In support for that no name sorry excuse for an NFL QB they cling to anything that gives that QB any hope of starting. Including an empty comment by Tom Cable.
"Let the job be competed for," Cable said Sunday at the NFL combine. "That's where we're at in terms of our starting quarterback."
Those same fans have dubbed a no name journeyman QB the Raiders' saviour, Bruce All Mighty, a franchise QB and the Raiders' future. The second coming of Brett Farve, Rich Gannon, even Jesus.
That's pretty impressive considering the guy has only played three full games for the Raiders, was cut by the Bucs, Rams, and Browns, and standing at a generous 6'1'' 220, has nothing but a pea-shooter for an arm. He is merely an under-sized scrambling polish circus-midget.
I myself will not accept that fraud as my saviour.
He just isn't suited to start in the NFL, as made very apparent after Gradkowski suffered two simultaneous knee injuries during his fourth start. He is a capable backup, if even, and barely cut out to hold a clip-board, let alone JaMarcus Russells' jock-strap.
So what if Tom Cable said there will be an open competition? Tom Cable has said a lot of things. That doesn't make it true.
Cable also said all three of our running backs were capable of having thousand yard seasons, yet only one (Michael Bush with 589) cracked 500 yards.
Cable also said nothing happened between him and Randy Hanson. How often does "nothing" land a man in the hospital with a broken jaw?
Then Cable said the players who give us the best chance to win will start. He then proceeded to start two rookie wide-receivers, including Darius Heyward-Bey for the first 10 weeks of the season.
Then he covered up that lie with another, stating that X, Y, and...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Oakland Raiders
