Re: Why the Compulsion to Talk Up Quincy Carter?

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 01:00:56 GMT, bryan K wrote:

> "santolina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> Here are his up to the minute stats:
>>
>> 386 att, 223 com, 2571 yds, 13 TD, 16 INT
>> Passer rating  71.9
>>
>> By my calculations that puts him 26th in the league in passer rating.
>>
>> The fact is, Carter still sucks very badly as an NFL quarterback.  He's
>> young and has time to improve, but the question remains why TV announcers
>> still feel obligated to say how well they think he is playing, how much
> they
>> like him, as Simms did today, as Madden did a few weeks back, and so on.
>>
>> My best answers are:
>>
>> 1.  The tendency to overrate quarterbacks in general.
>> 2.  The tendency to REALLY overrate quarterbacks on winning teams.  In the
>> case of Dallas, their defense has been superb, while their offense has
> shown
>> only modest improvement.
>> 3.  The reluctance of announcers to honestly evaluate players in real
> time.
>> 4.  The fact that Carter looked SO bad a couple of years ago, and was
>> considered a huge reach in the draft, makes anything good he does now look
>> that much better in comparison.
> 
> Perhaps:
> 
> 5.  He plays for Dallas

6.  The media wants a black QB to succeed.  ($1 to Rush Limbaugh)
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