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Giants QB
Kerry Collins
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We asked our panel of NFL insiders to name the quarterbacks who have been the most
disappointing this season. All comments were made anonymously.
1. Kerry Collins / Giants — "Looks clumsier and is not moving as well.
Making way too many turnovers and looks hopeless outside the pocket. Not as bad as some
say, but not as good as last year. Has shown signs of last year’s form the past two
weeks, but up until that point, was killing the Giants."
2. Elvis Grbac / Ravens — "His turnovers are killing them. Throws a
beautiful ball but makes way too many mistakes when he can’t do things by the
numbers. Really came up short in what was pretty much a must-win game for the Ravens
against the Steelers in Week 14."
3. Trent Green / Chiefs — "Loss of accuracy is a huge mystery. Tended
to hold on to the ball too long but always was very accurate when he could step and throw,
until this year. However, he did play the best game he’s played this year (in Week
14) against the Broncos and finally looked like the quarterback the Chiefs felt they were
dealing for."
4. Akili Smith / Bengals — "Much more talented than (Jon) Kitna, but
work ethic and lack of maturity are killing him. Thinks he is working hard when he is not.
However, he did show flashes of ability against the Jets in his first start (in Week 14)
before going out with a hamstring injury early in the game."
5. Peyton Manning / Colts — "With many things going wrong around him,
he has tried to do too much himself. As a result, he has thrown an alarming number of
interceptions and has not been as fundamentally sound as he had been in his career up
until this point."
6. Matt Hasselbeck / Seahawks — "He has yet to do enough to convince
the Seahawks that he is the quarterback they can build their offense around."
7. Brian Griese / Broncos — "When things started breaking down around
him, he looked like the quarterback who people said was going to be no more than a good
backup instead of the Pro Bowl quarterback he was last year."
Busts who have been total nonfactors this year:
1. Cade McNown / Dolphins — "The Bears gave up on him already."
2. Jeff Lewis / ex-Panthers — "The Panthers planned for him to be
their quarterback of the future, and now he may not have a future. Got plenty of chances
but failed each time."
3. Jeff George / ex-Redskins — "Will he ever learn to use his great
ability before he runs out of chances?" |
