Rating the quarterbacks

Yahoo! Sports ^ | February 15, 2007 | John Murphy

[Terpfen]

To everyone who's watched Brady Quinn play: Do you really think if this kid didn't play for Notre Dame and have model good looks, he'd actually be a top-3 pick. His accuracy is worse than Russell, and he doesn't have the physical tools.

He wasn't that great before Charlie Weis came in and both installed a pro-style offense and coached him better. He's got an NFL-caliber arm, and he's a pretty good decision-maker. He's for real. The question is, who will want him? I can honestly see all of the first ten picks going to people not named Brady Quinn. The Raiders don't like drafting QBs in round one, the Bucs have re-signed Chris Simms, Arizona needs a Left Tackle, the Vikings are more likely to go after Jeff Garcia, and so on and so forth.

[GOP_Raider]

Not that I don't disagree with you, but Leftwich isn't a FA, is he? Were you thinking "oh, he'll probably end up with us on a draft day trade or something like that"?

(Oh, and as a Raider fan myself, I've learned to expect the unexpected. ;) )

[Terpfen]

I believe Jacksonville has made it known that Leftwich is available for trade. I believe Al Davis will go for that, possibly using Randy Moss as incentive, as Jacksonville NEEDS help at WR.