Wuerffel

Steve Spurrier is a GREAT college football coach. And Danny Wuerffel was an outstanding college quarterback for Spurrier. But in a league that is woefully short of quality quarterbacks, Wuerffel has been a journeyman his entire pro career. His main deficiency is lack of arm strength, a killer in the NFL. But reports say Spurrier is about to make a trade with the hometown Texans for his former college football star. Wuerffel was a good pick for the Texans, because he was a cheap salary-cap addition who is a good "team" guy and could serve as a mentor of sorts to probable first-round pick David Carr (who does have NFL caliber arm strength). But surely Spurrier doesn't have delusions that his former college quarterback is actually going to lead the Redskins anywhere. Why he would trade talent or draft picks for him is hard to figure.

[Posted at 19:33 CST on 02/26/02] [Link]