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Show 26, DAILY HERALD NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Quarterbacks Continued from C1 from home for 4 weeks, one team asked Osi Umenyiora, who would be drafted in the second round bythe Giants, bh you really want to play ‘ootball?” aeisn’t this type of intense scrutiny grueling for‘Players? “Without question,” Angelo says.“It’s an interrogation. It should be. This is a job interview. Lives areat stake. It needs to be exasperating and No Troystory,too. It's risky taking a quarterback at the top. No quarterback drafted after Troy Aikman and picked in the top five has gone on to win the Super it is.” But somesay the negativity that comes along with that type of scrutiny must be kept in perspective. “You've got to be careful about that,” Texans GM Charley Casserly says. “You don't want to be too negativeon players. NFL GMsandscouts appear to have too much time between the end of the season and draft day, and theyuse every minute in the four months to dissect a player from headto toe, from kindergarten to chemis- try class. They are always on the lookoutfor the negative, whether it’s a throwing motion or cutting a class, They want to knoweverything. “It’s smart,” Redskins coach Joe Gibbs says If you are going to makean investmentof millions and millions ofdollars, you wouldresearch them.” Bowl. Here's how the 18 quarterbackstakenin the top five since Aikman have fared. (Draft position listed parenthetically). 19 Jeff George, Colts (1) Tremendous arm. Threw 154 TDs,but had reputation as being uncoachabie. yard of sending game into OT with spectacular late drive. Kerry Collins, Panthers (5) Led Panthers to NFC title in second year of existence. Overcame drinking problems ‘to tumlife around andlead Giants to Super Bow! in 2000. 1998 Peyton Manning, Colts (1) So far, can't win big one, Anotherbust. In four seasons, was 1837 with 60 TDsand 62INTs. TD passesin 2004 and is best QB in NFL today. Ryan Leaf, Chargers (2) Handful of teams would have taken him over Manning. Leaf is alltime draft bust. Was 417 asstarter. bench and then traded. Has Played 11 years for five teams and never cameclosetoliving up to expectations as next Joe Montana. 1994 1999 Tim Couch, Browns(1) Supposed to be foundation for expansion Browns, but quickly becamebust. Donovan McNabb,Eagles (2) In seven seasons has been to four NFCtitle games and Heath Shuler, Redskins (3) a SuperBowl.Easily best of Played 19 games in three anymore, not whenplayers at the top require investments of 1995 Steve McNair, Titans (3) Class of '99 QBs, which had five in first 12 picks. Akili Smith, Bengals (3) Lasted four years, played in just 21pear and he's out of NFL. $15 million-$20million. Becauseofthat heightened caution, the deconstruction of Leinart and Young has been as thoroughas any ever. The knocksonLeinart Hasplayed with ton ofinjuries and heart. Had great Super Bowl vs. Rams, coming within MichaelVick, Falcons (1) The league has come a long | way from the days when teams would draft fromlists in Street and Smith's: Nothingis secret He's too Hollywood and lacks years during injury-plagued career. New Hampshire primary’ 2001 Manning the Heisman Trophy andtrying to talk him down around nine or 10,” bycriti- his senior year. All everybody score. “He'll probably be there Theclass he took forhis final twocredits at USC? Ballroom dancing. Not a greatathlete. Lacksa great arm. His successis the product of playing with greatplayers. “The whole thing with arm strength andhe’snot athletic, answeredallthat stuff (at USC’spro dayApril 2),” Leinart says. “Theytry to findlittle things. They say it was the corsi says. “They gave Peyton before heever played a down did wastake shots at him the whole way through his senior year. You don't want to be the frontrunnerbecausethatis Young andLeinart that they elected to sign free-agent Drew Brees, whois comingoff shoul- der surgery. The knocks on Young: Bombed on the Wonderlic in- telligence test, so can he digest an NFLplaybook? Played exclusively out of the History is also working againstLeinart and Young. In the last 20 drafts, 46 quar- terbacks have been taken in thefirst round, including three in the supplemental draft. Only drafted them: Troy Aikmanin "92, '93 and '95, and Ben Roethlisberger last season. Aikman, thefirst pick in 1989,is the only quarterbacktakenin the top five of the last 20 drafts to win the Super Bowl. “Everyoneis looking for negatives,” Leinart says. “They all know thepositives. Every- one knowswhatI have accomplished as a quarterback. Truthfully, they are thinking, "What more do weneed to know about this kid that is bad?” It can weara player down, right? shotgun at Texas. Funkysidearm delivery. “Thatis motivation for me.” ect. “It’s the old ‘Don't win the Bucs coach Jon Gruden, who gushedabout Leinart and Considered a two-yearproj- for us at 23, don’t you think?” Gruden was being sarcastic to make a point. Thereis no cranes of Youngslipping that whatthey do.” system ortheplayers I was sur- two of them have wonthe Super Bow! for the team that rounded by. Yeah, obviously, I'll be the first to admit thatI was blessed with great players around me.Butlook at Joe Montana.He had Jerry Rice, the greatest receiver to ever play. Still, the Saints, picking second, were wary enoughof cizinghis throwsandhistest io. I smile,” Young says. Come's stock has fluctuated wildly in the last two months, but has nevercrashed. He could gothird to the Titans. seventh to the Raiders or 10th to the Cardinals, It would be a huge surpriseif he drops outof the top 10. “Whenthey comeoutto Pro Daylike I had at my school . . that is when like to answera lot of people that say negative eee about Vince,” Young "einart could gc. ‘nird to the Titans, but no lowe: than seventh to the Raiders. He probably would have beentheNo. 1 pick by the 49ersif he came outlast year. TheJets, picking fourth, are notinterested in taking Leinart, Young or Van- derbilt’s Jay Cutler that high. Therisk is too great — and the financial commitment too much after they gave Chad Penning- ton $18 million guaranteed less than twoyears ago. Accorsi thought the Won- derlic fiasco, where reports of Williamsfor 2006 season 2004 Eli Manning, Giants (1) Led Giants to NFL Easttitle in second season, but must Steven Wine improve on accuracy and decision-making. Philip Rivers, Chargers (4) Nowthat Drew Brees is gone, he gets off bench (30 passes MIAMI — RickyWilliams will sit out another season. produce right away. bled Miami Dolphins running back for one year Tuesday after he violated the league's substance abusepolicy for the fourth time. Williams metApril 10 with NFLcounselJeff Pash in an attemptto havethe league overturnthe test. He had Alex Smith, 49ers (1) He was2-5 as a rookie — wonhis last two — with a TD and 11 INTs. (USC)game,”he say. beenparticipating in the offseason training program at the Dolphins’ complex, and he wasthere working out shortly before league an- nouncedthat his appeal had beenrejected. “When “['mdisappointedwith the s. He was ForSpanish Fork's Bart Thompson, the Timpview relays ‘was a great opportunity to see how far along Diane Stewart was in her preparations for region andstate. Stewart, who competed in Tuesday’s 27th annual Timpview Relays, helped lead the Spanish Forkgirls track team to victory with 116 points. Host Timpview won the boys portion of the meet, withthe © Spans Fork boys second. Dianehas been a stud and is getting back into form,” Thompsonsaid.“It’s looking like we'll get her back for re- gion andstate competition and our girls team has done well today. Spanish Fork’s girls team picked upfirst place finishes in the javelin, high jump,the 1,600meterrelay, the 3,200m relay and the 6,400m relay. “This is a fun meet,” Thompsonsaid.“It’s getting down to crunchtimeandthis is the kind of meet that we can experiment with our kids andit’s fun for them. Plus when you do have the talent,it's fun to go for the records.” The Dongirls did pick up some record-breaking experience,establishing a new Timpview Relays record witha 3:55.68 time on the 1,600m relay to beatthe old time of 4:03.82, set by an American Fork team in 1993. The Timpview boysgotfirstplace performancesin the 400m relay, the sprint medley, the 300m shuttles, the 800m relay and the 6,400m relay, earning 108 points overall. Timpview’s girls also had a strong day with 78 team points to take secondplace and beatProvo by twopoints. Timpview's boys had a much larger margin of victory over Spanish Fork (80) and Timpanogos (65) The Timpview Relays was not a qualifier for state competition but allowed for teams to showcase their athletes. standing job for the Dolphins, what headded as a person to the team’s chemistry and to our overali success.” Onesliver of good newsfor Sabanis the timing of the decision: He now knows he'sin the market for a running back in the NFL draft this weekend to back up Brown. The suspensionrepresents a financial blow for Williams, whoowes the Dolphins $8.6 million for breaching his con- tract whenheretired in 2004. His return last season was motivatedpartly by the need for a paycheck, and that may decision, but I respect it,” the that out, howit got out - it’s unconscionable. Kids are go- bythe team. “I'm proud of my be a reasonfor him to return in 2007. Attorney David Cornwell represented Williams in his phins in 2007.” legitimateissuesarising out of the application of the NFL's 2002 NFLrushing champion said in a statementreleased association with the National Football Leagueandlook forward to returningto the Dol- ing to start refusing to take (the Wonderlic).” Afterall these months of running 40s, vertical jumps. Williams also sat out the 2004 seasonafterretiring shorts, andfilling in answers with a No.2 pencil, teams can shortly before training camp. He returnedlastyearto play workouts in T-shirts and neverlose sight of what's really important: Howplayers “The gymnastic stuffis all wonderful,” Giants coach Tom Coughlin says. “But they got to be ableto play.” Certainly, teams such as the Jets havestudied the shaky per- peal. “We raised substantial and policy and program for sub- stancesof abuse,” Cornwell said in a statement. He urged for new Miami coach Nick Saban. the players’ union and ownership to “reviewthe issues we raised on the appeal . and re- drugtests were for marijuana, which he acknowledged using. the NFL's policy to put equal focus on helping NFLplayers The latest test apparentlyinvolved a substanceother than pending them.” Williams’previous positive perform in games. storethe originalintention of as is put on testing and sus- Last season Williams laughrelated to his interestin holis- . ingly described himself as weird and compared his career tic medicine. Sincehis returnlast season, toa roller coaster. But he also marijuana and may have been formancesof QBs takenin the top five and convinced them- selves that they can uncoverthe the NFL required Williams to undergo drugtests up to 10 times a month. Hewasin India next Brady, a sixth-round pick in 2000,the 199th player taken. There may never be another Brady, but everybodyis look- studying yoga when newsof his latest failed test surfaced in dispelled his reputation as an aloof, selfish pothead, win- ningpraise from teammates and winning the local media’s annual postseason Good Guy Award, given to the player ing for him. February gamesuspensionatthe start of the 2005 season for his third violation of the drug program, then ran for 743 yards and averaged 4.4 yards ers. to go,” Angelosays. “It’s just the process. It's notlike it's ing time with rookie Ronnie Brown. Saban repeatedly has praised Williams’ conduct and the running back. Williams performancelast season and Orleans, and the resulting Williams served a four- “In the end, these guys will go where they are supposed stupidor thereis a better formula.” a carry while sharingplay- supported himin the appeal process. BOYS RESULTS jeam Scores:1 Timpwiew 108.2 Spanish Fork 80 3 teen 5 “This is a league decision, most cooperative with reportWilliams won the 1998 Heisman Trophyat Texas, and the next year, NewOrleans Saints coach MikeDitka traded his team’s entire draft to acquire wore a weddingdress for an infamous photo shoot with Ditka upon arriving in New backlash began to sour Williams' three-year stay with the Saints. 6Mine me * A BetterFit Fo, __ Brian Hassler whatit means for Ricky and the team,” Saban said in a statement. “Ricky did an out- basically running the whole show onthatlast drive. felt so bad for him. Whoeverlet Spanish Fork, Timpview take team titles HERALD CORRES and wearedisappointed in The NFL suspended the trou- not only as a player but also in two seasons) and hasto on the IQ test, was unfair. “If you look at his play a lot of great decisions in that car than the Lombardi Trophy - cerned about holding up an Os- NEL suspends Dolphins’ leading Cincy to playoffs for first time since. 1990. people are picking at (Young) theory,” loss to Tampa Bayin this Oct. 16, 2008, ae photo. Williams wassuspended forthe 2006season bythe NFL on Tuesday,for violating the league's substanceabuse policyfor the fourth time. Carson Palmer, Bengals (1) Emerged Jast season as one Youngscoringaslowas six FILE /Associated Press a pass during a 27-13 Miami running back Ricky of best (32 TDs, 12 INTs), Young recently, said,“a lot of passion for football. More con- Giants GM Ernie Ac- Has not made team better. Reggie Bushshould help. 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