Re: Why the Compulsion to Talk Up Quincy Carter?

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"Tarkus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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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