Sage Rosenfels Couldn’t Buy Respect If He Was A Millionaire » Brats & Beer

May 9, 2006
posted under: Cyclones in the NFL, Sage Rosenfels

Spotted a poll on NFL.com today about backup quarterbacks, which seems to suggest that even the league’s own Web minders are tired of slicing and dicing the draft and free agency and are ready for some real action already. Anyway, the question asked how certain free agent backups would fare on their new teams if they were nominated to the starting role. Among the choices was Iowa State alum Sage Rosenfels; he got all of 2% of the vote. (Doesn’t say much about how eager ISU fans are to answer polls on NFL.com, does it?) Now, I’m not here to suggest that Sage is on par with the Brett Favres and the Tom Bradys of the world, I’m not even suggesting he’s on par with the Trent Dilfers, but I think he should be able to get a little more respect than that. Last year in Miami he almost managed to pull out a couple wins for the Dolphins. How much did Craig Nall ever accomplish for Green Bay? Todd Collins didn’t even complete a pass for the Chiefs last year. I’m just saying let’s give Sage a little more credit than that.

By the way, the top pick in the poll with 42% of the votes was Brian Griese, who signed with the Chicago Bears this Spring. Let’s remember this is a guy who got injured after tripping over his own dog and falling down a flight of stairs. (Hey, that’s what he claimed.) Even a lot of Bears fans weren’t thrilled with the deal, though the sad state of the Midway Monsters passing game was evidenced by the fact that most Chicago fans were happy just to get any quarterback.