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Old 01-17-2013, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by cyseymour View Post
Drew Brees was listed at 6'0" (he's really 5'11" and 1/2). Brees had just broken the record for most passing yards in a season, four months before Wilson was drafted. Wilson is probably less than one inch shorter than Brees. That was one instance where the fans were a lot smarter than the GM's, there were a lot of fans high on Wilson.
For every example of a short player succeeding there is another example of a short player failing.

In recent memory Seneca Wallace, Troy Smith, Colt McCoy and Pat White come to mind.

There are a lot of fans high on Tim Tebow, I think we can consider this a wash.
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