As opposed to a smaller, shorter, left-handed Ty Detmer

I was looking up stats on Washington QB Jake Locker, and I came across this beauty of a quote:


Schefter posted on his Twitter page that an anonymous NFL GM, in speaking with ESPN NFL analyst Chris Mortensen, told Mortensen that Locker is "a bigger, taller, right-handed version of Steve Young."

You know, when I go about comparing players, I try to come up with as many differences between the two as possible. And you wonder how Cleveland can go into a season with Seneca Delhomme at QB, and Buffalo can go with a three-headed monster (Edwards, Fitzpatrick, Brohm) equivalent to the center situation of the Chicago Bulls during their second three-peat (Longley, Wennington, Perdue).

Little known fact; half of the teams in the league are run by fucking idiots, and I don't say that lightly. Cleveland is horrific on offense; they use their top two picks on a corner and safety. Buffalo needs a QB in the worst way; they draft a situational RB and a nose tackle nobody's heard of (and hire Chan Gailey to coach these players, on top of all that). JaMarcus Russell somehow manages to underperform Ryan Leaf; Oakland refuses to cut him (I'm still hoping Al comes to his senses on that one, or someone pulls the plug on him so they can finally get rid of that fat fucking disgrace; I can't handle anymore 6-24 performances against UFL-level Kansas City).

This is how Dallas ends up with one of the three most talented players in the draft with the 24th pick. This is how Baltimore trades out of the first round, and still manages to acquire two good young players for their front seven (Sergio Kindle and Terrance Cody). This is how Carolina, without a first round pick, ends up with a potential starting QB at 48. Because teams like Cleveland, Buffalo, Oakland and Kansas City are run absolutely horrifically. Kansas City has no nose tackle or pass rush; they draft a safety (a damn good one, but still a safety). And then in the 2nd round they come back with Dexter McCluster, who's not quite a WR or RB, and Javier Arenas, who's a nice nickel corner and potential return guy. These are nice picks if the team is loaded, but the Chiefs quite clearly are not. Russell Okung pushes Branden Albert to another position and kills two birds with one stone, but that would be smart. The two 2nd round picks that Baltimore made would have been great for Kansas City, but they went for situational players instead. Apparently they don't realize the only situations they'll be in next year are on the receiving end of blowout losses. And let's not forget that they're QB'ed by captain checkdown, Matt Cassel.

All I ask are that teams be run logically. I don't have to agree with every move, since I'm not perfect either. But at least let me see the logic in these moves. These teams (Cleveland, Buffalo, Oakland, Kansas City) are completely illogical. Let's face it; the Raiders are only getting credit for drafting Rolando McClain because the expectations are so low for Oakland. Drafting anyone other than Usain Bolt was going to be seen as a success for them, after last year's disaster. But come on...8 is a bit high to be drafting a middle linebacker. Patrick Willis is the best MLB in football, and one of the best to come around in a long time, and he was drafted 12th overall I believe. Brian Urlacher went 9th once upon a time. Lofa Tatupu and Karlos Dansby were 2nd rounders; Jon Beason went in the last first. The point is, the top-10 is not good value for a MLB, but since Oakland's draft was such a resounding disaster last season, the fact that they drafted anyone close to value at 8 was seen as successful, but in actuality it speaks to how ineptly they're run. We expect so little of them that even when they do make a semi-questionable pick, it's okay because at least it wasn't a track star playing football.

The Bills didn't draft a QB until the 7th round. The Browns didn't draft one until the 3rd round, and the one they did draft has a noddle arm that should be a real treat to watch in the circling winds off of Lake Erie. You wonder how this can happen with millions of dollars, and people's careers, at stake and then you remember...oh yeah, these are the same people who compare Jake Locker to Steve Young by contrasting them in every way.