From: ronnie@uts.amdahl.com (Ronnie Townsend)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: The use of "can't" (Re: Steve Young vs Randall Cunningham)
Date: 22 Dec 92 22:18:46 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <157070001@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com> jberry@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (John Berry) writes:
>/ hpcupt3:rec.sport.football.pro / 49ers@eb5ts4.EBay.Sun.COM (Renie Maycon) / 10:46 pm  Dec  9, 1992 /
>Steve Young is a better QB than Randall Cunningham.
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>Steve is more durable than Randall.
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>Randall looks more smoother when he scrambles.
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>Randall does not have a good supporting cast.
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>Steve and the 49ers have a Better defense and offense than randal does.
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>Randall will never win a SuperBowl.
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>Randall still can't win the big game when it counts.
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>Steve makes better passing decisions.
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>Steve is the highest rated QB 107.8  Randall 90.2
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>Steve and Joe will win the SuperBowl this year and next year and so one and so
>on and so on.  get my point!!!!!!!!!!!
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>I do not agree that Steve Young is a better quarterback than Randall
>Cunningham!  Steve is an excellent quarterback.  He is mobile, has a
>strong arm and those sorts of things, but Steve has a strong supporting
>cast.
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>Just imagine what Randall Cunningham would be like if he was surrounded
>by a Jerry Rice, John Taylor, Brent Jones, Ricky Waters, etc.  I honestly
>believe that team would be unstoppable.  But instead, he has a bunch of 
>other players who have the potential to be good but aren't quite there yet.
>Sometimes these players don't even show up for the game.  One other thing,
>Randall has been doing his thing for years by himself.  Do you think Steve
>can carry the load of carrying a team for years????  Hell NO!

True enough.. Randall has operated on a team with a pathetic running game 
until this year. He also operated without pro-bowl caliber wide receivers and
has not had the benefit of playing in a precision passing game which no doubt 
pads ratings ... In the final analysis, Randall has led his team to the playoffs
each year he has been the starter. Steve Young was 1-9 as a starter with 
Tampa Bay... He was barely above .500 as a starter with the Niners until this 
year. All this bullshit about him not feeling comfortable with "Joe's team" and
all that horseshit aside... the fact is... I'd wager Cunningham has a better 
record as a starter in the NFL than Steve Young. Since winning is the bottom
line... who's the better QB? The Steve Young bandwagon has gotten way too large
this year. No one can argue that he's having a great year. No one can argue 
that he's having a better year than Cunningham... but he's also having a better
year than every other QB in the league... though after last night I suspect
Aikmann has to be closing in in ratings and shit. The point is... nobody can 
tell me that Randall Cunningham would not enjoy huge success in the 49er 
offense. On the other hand... take a peek at all that Steve Young accomplished
in Tampa Bay to get an idea of what he can do on a weak team. 

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>Even in head to head competition, the quarterback challenge on NBC in the 
>summer, Randall had a stronger arm than Steve, Randall was more accurate than
>Steve, Randall was faster than Steve and overall Randall scored higher than
>Steve.
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>One other thing I would like to point out.  Randall Cunningham is a very
>durable quarterback.  He has been in the league since '85.  Back than, Buddy
>Ryan used to put him in when it was 3rd and long.  Everyone in the house knew
>he was going to pass.  Consequently, he got sacked alot, never got hurt!  In
>fact the eagles gave up the most sacks in the league. This happened for 3 years
>until he started in 1988.  From that point, he never got hurt until last year 
>on a fluke play.  Now he is back and hasn't been injured since than.  Steve
>Young on the other hand started for the first time last year and missed
>some ball games.  So you answer the question, Who is more durable????

Yeah but Young is by far the more intelligent QB.. right? :-)  And why do 
people keep wanting to forget Young's year as the starting Qb at Tampa Bay. I 
know his performance was forgettable but he did show up... and he stunk. He 
has no doubt matured since then and blossomed into a good (perhaps even great) 
QB. To be honest Young took over essentially the same ballclub that Doug 
Williams had led to the playoffs 3 of 4 years and flopped.  I think this
question of who is better, Young or Cunningham is moot. They don't play for 
the same team, with like talent around or in similar offenses. They play with
simliar styles so the comparison is natural but nobody is going to convince me`
that they'd equate throwing to Calvin Williams and Fred Barnett to throwing to
Jerry Rice and John Taylor. If you think the two are equal... pass me some of 
what you're smokin'
-- 
Ronnie
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Whenever the fates hear someone say, "It can't get any worse than this..." 
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