The mother of all PBQs is obviously Tom Brady. Every year the patriots are picked for the super bowl. Much was made of their 16-0 record breaking season. Here is an example of the PBQ bias. Everyone knows the Titans went 13-3, with a great 10-0 start. What did we hear during it all? Easy schedule. Clearly their easy schedule. If only Kerry Collins was a bit prettier. Would someone kindly remind the media that Brady went 16-0 in a division with the 1-15 dolphins, the 4-12 jets, and the always 7-9 bills? He ran up the score agsint division opponents for those passing records.

Ummm…..Really? Tom Brady posted a quarterback rating of 117, the second highest in NFL history. He set the single season Passing TD record with 50. Kerry threw 12 last year. Not even a quarter of Brady’s. Yet, he had only one less interception. I don’t care who Brady was playing against. Those numbers are remarkable. Kerry’s, on the other hand, were about as average as you can get.

However, because Tom Brady is at the helm, and not random quarterback guy, it’s clearly his quarterbacking prowess

Yes.

There are plenty of other quarterbacks that are beginning to be PBQs. Philip Rivers is clearly the #2, and Jay Cutler has been enhancing his PBQ status as of late. And every year it’s the Chargers that are ready to take that superbowl step and now suddenly Chicago is a strong contender.

Have you taken a second to consider that it might have more to do with their excellent quarterback play, and less to do with their good looks? Per Football Outsiders, Rivers and Cutler were the third and fifth best quarterbacks in the league, respectively.

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And yet, somehow the team that manhandled the superbowl champions and only lost 1 player of importance is going to fall out of the playoffs? Really? I would almost guaruntee that if we had a media favorite PBQ that we would be preseason superbowl picks every time.

It is frustrating, but I don’t think it has to do with an absence of a glamour quarterback. Tennessee is a small market team, and let’s face it, they don’t have the ‘sexy’ play that the media loves. The bread and butter is boring games (to the casual fan) involving a lot of running and great defense.

Brady is hyped up because he is that good. He’s light years ahead of Collins. Anyone who thinks Collins even remotely compares to Brady has some more football watching to do.

If you’re theory is true, Jesse Palmer would have been a media-hyped QB, and many articles would be written how he should be back in the league.

The Titans are overlooked because of the market. That’s it. It has nothing to do with this pretty boy quarterback crap. Some QB’s personal lives are followed by the media more because of looks, but they normally don’t get free passes for being bad. Furthermore, their teams don’t get extra special consideration as a whole either. Manning and the Colts have often been hyped up before the season begins as well. Why? Because when you have a great QB in Manning, you always have a chance. Likewise, if you have a guy like Brady, you always have a chance.

And really, Jay Cutler is a “pretty boy?” That’s pushing it.

Nowhere did i say they weren’t good quarterbacks. Nowhere did i say Kerry Collins is in any way equal to Tom Brady. And PBQ doesn’t mean looks in particular, more general image/attitude of the person.

Running up the score against terrible teams does not = being great.

I think the choice of words was a little off but I get the intent. I am pretty sure that the complaint here is how much coverage the poster boys get that has nothing to do with talent. He just happened to pick the top dogs in his example.

Try this one. Carson Palmer vs. Tom Brady with injuries. Carson Palmer is a good QB stuck on a crap team, but the man has skills. He isn’t the poster boy of the NFL like Brady is though. While Palmer is otu hurt you get the occasional press update on his injury and maybe the odd appearance or so. While Brady is out he can’t wipe his ass without making media headlines about it because he is a “Poster Boy”.

Brady is the best and deserves all the credit that goes along with that. The problem is he is in the hedlines for everything and only half of that has anything remotely to do with Football. When our wives and daughters go all crazy because some star marries another or a new couple shows up we look at them like they are stupid, but when Tom Brady or Eli or Payton are a part of that couple most football fans are just as bad. Let them have their commericals and get the credit they deserve because of the skills on the field… leave ll the rest of the junk out of the headlines. I think that is what the point was.

An off thought though… since everything VY says or does gets him in the headlines even though he is still a backup, dos that mean he is a “PBQ” ???

It wasn’t the first time that kind of injury happened to a player. Just the first time the foremost poster boy was injured.

I am probably bias and irrational about this particular subject, but i wanted to incite some discussion in these boring summer months and become a regular commenter of sorts.