Re: Why the Compulsion to Talk Up Quincy Carter?

Absolutely
NZD

"bryan K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "santolina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Here are his up to the minute stats:
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> > 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:
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> 5.  He plays for Dallas
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