And to add to the confusion, surrounding McCoy, some NFL staffers down in the interview room were under the impression McCoy was here at Radio City Music Hall and told video guys like this blogger. Mac Brown was, and we can't get the full ESPN feed (as they were at his house), so we didn't know either.
McCoy's in Austin, Texas.
The question is, why didn't Colt McCoy go higher? The problem is that there are too many quarterbacks who are trained in the passing game at an NFL level. There are some college offenses, like Notre Dame under Charlie Weis, that are just like NFL offenses. It's a trend the late Bill Walsh set in motion when he brought his then NFL-refined version of his short passing offense back to Stanford in 1993.
The result of that was Walsh forced college coaches to understand his offense if only to defend against it. Then the spread offense and other passing systems were established, quarterback schools expanded, and today, we have a glut of well-trained passers, making each one that much less valuable over time.
Like Brady Quinn.
Just two years ago, Quinn was the flavor of the year along with Jamarcus Russell. Now Quinn was sent to Denver, and Russell's a struggling Raider some fans want to replace.
All of this explains why the Cleveland Browns can afford to let Colt McCoy slip, then pick him up in the third round.
Rock the Casbah.
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