Anyway, one thing we totally 100% agree on that Sam Bradford has been ridiculously overrated by the national media. I may focus on it in an absolutist way (Bradford sucks!!) while Elijah seemed somewhat more perturbed by it in a relative sense (Another "expert" has Bradford rated ahead of Matt Stafford! I call bullshit!!). I feel like we're both right.
As the 2011 season progressed, it did seem as if some in the national media did finally start to catch on. There were at least whispers that maybe he was overrated. In fact, an October 28, 2011 column by ESPN's Bill Simmons ranked Sam Bradford as the #29 QB in the league (sort of).
I thought things were going in the right direction. Then, yesterday, on PTI, Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon were having a discussion of the Redskins trade to move up to presumably draft Robert Griffin III with the #2 pick in 2012 draft. In expression some reservation about the trade, Tony Kornheiser said:
You look at that conference - the Big 12 - the past ten years, every team runs a spread, every quarterback throws for 80,000 yards, but only (Sam) Bradford so far looks real good. Josh Freeman? Colt McCoy? Ehh. Do you want Vince Young? Do you want Blaine Gabbert? So I don't know... we'll see.
It would be interesting to get a poll of NFL GMs and HCs to see who they'd rather have: Sam Bradford or Josh Freeman? I'm not saying I think really highly of Freeman either - but I will say that I would take Freeman over Bradford.
And the really easy choice? Matthew Stafford over any of them.
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