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More on Pretty Boy QBs … my sister chimes in on ‘AJ McFealy’
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Kate Beale, a young lass who may be best known as the second most attractive/talented member of the Beale brood (no shame there), knows very, very little about sports. This does not, however, discount her from being an authority on the subject – a fact she does not try to hide come gametime. The justification for her yearly NC2A picks are one of the highlights of my tourney (one you’ll get to share in come march).
Anyway, she got a hold of my last post and gave me an excited call. Realizing that what I had was pure gold I asked her to write it up. Here it is, without edit:
Ok, I think that AJ McFealy is a perfect example of what you’re talking about…
In terms of their starting QB, teams are going to pay as much as they can for one of the limited amount of players who are certifiably awesome – in this bracket pretty doesn’t matter so much.
But, since even awesome AND pretty players get injured, (Tom Brady, if you’re reading this sorry -kinda- for the whole J.E.T. thing, and get well soon) teams are also going to need some backup, and they won’t necessarily be willing or able to pay top dollar. In this price bracket there are a lot more players, which makes it much more difficulty to determine comparative skill or potential with any level of certainty… so at this point, why not pick the pretty guy (welcome aboard AJ)- it’s not going to hurt you (in any way that can be proved after the fact), and it might actually help you. Yes, AJ did pull through for the team – but I have to think that part of that might have been that his prettiness helped to make him an instant fan favorite, surely boosting his confidence, which I would think might improve his playing. (–Jamsie, Can you find footage of AJ receiving the biggest standing O of the night at a Sixers playoff game? I was at the game, and I was cheering, a little less so when I realized that he was sitting with his fiance, but still–)… [Ed: there is no way that footage of AJ Feeley taking in a 2005 Sixer game exists. None. I'm 100% positive about this.]
Anyway, long story short- it seems like in this situation it seems like picking a prettyboy worked out for the Eagles.. and isn’t AJ a starter now too?
Alright, first of all I would argue that this is not “a perfect example of what I was talking about.” I argued that second tier QBs might be valued for attractiveness because scouts are used to attractiveness correlating with competence on lower levels.
But, apparently, I was saying to throw money at attractive quarterbacks because, hey … why not? People love attractive people. Good thing I made that clear.
Oh, for those of you who don’t follow sports … no, sadly AJ is not a starter. He’s back on the Birds, two injuries away from pretty boy fan favoritism.
“The loudest cheers of the night, and perhaps of the season at the First Union Center, went to Eagles third-string quarterback A.J. Feeley, who watched the game near midcourt and received two standing ovations when he was introduced to the crowd in the third quarter. Feeley led the NFC East champion Eagles to a 4-1 record while filling in for injured quarterbacks Donovan McNabb and Koy Detmer.”http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=230108020
We pretty much already pounded this argument into the ground via email… I just felt the need to post because I feel like a proud parent of the idea (I’m easy to please)
I am so much better looking than you it is embarrassing.
better looking than me? Please, with the hair all grown out you look like Jame Gumb’s doppleganger