Posted on 04/27/2025 5:43:16 PM PDT by Racketeer
In what world -- especially on a website like Free Republic -- is it "uncooperative" or "childish" to do something that is legal and reasonable in order to avoid working for an employer you don't like?
In both the Elway and Manning cases, the two highly prized quarterbacks had perfectly legitimate reasons to play their cards the way they did.
Elway in particular looks like a prophetic genius. Less than two years after the 1982 NFL draft saga that saw Elway drafted by the Baltimore Colts and then traded to Denver, Colts owner Robert Irsay became one of the most despised figures in the NFL when he relocated the franchise to Indianapolis. Why would anyone with an ounce of leverage want to work under those conditions?
You are full of ‘excuses.’ We all have our opinions, don’t we?
The Internet is our friend. I have always called him Select.
Whatever, dude. LOL.
Maybe you should return to the third-world poop-hole, Canada? ;-)
That's why I typically focus just on their performance in games against ranked teams... the closest comparison that you can find for seeing how well they will do against NFL level talent.
Shadeur went 13-12 overall... in a lower conference... with a roster custom-built for him, by his own father, including the best athlete in the nation... and worst of all, Shadeur never once defeated a ranked team. (Week 1 #17 TCU finished that season at 5-7, clearly a ranking based on nothing.)
There is a significant list of Heisman Trophy winning QBs and NCAA Championship QBs that never got drafted... a 13-12 lower-conference QB who never beat anyone of NFL caliber talent? Yeah, I'm thinking no.
And it was GLORIOUS to watch an all-hype-no-substance figure, ranked as high as the #3 Draft prospect, get utterly humiliated by all 32 teams, 4 or more times each, and 144 times total.
If I was from Canada you might have a point, dude. LOL.
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