Boy is it good to have football back. The lockout wasn't fun for anyone, but it's resulted in a convergence of free agency and training camp that is making for the most exciting week of offseason football in league history.
The biggest news so far (outside of New England, at least), was the inevitable decision by the Cardinals to trade for Kevin Kolb. To get their supposed quarterback of the future, Arizona gave up Domonique Rodgers-Cromartie and a 2nd round pick. To cast an objective eye on this big decision, let's compare the statistics of four anonymous career backup quarterbacks who were traded for an expensive package in the past decade:
Player | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Y/A |
Player A | 7 | 5 | 96 | 168 | 57.10% | 1,154 | 8 | 6 | 79.3 | 6.9 |
Player B | 19 | 7 | 194 | 319 | 60.80% | 2,082 | 11 | 14 | 73.2 | 6.5 |
Player C | 38 | 2 | 84 | 161 | 52.20% | 1,033 | 6 | 6 | 69.2 | 6.4 |
Player D | 30 | 15 | 349 | 555 | 62.90% | 3,946 | 23 | 13 | 88.2 | 7.1 |