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There will likely be a short installment of MAB tomorrow (Mid-Atlantic Bias) morning.
Some house cleaning:
My game of the day yesterday was not quite a good game. New Orleans beat Charlotte by nearly 30. It’s kind of a shame that the city of New Orleans is wasting a great basketball team. David West is the NBA’s hidden jewel and Chris Paul is just fantastic. Kudos to Tyson Chandler for becoming a force too. At this point, I think the Hornets may be in the top 3 in the NBA.
With today’s completion of the list, I’m not going to write as much about the quarterbacks. I’ll keep it simple:
10. David Garrard (Jacksonville Jaguars)
-He’s coming into his own. He needs to do it for another year and I’ll be a believer. One of the best game managers in the NFL. I never thought I would type or believe that sentence.
9. Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh Steelers)
-Roethlisberger is a choke artist, with great potential. That’s what I’ve come to conclude from what I’ve seen of him i his career. Despite this, and a lot of this animosity is due in large part to my adoration of the Steelers, I still have him in the top 10 because he’s at least shown that he can be a capable game manager.
8. Jeff Garcia (Tampa Bay Bucs)
-I’m not a big Garcia fan. He’s the rich man’s Chad Pennington. However, he can still get out of trouble with his legs and he doesn’t make stupid mistakes very often. I’ve never been wowed by Garcia, but you can argue that before Peyton came into his own, Jeff Garcia was the best quarterback in the NFL.
7. Matt Hasselback (Seattle Seahawks)
-Hasselback will always be at this level. Time will not regard him as one of the best of this generation, but he’s on the cusp really. He’s just never gotten over the hump. In a clutch game, he could either choke or come through. I’d like to see how he could do with a head coach who knows what a clock is, as Mike Holmgren seems to be unaware most of the time.
6. Tony Romo (Dallas Cowboys)
-I’m quite the Romosexual. He is one of the most dynamic quarterbacks in the NFL and while he has choked in his only 2 playoff games, remember that one was as a holder on field goal kicks and the other was without any semblance of an offensive line during an entire half of a divisional round football game. Romo makes plays.
5. Carson Palmer (Cincinnati Bengals)
4. Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints)
-These two can be flip-flopped. The funny thing is that while they are similar quarterbacks, they are completely dissimilar in size and stature. Brees is not the ideal size for a quarterback at 6’0”, while Palmer is the ideal 6’5”. Brees played college football at Purdue, where the only talent he had with him on offense was wideout Taylor Stubbefield. Palmer played college ball at the glamor school: USC. However, they both play in toilet bowl cities and both can easily put up 300+ yards every game against any defense.
3. Brett Favre (Green Bay Packers)
-I’ve never liked Brett Favre, but in an era where Drew Brees or Carson Palmer is the fourth most capable NFL QB, even though Favre is a superhero in his head, he’s won a Super Bowl and makes plays that make my head explode.
2. Peyton Manning (Indianapolis Colts)
-He still chokes in big games, but he’s still the most prepared athlete I’ve ever seen. Manning knows more about his opposition than his coaches do.
1. Tom Brady (New England Patriots)
-C’mon.
Game o’ the day: USC/UCLA. I’m not sure who the home team is. It really doesn’t matter. They play in the same city. The PAC-10 is the best conference in college basketball. UCLA wins by 10, late.
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