nfl.com - 6/6/2008
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See if this sounds familiar. At this time last year, desperate to solidify their quarterback position for years to come, the Cleveland Browns packaged picks to move up in the draft and select Brady Quinn . Cleveland firmly believed it had drafted its quarterback of the future - until the lightly regarded backup Derek Anderson came off the bench and out of nowhere to start the final 15 games of ...
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Troy Smith could show Joe Flacco and Kyle Boller to the bench
Shutdown Corner —
According
to Adam Schefter, Troy
Smith is making friends and influencing people in Baltimore. The competition
to start is wide open between first-round draft pick Joe Flacco, incumbent Kyle
Boller, and the former Heisman winner, Troy Smith.
Boller was thought to be the most likely candidate to win the job, with the
fans and organization hoping that Flacco could take over for him sometime in the
not-so-distant future.
Smith, being a 5th round draft pick and wearing the Heisman Trophy around his
neck like an anchor, just like Jason White, Eric Crouch, Danny Weurffel, Gino
Torretta, and Andre Ware before him, was an afterthought. But Schefter reports
that he's become a ...
Troy Smith Could Be the Next Derek Anderson, Sans Goofy Haircut
FanHouse —
Filed under: Browns, Ravens, AFC North, NFL Rumors When the Ravens drafted Joe Flacco in the first round of the NFL Draft, it was with the understanding that he would be the team's franchise quarterback. The only question was how long until he would be thrust into that role. Ideally, Flacco would have an opportunity to "learn by watching," but sometimes circumstances (and large sums of money) dictate otherwise. For now, Kyle Boller and 2007 fifth-rounder Troy Smith are battling for the starting gig. Both are considered temporary replacements while Flacco learns the offense, adjusts to life in the NFL, so on and so forth. NFL Network's Adam ...
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sports.yahoo.com 6/6/2008 — According
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Smith is making friends and influencing people in Baltimore . The competition
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Boller , and the former Heisman winner, Troy Smith .
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