When I noted yesterday that an ESPN.com report said former Cowboys and Jets quarterback Quincy Carter could get an NFL tryout, I prefaced it by saying I found it hard to believe. It's stuff like a game Carter's Shreveport Battlewings played against the Amarillo Dusters that explains why I found it so hard to believe:
On 4th and goal from the 1-yard line, Quincy Carter attempted to dive over the pile of bodies and extend the ball across the plane of the goal-line, but was denied by a swarm of Dusters defenders. Carter spiked the ball in frustration and removed his helmet, which cost his team dearly as the Dusters offense took over at their own 21-yard line, rather than their own 1.
(Note that Arena football has shorter fields, so Carter's two personal foul penalties would have totaled 30 yards in the NFL but were 20 yards in Arena football.) If Carter can't even get his head screwed on right in minor-league Arena football, how is he going to deal with the pressure of the NFL?
Hat tip: Pro Football Talk.
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7-01-2007 @ 9:15PM
gposner said...
THE TIME HAS COME TO RECRUIT JAPANESE SUMO WRESTLERS TO PLAY ON THE LINE IN THE NFL!!!!!!!!!!!!
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7-01-2007 @ 11:18PM
Ross Grant said...
Carter was thrusted into the limelight too fast, too soon. But we all saw it back in his college days. Yes, he's got something. Something more than talent. Take a step back Quincy. The media "star maker" machine will grind you up without a second thought. Separate your friends from those along for the ride. Come back with focus and clarity.
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7-03-2007 @ 10:55AM
Go Dawgs! said...
Dude was a Crack head at Georgia! At Dallas! Smoke some more Quincy it'll ease the pain! If it only numbed us too while watching u play!!!
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