Before I begin with the purpose of this post, I shall explain the purpose behind the existence of this blog.
1. The name Mid-Atlantic Bias is obviously a joke, because I hate every professional team in the Greater Washington D.C. area.
2. I will post every day.
3. I will only (well…within reason) write about sports.
4. Every day I will have the Game of the Day.
5. Some posts will be short.
6. I’m doing this because unemployed people in empty apartments need something to do with their time.
…On to Post 1.
I do most of my great thinking in the shower, like Aristotle. About a week ago I thought, “If I had to win one game, with one quarterback in the NFL, who would I pick?” The first two are easy. I then struggled to list 3-5. I have now reached the point where I have enough time (and enough water to waste) to rank the 32 starting quarterbacks in the NFL.
For teams that had 2 quarterbacks start 3 or more games in 2007, I will list the quarterback on their roster who I feel is the most competent. Of course, apologies to Sage Rosenfels.
Again, I have one game to win. (In Reverse Order):
32. Brodie Croyle (Kansas City Chiefs)
-He was never a great quarterback at the University of Alabama and facing defenses a touch better than the University of Mississippi’s in the NFL, he doesn’t look like he could ever be a successful NFL quarterback. He’s not excessively mobile. He doesn’t have the strongest arm. He’s not as far along as a second round draft pick should be.
31. Cleo Lemon (Miami Dolphins)
-The name alone screams “Not an NFL Quarterback.” Then, when you see him play in person, well…that solidifies the hypothesis. The only advantage that Lemon has over Croyle is that he can run. Granted, sometimes that is backward 10 yards, but I’ll take him by a smidge over Brodie Croyle.
30. Alex Smith (San Francisco 49ers)
-Alex Smith, lest we all forget, was the Number 1 pick of the ’05 draft. Seriously. At the University of Utah, Smith was a system quarterback (Urban Meyer’s spread option), whose top competition was Pitt. At the time, when Utah beat Pitt in the Fiesta Bowl, a big-to-do was made. Looking back, that Pitt team was not very good. Smith has been injury prone and has had a difficult time picking up the 3 different systems thrown at him in San Francisco. He may lose his job to the similarly inept Shaun Hill come training camp. Derek Anderson was a 6th round pick in that draft, oh by the way.
29. Matt Moore (Carolina Panthers)
-Who?
28. Rex Grossman (Chicago Bears)
-Too easy.
27, Josh McCown (Oakland Raiders)
-He’ll lose his job to JaMarcus Russell this summer, which is laughable. Not that McCown is any good, but Russell is the next Alex Smith,who was the next Tim Couch, who…All of these quarterbacks in this chunk, with the exception of Matt Moore, who has some bit of potential, are exactly the same.
26. Tavaris Jackson (Minnesota Vikings)
-I LOOOOOOVE Tavaris Jackson. This is not a joke. Seriously. He’s not being used correctly, much like a quarterback you’ll find a little later in this post. Jackson needs to be Jackson. He didn’t get drafted as a pocket quarterback. In the pocket is where he will continue to make mistakes. I will let Tavaris run around and make plays as much as he wants. I just don’t have that much faith in him, despite my love.
25. Kyle Boller (Baltimore Ravens)
24. Joey Harrington (Atlanta Falcons)
-I’m in the minority here. I’m actually the only person in the group, however, I still think that both of these guys can be legit NFL QB’s. Boller has never had an offense around him. He has a rocket arm, one of the strongest in the NFL and he can run really well. It’s not his fault that Todd Heap is the best receiver he has played with in the NFL. As for Harrington, he’s a super intelligent guy. He’s well spoken. He’s good-looking. He plays the piano. None of that has much to do with the NFL, but he’s got everything you want in a QB. Also, look at his stats from last year. He was not bad at all.
23. Trent Edwards (Buffalo Bills)
– A significant upgrade over J.P. Losman, whose pick set this franchise back years. Edwards is the richer man’s version of Brodie Croyle.
22. Jon Kitna (Detroit Lions)
-He’ll either throw 3 TDs or 3 INTs. Or both. I don’t trust him.
21. Derek Anderson (Cleveland Browns)
-He hasn’t done it long enough to be considered that reliable. He was very good from week 2 to about 3/4 of the way through the season, until teams had more to watch of him and then he came back down to earth. Anderson is huge (6’6”) which I usually don’t care about, but it works well for him because he has Braylon Edwards (equally huge) to throw to in the city that should fall into Lake Erie.
Coming tomorrow: 20-11.
Today’s Game o’ the Day is Vanderbilt @ Tennessee (Men’s College Basketball). I have Tennessee as my dark-horse Final Four team (Kansas, UCLA, and Memphis to join them come March). I love Chris Lofton. I love their uptempo, take 25+ 3’s a game style. My only question is their defensive tenacity. In a weak SEC, I like them to dominate. (And yes, the SEC is weak. Auburn, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Georgia, and LSU are terrible. Florida, Kentucky, and Arkansas are down. Ole Miss is playing way above their heads, though I love their coach Andy Kennedy (he should have been retained at Cincinnati). Alabama will be eliminated in the first round of the SEC tournament and will fall off the bubble. That leaves Tennessee and Vandy; the two best teams in the SEC.
Tennessee wins tonight 87-80.
Mid-Atlantic Bias 
I struggle to imagine Matt Schaub ahead of Derek Anderson, sir. I have no other qualms with this list.