Wow, This Is Dumb

I try to avoid getting caught up in this kind of link-bait stuff, but just got this email from Kevin at Them's Good Eaton passing along an SI.com link:

Hey Derek,

I know it's just an opinion piece, and I know it's based on who he thinks fits the system, blah blah, but come on...

Don Banks: Ranking each team's No. 2 quarterback

My favorite part is where he explains that Kolb is at No. 24 because there isn't "much of a body of work" on which to judge him -- and then he goes ahead and puts guys like Brady Quinn (No. 8), Chad Henne (No. 14), and the esteemed Brett Ratliff (No. 22) ahead of him.  To that I say: come now, Mr. Banks.  Weren't you an extra in Invincible?  Shouldn't you cut us Iggles fans some slack here?

Anyway, just thought I'd pass this along...

--Kevin

I'm honestly not as concerned with where he lists Kevin Kolb.  The truth is that we really haven't see much of the guy, and he hasn't looked overwhelming when he's been out there.

But ... some of those other picks are real head-scratchers.  Right now Kyle Boller can't even lift his arm.  And he's lost 22 of those 42 starts, many on pretty good teams.

Whatever.  I would, however, like to point out the number of Redskins alums on that list.  Todd Collins, obviously, but also Sage Rosenfels, Trent Green, Brad Johnson, Gus Frerrotte, Mark Brunell and Patrick Ramsey. 

That's just from memory, but even if I'm missing a guy, that's an absolute murderer's row of backup quarterbacks. 

Comments

[Ben]

Todd Collins of course is the undisputed nubmer one backup, I think this is something all football fans can agree on, with the exception of a couple of JP Losman fans. All Redskins fans have to do is wait until game 12 and it's all Todd into the playoffs!

Sage, Trent, Gus, Patrick, Brad, Mark... can't you feel the quality just oozing from the Redskins Quarterback Store, Where the League Comes to Shop (TM)

[Jim Cass]

I must admit that is quite the unique stat you have on former Redskin QB's...A few of which have had very good success in the NFL as a starter.

[Eagles Fan in San Fran]

Something tells me if you were actually able to get someone else to produce such a list (that is, someone with too much time on their hands), it would be completely different.
Not worth getting worked-up about, IMO.

[PhillyFriar]

Thanks for the linkage, Derek.

It's obviously a subjective piece, and it achieved its goal of driving up some traffic, but it was kind of ridiculous. Let's at least do ourselves a favor and go back and laugh at it at the end of the year.

But anyway, nice spot on that Redskins connection. If Penn State is Linebacker U, and Ohio is the Cradle of Coaching, then I officially nominate D.C. as the Birthplace of the Mediocre Quarterback.