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March 17, 2005) -- It's not exactly turning into a debate like Peyton Manning vs. Ryan Leaf in 1998, but the argument over who's better between Utah quarterback Alex Smith and Cal quarterback Aaron Rodgers is heating up.
I spoke with people who attended Rodgers' workout and saw Smith work out the day before (which I saw in person), and at this point no one can distinguish one from the other. No one can distinguish who the leader is in the barn. All we know is that it's a two-horse race for top quarterback, and both participants are true thoroughbreds.
Furthermore, they're both adding fuel to the fire that the top pick in the draft should be a quarterback. Before this week, it was debatable if a quarterback should be taken No. 1 overall. Now it's looking more and more like it's a good idea.
Rodgers held his private workout in California under the direction of his collegiate head coach, Jeff Tedford. He threw to two receivers, Jonathan Makomnen, who was a player at Cal last year, and LaShaun Ward, a former NFL receiver, as well as to tight end Garrett Cross and running back Kevin Parker.
Like Smith, Rodgers has a busy schedule ahead of him. In fact, he met with the 49ers right after his workout. Talk about keeping busy.
Here's the verdict from Rodgers' workout:
There were 32 teams represented at the workout, including new head coaches Mike Nolan of the 49ers and Nick Saban of the Dolphins. The crowd was similar to what we saw the day before at Alex Smith's workout.
Player Position Gil's comments
Aaron Rodgers QB Rodgers stood on his numbers at the combine. At Indy, he was 6-foot-2, 223 pounds, and he ran his 40s for an average time of 4.75. He had a 33½-inch vertical, a 9-foot-8 long jump, a 4.54 short shuttle and a 7.53 three-cone drill.
Like Smith, Rodgers made all the throws -- everything from a three-step drop slant pass to a roll out deep bomb. Three of his passes were dropped by his receivers, and he had one overthrow in the same manner Smith had the day before.
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