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Rick Gosselin weighs in with his NFL rookie QB analysis.

The 2010 NFL draft was a tale of four quarterbacks: Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, Jimmy Clausen and Colt McCoy.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the draft of wisdom, it was the draft of foolishness...

As Tim Tebow awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in the minds of the Broncos into an actual NFL quarterback.

Four quarterbacks, each alike in dignity, in fair Plano where we lay our scene.

Call me Tebow.

There wasn't much drama in the selection of Bradford by the St. Louis Rams with the first pick. But the drama built on the opening night with the rise of Tim Tebow, who became a surprise first-rounder...

The Rise of Tebow happened on Day One. The Rise of Jesus? Day Three. Late rounder. Good value pick. The Tom Brady of messiahs, IMHO. Talent maximizer, good program kid, has questioned the head coach under extreme pressure.

Quarterbacks are the face of the NFL – and those four quarterbacks were the face of this draft. Can they now be the faces of their new franchises?

Quarterbacks are the face of the NFL, wide recievers are the legs, running backs are the arms and buttocks, the offensive line is the torso and thorax, tight ends are the scapula, kickers are the genitals. Pass rushers are like acne and defensive backs who jump routes are rosacea.

I've heard raves about what a great fit Cleveland is for him. As far as the depth chart goes, it is.

A tremendous cultural fit as well. Colt has watched Crumb American Splendor nine times and loves Paul Giamatti's ironic depiction of working class Midwestern angst.

Cleveland starter Jake Delhomme is 35 years old, and the Browns say they have no intention of playing McCoy in 2010.

We have no intention of playing the guy behind a starting QB that's 35 years old, is considered washed-up, immobile, threw passes as effectively as a sweaty pimp in a Ritz Carlton lounge last year in Carolina, and is playing behind a weak OL with poor wide receivers.

So he can spend his rookie season watching how a savvy, Super Bowl-veteran quarterback approaches practice and games. It's not a projection to pencil in McCoy as the starter in 2011.

Observe, Colt. See how Jake Delhomme approaches practices? Apologetically. For the five interceptions he threw last Sunday.

I love the Super Bowl QB false credential. You know who else was a Super Bowl QB? Mark Rypien. You know who else? David Woodley. And Trent Dilfer. This is a club as exclusive as Costco.

The sticky part is that Cleveland isn't the best place for a quarterback with McCoy's makeup to be playing his football. In addition to his lack of size (6-1, 216), McCoy was dinged by NFL talent evaluators during the draft process for his arm strength.

The following three passers have started the most games as a Cleveland quarterback: Bernie Kosar, Brian Sipe, Frank Ryan.

Kosar had the approximate arm strength of a 11 year old Palestinian; Sipe was 6-0, 190 pounds and a proto-Jeff Garcia; Frank Ryan had a PhD from Rice and the arm that this suggests. I can't adequately measure Otto Graham's arm strength because he was throwing a ball that looked like a leather shotput.

In Cleveland, McCoy's arm will have to fight some nasty weather conditions – cold, wind, snow and the heavy air that comes as fall turns into winter along Lake Erie.

I see no plausible scenario in which Colt's arm could reverse weather patterns. So I think Cleveland may just rely on short throws on the move, which should be hard to find in a West Coast Offense.

The natural comparison for McCoy is Austin's Drew Brees, who had similar size and arm concerns coming out of college. But he achieved his status among the game's great quarterbacks by playing in San Diego and indoors (New Orleans), where his arm wasn't battling any weather conditions.

True. Brees is unproven as a bad weather QB. Three years as a starter in the Big 10 proves nothing.

There also were concerns with the arm strength of Kurt Warner.

Other than the fact that Kurt Warner's arm strength has never been a concern for anyone, good point.

He shined when he played indoors at St. Louis and Arizona. But he flopped in New York, where the winds and that heavy fall and winter air challenged his arm.

I remember Kurt's time in New York and a lack of OL play, poor options at wide receiver, constant injury, his penchant for holding on to the ball too long, and an offense completely unsuited to his total immobility. However, I blame his arm for not hitting more deep posts against 35 mph winds.

When Clausen does hit the field, he will find himself operating a play-action offense that feeds off a power running game.

Agreed. And if the Carolina O can feed off of hair gel, they're going 13-3.

Tebow goes to Denver with a rocket arm and a penchant for running.

An unmanned rocket, careening wildly.

What do you mean...Flash Gordon approaching?

So did John Elway.

Oh, no. Please don't do this.

But Elway was the consensus first pick of his draft. Most NFL teams graded Tebow as a third-rounder. The Broncos reached for him in the first and overpaid in the process, sending the Baltimore Ravens a second-, a third- and a fourth-round pick to move up into the first for Tebow.

OK. Thanks. However, why bring up Elway at all? Elway played in a pro offense in high school and at Stanford, he's one of the best three quarterbacks who ever lived, he ran to buy time, and they don't resemble each other in any meaningful way other than "strong" and "6-3" which describes 50% of the NFL QBs who ever lived. Damn you, media, for your glib comparisons!

There will be public pressure to put Tebow on the field right away because first-round draft picks are perceived as saviors. But Tebow is not ready to save anything yet.

Perhaps you should consult with the formerly Catholic-animist peoples of the Philippines now lacking foreskins and worshipping a harsh Pentecostal God before opining so blithely, Gosselin!

Tebow has incumbent Kyle Orton and former first-round pick Brady Quinn on the depth chart ahead of him.

I would give any amount of money to see Tebow and Quinn giving each other bro hugs in the weight room and then fighting over mirror space in the shower room. Kyle Orton, Midwestern slob, will look on with disdain, a double decker manwich clutched in his paws like Winnie the Pooh.

Bradford is the one quarterback in this draft class certain to learn the game on the fly. The Rams need him to play right away, and he will. But he also has the best physical tools of these four quarterbacks to survive in 2010. That's why Bradford was the first pick of this draft.

You see Bradford is the best quarterback. Thus, picked first!

That's how you deliver a column coup de grace: with tautology.

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has questioned the head coach under extreme pressure.

I laughed.

You could add Kerry Collins to that Supe QB list as far as I’m concerned…

by Bob in Houston on May 4, 2010 6:16 PM CDT reply actions  

Oh, holy hell that’s funny.

by Nomahgaseeahpahuh on May 4, 2010 6:22 PM CDT reply actions  

I laughed, I cried, I denounced the Broncos as my lifelong favorite team.

That was superb. As a imprisoned Coloradoan in Dallas, that opening was horrifyingly apropos. As a man from Irish lineage, the vagina tightening laser surgery is welcomed.

by ColoradoAg on May 4, 2010 6:31 PM CDT reply actions  

I stopped reading the bolded text at “Tebow […] rocket arm.”

Truth be told, some of those shovel passes are lasers.

by fitzhume on May 4, 2010 6:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Extra credit for not grabbing the low hanging fruit that is the jump-pass.

Funny chit as always.

by Trips Right on May 4, 2010 6:57 PM CDT reply actions  

That was great.

by whoopspat on May 4, 2010 6:57 PM CDT reply actions  

1) The first-liners are genius. That’s a 316K/603A &B syllabus right there.

2) I have the Costco plum card in my wallet.

3) When someone says “Tebow,” is it not instinctual to think “Elway”?

by parlin on May 4, 2010 7:23 PM CDT reply actions  

Brilliant even by Scip’s high standards. Even threw in a Flash reference.

by Ojnab Bob on May 4, 2010 7:25 PM CDT reply actions  

I’m excited for the Tebow era just because I have it on extremely good authority that everybody that works for Denver, in any capacity, HATES Josh McDaniel with a passion usually reserved for Al Qaida sympathizing child molesters.

Tebow’s days of being coddled and told how good he is are over. I don’t see it going well at all.

by ChrisApplewhite on May 4, 2010 8:34 PM CDT reply actions  

ColoradoAg really digs Josh’s approach.

There also were concerns with the arm strength of Kurt Warner.

Other than the fact that Kurt Warner’s arm strength has never been a concern for anyone, good point.

Holy shit. Right,yeah?

And since when has Tebow been a rocket arm?

Great stuff.

by Sailor Ripley on May 4, 2010 9:00 PM CDT reply actions  

Good stuff, but if Colt has watched Crumb nine times because he is impressed by Giamatti’s performance, the Browns are f’d with a big Crumb d. You might be thinking about American Splendor.

by Bobby Time on May 4, 2010 9:38 PM CDT reply actions  

In the 2008 title game, Tebow threw two interceptions. On one, he hit Gerald McCoy in the chest on one occasion. That’s okay, those DT’s are fast and stealthy. Who had the other INT?: Well, Tebow’s rocket arm didn’t have enough JP5 for this launch, because he got picked off by Nic Harris. If his name sounds familiar, it’s because he caught on with Buffalo as a linebacker.

by NateHeupel on May 5, 2010 12:39 AM CDT reply actions  

“Bradford is the one quarterback in this draft class certain to learn the game on the fly. The Rams need him to play right away, and he will. But he also has the best physical tools of these four quarterbacks to survive in 2010. That’s why Bradford was the first pick of this draft.”

I get that Bradford has the best tools, but the best tools to survive? Given that he couldn’t survive the 2009 Sooner OL?

In the last couple of years, we’ve learned the secret of NFL rookie QB success- the coach cannot put the game in their hands. Flacco, Ryan, and Sanchez all had coaches who were willing to base their offense on the running game, even if the running game wasn’t really a threat. Do the Rams know that? Can they do that? They do have a defense-minded head coach, but their offensive brain trust looks like NFL career mediocrity. This could be ugly.

by TaylorTRoom on May 5, 2010 6:55 AM CDT reply actions  

College football isn’t affected by weather to the extent that the NFL is. Brees never played a Big 10 game after the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Late November to January is when the weather starts howling in the Midwest. Cleveland also suffers from the lake conditions.

The Browns OL has potential. Mack, Steinbach and Thomas are all very solid players and Thomas is arguably the best LT in the NFL. They drafted a guard in the third round who will likely start in the Colt era. They just need to solidify RT which is not the most difficult position to fill. Their WRs are awful though

by Cleveland Weather on May 5, 2010 7:09 AM CDT reply actions  

a double decker manwich clutched in his paws like Winnie the Pooh.

Good stuff.

by uthookem on May 5, 2010 8:19 AM CDT reply actions  

Did he really just compare Tebow’s arm strength to Elway’s?

Holy shit.

by Huckleberry on May 5, 2010 8:51 AM CDT reply actions  

This was Grade A Scipio Tex. As opposed to that shit cut with baby laxative you were peddling in February.

Quality.

by Vasherized on May 5, 2010 8:51 AM CDT reply actions  

So impressive. Well done.

by Matt Cotcher on May 5, 2010 9:11 AM CDT reply actions  

if only Rick Gosselin was as smart as Scipio

by bularry on May 5, 2010 10:25 AM CDT reply actions  

Tebow actually does throw the ball pretty hard. The problem is that his throwing motion is three times as long as it should be and that his accuracy is at best questionable even on short throws. Tebow did manage to change his throwing motion prior to the draft but I doubt he gets near the velocity on it as he did when his windup started from his left hip.

 I don’t want to chalk up all of his success to Percy Harvin but I’m comfortable giving Percy about 60% of it. Personally I think McDaniels has a lot better chance of turning Brady Quinn into a pro-bowler than he does Tebow.

by hodad on May 5, 2010 10:43 AM CDT reply actions  

While I disagree with your assessment of Dallas as a whole, I read this article yesterday and thought, “God, that was fucking awful.”

Thank you for providing this service.

by Tubin on May 5, 2010 10:59 AM CDT reply actions  

“I would give any amount of money to see Tebow and Quinn giving each other bro hugs in the weight room and then fighting over mirror space in the shower room.”

Scip, you want to pay watch Tebow & Quinn in the shower?

by Eskimohorn on May 5, 2010 11:00 AM CDT reply actions  

Scip, you want to pay watch Tebow & Quinn in the shower?

Well, if Brady has yet to be circumcised the shower would be a logical place to perform the operation.

by uthookem on May 5, 2010 12:18 PM CDT reply actions  

I went back and read the 2008 news articles on Tebow’s Phillipines trip. It described the circumcisions as a service offered by the ministry’s mobile medical clinic, and given that lots of cultures have non-doctors performing them, it’s probably not that big of a deal that he joined in. My question is- does his sect somehow have circumcision as a necessary rite? I am familiar with a lot of unusual Christian doctrines different denominations can have- transubstantiation, and predestination (the nutty aunt in the attic of my own Presbyterian denomination), but I had never heard of a Christian sect requiring circumcision. Does Tebow’s, or was that just the only minor surgery needed by the people?

by TaylorTRoom on May 5, 2010 3:04 PM CDT reply actions  

Tebow actually does throw the ball pretty hard.

Throwing the ball pretty hard does not come close to comparing to Elway’s arm strength.

by Huckleberry on May 5, 2010 3:15 PM CDT reply actions  

You can also read an entire Psalm aloud in the time it takes for him to wind up and throw the ball.

by Vasherized on May 5, 2010 3:22 PM CDT reply actions  

Which is obviously extremely important. Arm strength is not all there is to getting the ball to the target quickly.

Even if Tebow had the strongest arm in the history of the NFL, the time from when he locks on and starts his throwing motion until the ball arrives would still be too long.

by Huckleberry on May 5, 2010 4:41 PM CDT reply actions  

I’ve always thought pass rushers were more like the hemmorhoids of a team, and the defensive backs the Prep H. Soothing the burn.

Enjoyed the Kyle Orton imagery. Top notch stuff.

by Kittentits on May 5, 2010 4:44 PM CDT reply actions  

Tim Tebow:John Elway=Rich Harden:Nolan Ryan

by eskimohorn on May 5, 2010 11:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Browning Nagle had a big arm, too.

Good stuff, Scip.

by bateshorn on May 6, 2010 8:57 AM CDT reply actions  

Kosar had a weird sidearm delivery, and was immobile. There was never a knock on his arm strength.

Cart has a weak arm and will struggle in Cleveland.

Just what a poor decision maker needs, Jake Delhomme tutoring!

by Doucherson on May 6, 2010 11:56 AM CDT reply actions  

when i clicked the link, i thought this might be a serious analysis. so much for that wish.

by drankthewine on May 6, 2010 1:55 PM CDT reply actions  

When we started this site, I had much the same dream. Alas…

by Sailor Ripley on May 6, 2010 5:13 PM CDT reply actions  

What crappy analysis. By Scipio Tex that is.

As posted above, Cart is still a vag and will get killed in Cleveland, he has a bad arm and Jake Delhomme as a tutor.

Longhorns are hilarious going to such lengths to try and defend him they make ridiculous claims like Bernie Kosar had a bad arm.

by Changing_usernames on May 7, 2010 9:57 AM CDT reply actions  

Cart? Really?

by huge on May 7, 2010 10:15 AM CDT reply actions  

He may have changed usernames, but he’s still just as stupid as he was when he went by Reality.

by Huckleberry on May 7, 2010 10:27 AM CDT reply actions  

I would post as reality but someone who disagrees from this site would change my username.

by Changing_usernames on May 7, 2010 10:52 AM CDT reply actions  

You exemplify aggie perfectly. Bravo for existing.

by MoFo on May 7, 2010 2:56 PM CDT reply actions  

college station: Where gay men go to be gay.

I’ll put this back on track. Tebow isn’t a QB, he’s Ram-Man from Masters of the Universe. Oh it’s true, I got this off of Wiki.

“Ram-Man is a sturdy warrior with poor verbal skills who runs down most of his obstacles.4 In the 1983 original series, he is rather short and resembles a Dwarf, whereas in the 2002 series he is a very large man with a disproportionately small head.”

Yep, thats him alright.

by The Republic on May 7, 2010 6:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Tebow met Bowlen’s need for a community conversation changer (what, a dead DB, a puffy-pout QB, and a surly version of TO don’t get the Palin/Dobson crowd all hot and bothered for season tickets?).

Tebow met McDaniel’s need to be seen as an out-of-the-box thinker, a need that apparently supersedes his fear of being seen as an out-of-a-job coach.

AFC West — where SEC QBs go to die.

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