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Saturday, April 29, 2006In today's NFL draft, my Detroit Lions passed on two-time NCAA champion, Heisman Trophy winner QB Matt Leinhart at 1:35 PM. I began downing Canadian Club and Cokes like there was no tomorrow at 1:42 PM. The number nine pick, Ernie Sims, is a quality player and fits well into the Cover 2 defense new head coach Rod Marinelli wants to play. Sims reminds some of Marinelli's former OLB Derrick Brooks, and he'll breathe new intensity into the Detroit defense. But he's no Matt Leinhart. Sims is better than the alternative, though. Like many NFL teams, Detroit had Vanderbilt's Jay Cutler-- who won eleven games in four years-- ranked ahead of Leinhart. Cutler is exactly like the soon-to-depart Joey Harrington, an inaccurate underneath thrower with a big downfield arm, sort of like Kerry Collins or Drew Bledsoe. Put him in the right system or with the right supporting cast and he's awesome, but in a west coast system that emphasizes timing and accuracy he stinks on ice. Meanwhile Leinhart reads plays well and is accurate underneath, exactly like the guy Detroit's new Offensive Coordinator Mike Martz made into both the regular season and Super Bowl MVP, Kurt Warner. Really, this draft rating comes down to the NFL fetishization of arm strength. Cutler has a gun, no doubt. But drafting a quarterback due to arm strenghth is like dating a girl because of her cup size. Sure the giant knockers look good at first and make the other suitors jealous. But after a year or two, you wish that she brought more to the table. All in all, I think Matt Leinhart will be an outstanding NFL quarterback. Meanwhile Jay Cutler will be (rimshot) an enormous bust. posted by Nate on 10:14 PM link Monday, April 24, 2006KEITH:[mind] Come on, I won the MVP in '79. I can do whatever I want to. ELAINE: [mind] Who does this guy think he is? KEITH: [mind] I'm Keith Hernandez. posted by Nate on 10:43 PM link
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