Into the Future

Colt McCoy fell all the way to the third round in the 2010 NFL Draft (AP photo)

He’s been compared to Drew Brees. He was a winner in the Texas Longhorns’ football program. Yet many scouts said that the Cleveland Browns’ newest quarterback installment, Colt McCoy, would never succeed at the NFL level.

Why?

The comparison to Drew Brees is almost laughable. Scouts said that McCoy, much like Brees, is too small to play the quarterback position effectively at the next level. For those who have lived under a rock for the last year in the world of sports, Brees is the 5’9″ quarterback who is unanimously hailed as the main reason for the New Orleans Saints‘2010 Super Bowl win. If the biggest knock against Colt McCoy is that he’s a similar player to Brees, then I’m failing to see how he’s not going to be effective in the NFL.

And since when is being a winner in college football in Texas a bad thing? Last time I checked, Texas was one of the most popular states for college football in the United States. In reality, HIGH SCHOOL football is probably more popular in Texas than college football is in some states. Considering McCoy’s success there, I’m once again failing to see how he’s ultimately going to fail int he NFL.

The scouts who said these things about McCoy should be fired.

Congratulations Mike Holmgren, you’re building another winner.