http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/1880 Recent articles about Ryan Fitzpatrick en-us 8.Cleveland: Starter Derek Anderson. Backup Brady Quinn: At this time last year, nobody could have predicted Anderson would emerge from obscurity to keep the highly-touted Quinn on the bench. Quinn threw only eight passes as a rookie but should make big strides this preseason after missing much of his rookie training camp in a contract holdout. If Quinn isn't ready, the Browns have six-year veteran Ken Dorsey in reserve. 7.Seattle Seahawks Starter Matt Hasselbeck. Backup Seneca Wallace: All of Wallace's career NFL starts came during a shaky four-game stretch in 2006 (the Seahawks went 2-2). But Wallace showed marked improvement when completing 17 of 22 passes in last year's finale against Atlanta. Now in his sixth season with the Seahawks, Wallace is a rushing threat under center and has extra roster value because he can play wide receiver and return punts/kicks in a pinch. Charlie Frye, who started 19 games with Cleveland between 2005 and 2007, is also on the roster 6.Indianapolis Colts Starter Peyton Manning. Backup Jim Sorgi: Playing behind an ironman like Manning, Sorgi's only game opportunities the past four years have come in blowouts or meaningless late-season contests. The Colts, though, have confidence in Sorgi and proved it last October by signing him to a three-year contract extension. 5.Carolina Panthers Starter Jake Delhomme. Backup Matt Moore: Moore was one of the few beneficiaries of Carolina's revolving door at quarterback in 2007, getting three starts and extensive playing time as an undrafted rookie. Moore showed enough promise that the Panthers released David Carr in the offseason and didn't sign a veteran replacement. 4.Detroit Lions Starter Jon Kitna. Backup Dan Orlovsky: Kitna is the ultimate crash-test dummy, not missing a start the past two seasons despite being sacked a staggering 114 times. Orlovsky needs to play well in the preseason or he could soon be ceding his backup spot to 2007 second-round pick Drew Stanton. Orlovsky hasn't played since performing mop-up duty in November 2005 and was beaten out for a second-string spot last year by journeyman J.T. O'Sullivan. 3.Cincinnati Bengals Starter Carson Palmer. Backup Ryan Fitzpatrick: Not only has he started 48 consecutive games, Palmer was the NFL's only quarterback last season to take 100 percent of his team's snaps last season. Fitzpatrick became the fifth player in league history to throw for 300-plus yards in his 2005 debut while with St. Louis. But it has been all downhill from there, as he lost three consecutive starts and hasn't attempted a pass since. Fitzpatrick is from Harvard, so we know he's smart. We just don't know if he'll be any good if called upon. 2.Green Bay Packers Starter Aaron Rodgers. Backup Brian Brohm: No member of Green Bay's current quarterback crop has ever started a regular-season game. After Daunte Culpepper inexplicably declined a pre-draft contract offer to serve as Rodgers' backup, the Packers addressed the position by picking Brohm (second round) and Matt Flynn (seventh). In mid-June, Brohm drew praise from Packers coach Mike McCarthy for picking up his offense "faster at this point than any rookie I've been around." While the Packers will be a stronger team if Brett Favre ultimately returns from retirement, Brohm's development will be slowed if dropped to a third-string role. 1.New England Patriots Starter Tom Brady. Backup Matt Cassel: Brady hasn't missed a start since replacing an injured Drew Bledsoe early in the 2001 season. That has given Cassel scant opportunity to play. In fact, Cassel's passing attempts have dropped each season since being a 2005 seventh-round draft pick. Cassel also had a disastrous fourth-quarter outing last October at Miami, forcing an irate Bill Belichick to insert Brady back into a game the Patriots were winning handily. Cassel's long-term future with the Patriots is in question after San Diego State's Kevin O'Connell was selected in the third round of this year's draft. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:36:40 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/300491 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/300491 Sitting in living rooms, kitchens, and agent's offices across America at this very moment are around 1000 players who have been poked, prodded, and pranced over the past few months trying to determine whether or not they're draft material. 255 of those 1000 will be deemed worthy tomorrow and Sunday. One test will weigh heavily on the minds of GMs and coaches throughout the NFL: The Wonderlic. The Wonderlic is a 12-minute, 50-question quiz designed to test the general IQ of potential NFL meat. A perfect score is 50. To date, there has only been one football player to score a 50 on his Wonderlic assessment, Pat McInally of Havard University who went on to become a Pro-Bowl punter. Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, also from Harvard University, was also believed to have scored a perfect 50. This claim was eventually proven to be false and he was outed as having a still excellent score of 38. On average, NFL players' Wonderlic scores are as follows: * Offensive tackle - 26 * Center - 25 * Quarterback - 24 * Guard - 23 * Tight end - 22 * Safety - 19 * Linebacker - 19 * Cornerback - 18 * Wide receiver - 17 * Fullback - 17 * Halfback - 16 Read more at ArmchairAssociation.com... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:45:10 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/257580 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/257580 There's not whole lot to talk about when it comes to free-agent quarterbacks, but there are a couple who can and will make a difference during the 2008 season. The real NFL season starts March 1st as these free agents will one way or another find themselves in a new situation. From a fantasy perspective never overvalue any free agent unless they're re-signing with there current team. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:23:42 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/174338 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/174338