MilkSteak

August 8th, 2011 at 12:43 PM ^

Haha just shared that on Facebook. I have an extra ounce of hate for Brady Quinn as a Broncos fan. Imagine having your favorite team not only trade up in the 1st (!) round to pick Tim Tebow but following that up with signing Brady Quinn in the off season to provide competition for him. Dammit I hate Brian Xanders. 

SagNasty

August 8th, 2011 at 1:05 PM ^

I hated Tebow when he was at Florida. And I hate all the off the field Tebow stuff. But, for some odd reason I am curious to see what he can do in the NFL..

Edit: Never saw anything in Quinn. Thought it was funny when he had to sit and wait to be drafted.

WolverineHistorian

August 8th, 2011 at 2:12 PM ^

I don't think that many people hated Tebow the person.  They just hated the over the top hype he got.  Yes, he was an excellent player.  But when he got injured against Kentucky, all of the breaking news headlines that flashed every 10 seconds on ESPN was a joke.  You would have thought the president had just been shot.  By his senior year, in the media's eyes, there was really nothing left that Tebow COULDN'T do.  Walk on water, cure cancer, you name it.  He was even featured in a Super Bowl commercial.  It just became too much. 

But I guess it could have been worse.  If he had played at Notre Dame, all that insane hype would have been doubled.

MilkSteak

August 8th, 2011 at 1:11 PM ^

Yeah I hated him then and still now, mostly because ESPN, I think. It's one thing to cover a good player, but it starts to turn into something horrible when you dedicate a part of your website to him. ESPN's Tebow Tracker really crossed the line between sports coverage and over the top obsession. 

profitgoblue

August 8th, 2011 at 12:51 PM ^

Brady Quinn ruined the first name "Brady" for us when deciding what to name our first-born son.  "Brady" was on the table (after Tom Brady, of course) until I thought about Brady Quinn and realized that he ruined the name.  A--hole.

 

bronxblue

August 8th, 2011 at 1:02 PM ^

Never understood the Quinn hate - yeah the guy seems a little arrogant, but so are most football players.  His biggest problem was that he looked way better than he played, and he had Charlie Tuna as his HC and could never live up to the hype.