Risks

Exactly! It's an argument I've used before but for some reason it gets widely ignored. It's evidence for why he deserved a shot at the next level. Nothing more, nothing less.

Yeah... but once a player hits waivers and bounces around and it's clear NFL teams don't like him, it's pretty clear that he doesn't have a future in the NFL.[/quote]Not having a future in the NFL doesn't mean you don't have the talent. I think he's being shunned because he doesn't have the collegiate resume that a lot of other guys have. It's one thing to put your neck on the line for a guy who was decent at a division I school, but it's another to do it for a guy who hardly played at all. You'd think his preseason experience would speak for itself however. He has more than a small sample size now. Perhaps teams put more stock in practice than I realize. And to that I'd say, teams need to reevaluate their evaluation process because they miss on far too many players, not just QB's.

That's what I thought he should have done too, but this year already. The XFL was sorely lacking in QB talent so I'm sure he could have won a starting gig with an XFL team. It somewhat worked for Kurt Warner when he played in the Arena League and Euro League. At the very least it keeps you from getting out of shape from sitting on the couch waiting for the phone to ring.

Warner still had to wait for an opportunity to present itself though. It's not like his play alone is what made the Rams take notice. Which just supports my point even more about how nobody has a clue about who will or won't work out until they actually give someone an opportunity.

I don't have Warners preseason numbers from back then, but maybe he was bad at practice or something. I don't know why nobody was interested in him, but Holmgren, Mariucci, Reid, and Gruden all failed to recognize his talent when the Packers cut him and kept Ty Detmer. Favre was their starter so 3rd string wasn't a priority I guess.

Then in 1999 the Rams made Warner available for the Browns expansion draft, but the Browns chose Scott Milanovich instead, so again, why do so many people think NFL scouts, GM's, and coaches know what they're doing as far as recognizing talent goes? That's the very freaking year Warner led the Rams to 13-3 and a Lombardi, so what were the Rams or Warner doing wrong that summer for that to be such a huge miss? Oh bummer Trent Green is out for the year, guess we gotta roll with bag boy. I wonder what fans were saying about all that. B-b-but 30 teams passed on him for 4 years, s-s-so he must not be any good.