The Quest for Brady Quinn

Brady Quinn may not be the front runner for the Heisman Trophy. Still, many believe that he's still the most likely player to be chosen first overall in the next NFL draft.

Brady had a pretty rough first quarter in East Lansing trying to rebound from the Michigan disaster. But he turned it around, finishing the game with five touchdown passes, as the Irish came back in the 4th quarter to beat the Spartans 40-37.

What were teams around the NFL doing to assure themselves of the chance to Brady Quinn? A lot.

5. Detroit Lions

Anytime you lose to the Packers at home, you can be pretty sure you're worthy of #1 pick status. The Lions QB corps of Jon Kitna, Josh McCown and Dan Orlovsky is not much to get excited about, so the Lions could definitely use Quinn. What could the genius that is Mike Martz do with such talent!? The real question is, how would Matt Millen fuck it up?

4. Houston Texans

The Texans are pretty damn god awful, aren't they? The biggest problem for them re. Brady is that the least of their problems is the quarterback. David Carr isn't bad, it's just he's surrounded by a horrible team. They have no offensive line, no running game, no defensive line, no linebackers, and no secondary. What they do have is Mario Williams, and he's been worth every penny so far.

3. Cleveland Browns

The Browns are playing as if they were the Cleveland women that love them. Ugly. There is a problem though, as the Browns get to play the Raiders this week and could accidentally get themselves a win. Cleveland vs. Oakland is easily the most important game of Week 4, if not the entire season.

2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Things were going horribly for the Bucs, and then they got worse this weekend. We all know that Chris Simms is out for what could be the season since he had to have his spleen removed. The good news (or bad news if you're a Bucs fan) is that the spleen is nowhere near as vital to quarterbacking skill as the appendix is. Isn't that right, Mr. Roethlisberger? The bad news for Tampa (or good news if your a Bucs fan) is that some guy named Bruce Gradkowski is going to be filling in for Simms. Gradkowski seems like the perfect guy to lead the Bucs to the NFL's worst record.

1. Oakland Raiders

Oakland was on the bye this week and didn't play. Of course, that didn't stop them from losing by 27. The best part was when Art Shell showed up at the stadium Sunday afternoon and had absolutely no idea where everybody was. Jerry Porter was seen in the stands laughing at him.