Brett Favre was recently seen exiting a nursing home while supporting himself with a walker. Did I mention he was escorted by high school wide receivers and a man that apparently hasn't heard that Gillette is the best a man can get. Or is that Brad Childress? Looks like the Vikings may assume the fastest show on turf nickname sooner rather than later...
(Ok, I admit. I made that one up.)
I thought I would keep this post fairly brief, but I wanted to address some recent articles about the "frontrunners" so to speak for the Heisman. College football will kick off in full force in just a week's time.
It's no secret that the Heisman race will be led by three quarterbacks: Tim Tebow, QB Florida; Colt McCoy, QB Texas; and Sam Bradford, QB Oklahoma. The funny thing is Colt McCoy is actually considered the frontrunner this year even though the other two quarterbacks already have a Heisman in their trophy case. Tim Tebow scares opposing defenses with his unorthodox jump passes and bruising runs. However, with recent skepticism surrounding where Tebow will line up on Sundays, many college football experts don't think he will run the football as much this season. The reigning Heisman winner, Sam Bradford, lost a few of his playmakers to the NFL Draft but will still have a dynamite tight end in Jermaine Gresham. Thus, Colt McCoy has emerged as the early favorite. Maybe people are just drawn to his name...
Anyways, I have a slight problem with all this early hype before the season hasn't even started primarily because it seems that a lot of extremely talented players get totally ignored for the Heisman race. Consider this, in the past 29 years only one non-QB, RB, or WR has won the Heisman and that was back in 1997, with Charles Woodson the cornerback out of Michigan topping Peyton Manning from Tennessee. Peyton who?
I would much rather the hype and hoopla surrounding all these quarterbacks be absent from the offseason because it already gives them a head start on the rest of the competition no matter how good of a season they might have. I am a big fan of the hard-hitting safety Taylor Mays out of USC. He would have been a fairly early first round pick if he had entered the draft last year but chose to stay at school. He might get some Heisman consideration but he's already been lapped in media hype by the 3 quarterbacks.
Give the kids a chance to play and forget all the speculation. I understand quarterbacks are the one's that are the designated "leaders" so to speak but last time I checked there has to be 11 players on the field for the TEAM to play well, not one.
Until tomorrow...Adios Amigos.
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