Ugly ’01 stint included one TD, three picks and a 57.7 rating Heralded as Troy Aikman’s successor in ’01, was beat out by Quincy Carter and cut in training camp Now, he’s descended to the top of my list: He’s been at the bottom of my quarterback rankings for three consecutive weeks. In fact, in my opinion, no quarterback wearing a Cowboys’ uniform has ever been worse than Johnson on Sunday. Seriously, Patrick Crayton was a quarterback at NW Oklahoma State. If Johnson weren’t so horrible, we’d be making fun of Brooks Bollinger – sounds more like a hoity toity school headmaster than NFL quarterback – whose first three dropbacks went like this: Interception. He absolutely sucked the life out of a Cowboys’ team already breathing on a ventilator. He sailed a go route that the Giants’ trainer caught in self defense over by New York’s bench. He overthrew a 7-yard slant to Terrell Owens by three yards. Not to mention, he throws the ball – no, he shoves the ball – as though it were a 16-pound shot put.Īgainst the Giants, his first throw short-hopped, um, no one. In the pocket he appears about 72 years old and 279 pounds. (Yeah, like that’ll happen.)įirst of all, the guy wears a face mask that belongs more on Marty Turco than an NFL quarterback, fashions tiny white elbow pads favored by Jack Lambert in the '70s and accents his bulky look with a beer-barrel flak jacket. For that, owner Jones should immediately fire general manager Jones. They watched Johnson every day in mini camp and training camp and somehow deemed him a capable backup to Tony Romo. The Cowboys, apparently, were the last to know. I remember standing on the field in Oxnard, Calif., watching Johnson offer wobbly flubbers and quacking lobbers, and thinking, in so many words, “What The Fuck?!” Their failure to develop young quarterbacks is the biggest reason for their 12-years-and-counting playoff winless streak.Īnd everyone – I mean everyone– saw this impending doom way back in training camp. In Jones’ 20 NFL Drafts, the Cowboys have selected just four quarterbacks – Aikman and Steve Walsh (supplemental draft) in ’89, Bill Musgrave in ’91 and Quincy Carter in ’01. Save your sympathies for the Cowboys, because they deserve every punch line. "We felt like Brad wouldn't make mistakes," grumbled head coach Wade Phillips, "but that didn't happen."Īdded owner Jerry Jones, "I think we could have been more competitive had we played better at quarterback." Talk about something you don't want on your tombstone. How bad was Brad? Brooks Bollinger was better. And in ’86 – 22 years to the day on Sunday – Danny White broke his wrist against New York, sending his 6-2 team into a spiral that ended 7-9 and out of the playoffs.Ĭombine them all and they still pale to the utter impotency of Brad Johnson.Īfter Johnson’s ridiculously feeble performance – 5 of 11 for 71 yards, two interceptions, two sacks and a 27.3 rating in the 35-14 loss to the Giants that we all saw coming – we can no longer consider quarterback of America’s Team as the most prestigious position in sports. In ’01 backup Clint Stoerner topped that by tossing four picks in the second half of a loss to the Giants. Hall of Famer Troy Aikman threw a career-high five interceptions in New Jersey in 2000. Giants Stadium has long been a house of horrors and horseshit for Dallas Cowboys’ quarterbacks. Holy hell, he's even worse than we thought.
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