This was buried in an article about the Eagles:
Passers who have played for current University of California coach Jeff Tedford, even back when he was a highly celebrated coordinator, have struggled so mightily in the NFL that his offense is now viewed by some as one that inflates numbers and makes passers seem better than they really are. A partial list of Tedford-tutored flops includes first-round failures such as Akili Smith, Joey Harrington and Kyle Boller.
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Harrington will never be great, and Smith was a flop for sure, but the verdict may still be out on Kyle Boller.
He went through the typical growing pains of a rookie quarterback his first two seasons, and right when he started feeling confident in his role, they brought in McNair who has been all but solid in Baltimore.
It's interesting to note however that Boller had put up strong numbers every time McNair had gone down with injuries last year.
I don't think he'll ever be a great quarterback, but he may be solid enough to lead a very good team deep into the playoffs at some point in his career.
Now as for Aaron Rodgers, he'll be good. Real good.
If Tedford is able to make college QB's look so good, what does that say about many NFL coaches out there?
In my humble opinion, Harrington and Boller still have chances for long NFL careers (worst case, as back ups) - and at their ages, they can still make some noise. Jim Plunkett (yeah, I know, a Stanford grad) was 'washed up' after horrible stints at New England and San Francisco but won a Super Bowl with the Raiders late in his career.
Back to Tedford's QB's: lets not forget Dilfer won a Super Bowl - albeit he had the benefit of one of the greatest defenses the NFL has ever seen that season.
Rogers, yeah, I believe the Packers stole him late in the 1st round - and Longshore, assuming he makes the same strides in his junior year that Rogers made in his junior year, will be another 1st rounder.
If you were to look at all the QB's to ever start a Super Bowl (win or lose) - is there a college coach (coach, not program) that can claim any significant percentage of them? I doubt it.
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