Worth the Wait...

Sometimes in sports all you need to do is wait.  Wait to play, wait to win.  In the NFL, waiting has paid off for some people today.  Rex Grossman, Daunte Culpepper, and Brady Quinn.  Each one has an interesting story of their own.  

Perhaps you remember when the Bears were in the super bowl two years ago.  Even if you don't that's okay, it wasn't a spectacular super bowl.  It was raining, and the Bears had no chance, I think very few people expected them to win.  Needless to say they didn't.  Now, do you remember who was playing quarterback for the Bears?  Here's a hint, it wasn't the starting quarterback at the start of the season.  Nope, Rex Grossman, who helped lead the Bears to the super bowl, wasn't even the starting quarterback this season.  It was Kyle Orton, who had filled in for Grossman during various points of the season when Grossman was injured.  So why was Orton the starting quarterback this season?  Because Rex Grossman is very over rated, in fact.  He sucks.  He does not have what it takes to be a quarterback.  One game he would throw for 5 TD's, and then the next game throw 5 INT's and have a QB rating of 2.  But, good things come to those who wait, and yesterday when Orton got injured, Grossman was back in the game.  And led the Bears to a win!!!

Daunte Culpepper, remember him?  Great arm, good runner, had a good target in Randy Moss.  Well, Moss leaves the team, Culpepper destroys his leg.  In the following years he was traded to Miami, where he rushed his rehab and never performed at the same level.  He then bounced to Oakland after another surgery and more poor playing.  At the start of this season, with no one asking him to play, Culpepper retired.  However, it was announced late last week that he was going to sign a 2-year deal with the Lions.  And today he was basically announced as the starting quarterback when the current starter went down with a thumb injury.  Look at that.

Now for Brady Quinn.  Good 'ol Brady Quinn.  Maybe you've seen him in the E.AS. Myoplex commercials, because that is all he's done since being drafted in 07.  Quinn played his college football at Notre Dame, where he set various school records.  Yet, people knocked Quinn and wondered if he could make the leap to the NFL, if he would be any good.  When it came time for draft day he waited, until the 22nd pick in the first round.  He went to Cleveland, in his native Ohio, so people were happy.  However, Derek Anderson was quarterback and he had a great year, leading the Brown's to the doorsteps of the playoffs.  They didn't make it, but going into this year Anderson was rewarded with a nice contract and people had high expectations for the Browns.  Well, things didn't start well, in fact they couldn't win a game.  Anderson wasn't playing well, receivers were dropping passes and injuries were killing them.  Then they beat the Giants(painful), and things seemed to be turning around.  They won two more games, and Derek Anderson seemed like he would be keeping his job.  Yet, after losing yesterday and blowing a ten point lead, it was announced today that Brady Quinn would be the starting quarterback.  Worth the wait indeed.