cap being in place today.
Most qb's do not last or have great careers if they play a lot in thier rookie seasons. Most are not mentally tough enough to survive it.
Marino and Aikman are guys who immediately jump to mind as qb's that were mentally tough enough.
Aikman really took a beating...amazing that he weathered that!

 

[Angus]

Amazing to think that we have the 2nd best qb out of that draft class.
I really think Parcells was able to bring Romo along slowly like they did back in the day, because he was an undrafted FA.
If you sign a qb high in the draft there is a lot of pressure to play them right away because of media and fan pressure. Not to mention salary cap being in place today.
Most qb's do not last or have great careers if they play a lot in thier rookie seasons. Most are not mentally tough enough to survive it.
Marino and Aikman are guys who immediately jump to mind as qb's that were mentally tough enough.
Aikman really took a beating...amazing that he weathered that!

Second best?

 

[VACowboy]

Good stuff, CC.

Is there a better QB than Romo in the NFC? Brees? Bulger? I'll take Tony.

 

[CowboyBlog]

• Carson Palmer (USC/#1 overall pick) Cincinnati Bengals. A great quarterback, who was a potential Super Bowl winning one in only his third season in the league (and second season as a starter)—until a (you guessed it) Steeler tore up his knee…
• Byron Leftwich (Marshall/7th overall pick) Jacksonville Jaguars. He rubbed Coach Jack Del Rio the wrong way one time too many. He may soon be fighting for the starting position against Atlanta’s Joey Harrington. That’s Joey Harrington. Can his career go any lower right now?
• Kyle Boller (California/19th overall pick) Baltimore Ravens. Offensive ‘guru’ Brian Billick’s ego tried to remake him into a super field general. Experiment failed.
• Rex Grossman (Florida/22nd overall pick) Chicago Bears. If he had taken notes from Trent Dilfer for tips on protecting the ball and allowing the defense to win the championship for you, it still wouldn’t have helped him.
• Dave Ragone (Louisville/3rd round pick) Houston Texans. Poor guy. Never had a chance behind Dave Carr, who was finally replaced by a backup. He didn’t make any headway on the Rams’ depth chart. He worked out for the quarterback starved Browns last year, didn’t make the team and is currently out of the league.
• Chris Simms (Texas/3rd round pick) Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Being the son of a Super Bowl winning quarterback hasn’t helped him any. Neither has injuries… or surgery complications… or Jeff Garcia…
• Seneca Wallace (Iowa State/4th round pick) Seattle Seahawks. Good backup who is still chasing Doug Flutie’s dream of being a short, starting quarterback in the NFL.
• Brian St. Pierre (Boston College/5th round pick) Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers wanted him. Kept him for a couple of seasons. Cut him. The Ravens wanted him. Kept him for a year. Cut him. Ben Roethlisberger’s appendix was killing him, so the Steelers signed as an emergency quarterback. He’s still buried on the Steelers’ depth chart… for now…
• Drew Henson (Michigan/6th round pick) Houston Texans. Marco? Polo?
• Brooks Bollinger (Wisconsin/6th round pick) New York Jets. Currently buried on the depth charts behind ’06 second round pick Tarvaris Jackson and undrafted Kelly Holcomb.
• Kliff Kingsbury (Texas Tech/6th round pick) New England Patriots. Think Bollinger has it bad? Try being buried on the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback depth chart.
• Gibran Hamdan (Indiana/7th round pick) Washington Commanders. Career highlight: NFL Europe Offensive MVP 2006. Career lowlights: out of pro football in ’04 and ’05. Bounced around with the Commanders, 49ers and Seahawks. NFL.com has his bio and picture for the Dolphins, but Miami’s official site doesn’t have him listed anywhere.
• Ken Dorsey (Miami, FL/7th round pick) San Francisco 49ers. He’s a Cleveland Brown now, backing up current backup Brady Quinn.

Undrafted Tony Romo..?

Pro Bowl quarterback who benched a previous #1 drafted overall pick (Bledsoe), who’s hated immensely by CowboyBlog, but loved to death by CrazyCowboy.

Life is good.

Thanks for the mention.

 

[DallasEast]

Thanks for the mention.

Truth in writing, that's my motto!

 

[zrinkill]

Truth > Agenda

 

[CowboyBlog]

Truth in writing, that's my motto!

I liked it. I hadn't really thought about the Romo and Grossman connection. That makes it a little more interesting.

 

[DallasEast]

I liked it. I hadn't really thought about the Romo and Grossman connection. That makes it a little more interesting.

You know what? I've got a great idea! You should start a poll, change the results about a dozen times to suit your neuroticism about Romo, and laugh yourself silly about it! What do ya say? Get cracking guy!

 

[big dog cowboy]

Pro Bowl quarterback who benched a previous #1 drafted overall pick (Bledsoe), who’s hated immensely by CowboyBlog, but loved to death by CrazyCowboy.[/FONT]

Thanks for posting.

 

[zrinkill]

You know what? I've got a great idea! You should start a poll, change the results about a dozen times to suit your neuroticism about Romo, and laugh yourself silly about it! What do ya say? Get cracking guy!

Ouch.

 

[CowboyBlog]

You know what? I've got a great idea! You should start a poll, change the results about a dozen times to suit your neuroticism about Romo, and laugh yourself silly about it! What do ya say? Get cracking guy!

If you screw with my polls, I'll do whatever I want with them. If you dont like it, change my polls.

 

[DallasEast]

If you screw with my polls, I'll do whatever I want with them. If you dont like it, change my polls.

Mini-Me, I doubt that I could stoop to that level even if I wanted to, but you go have fun for the both of us, whydontcha?

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Undrafted Tony Romo..?

Pro Bowl quarterback who benched a previous #1 drafted overall pick (Bledsoe), who’s hated immensely by CowboyBlog, but loved to death by CrazyCowboy.

Life is good.

College career

Romo played college football at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. As a sophomore in 2000, Romo ranked second in Division I-AA in passing efficiency, completing 164 of 278 passes for 2,583 yards and 27 touchdowns. After the season, he was honored as an All-America honorable mention, an All-Ohio Valley Conference member, and the OVC Player of the Year. As a junior, he led Division I-AA in passing efficiency, completing 138-of-207 passes for 2,068 yards and 21 touchdowns. He was selected to the AP All-America third team, All-Ohio Valley Conference first team and the OVC Player of the Year.
On December 19, 2002, Romo was the first player in Eastern Illinois and Ohio Valley Conference history to win the Walter Payton Award, given annually to the nation's top player at the NCAA Division I-AA level. He finished his career holding school and conference records with 85 touchdown passes. He was second in school and third in conference history with 8,212 passing yards. He was also second in school history with 584 completions and 941 attempts. As a senior, he set school and conference records for completions with 258 in 407 attempts for 3,418 yards, ranked him second in conference and third in school history for a season. He threw for 34 touchdowns and scored one rushing touchdown. Romo's 3,149 yards in total offense as a senior ranked third in school and conference history. Along with the Walter Payton Award, Romo earned consensus All-America honors. He was also selected All-Ohio Valley Conference and was named OVC Player of the Year for the third straight year.