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...people in the world wouldn't want to change places with a Super Bowl quarterback. But convincing people to switch shoes with Ravens quarterback Trent Dilfer or Giants counterpart Kerry Collins would have required Ron Popeil-like selling skills before this season. Both had spent several years regarded as highly paid busts, taking turns as a favorite punching bag for fans and the media...
Their stories don't read like Kurt Warner's, last year's Super Bowl MVP who proved to be a nobody who only needed a chance to be a somebody. These guys started at the top - the Buccaneers drafted Dilfer with the sixth pick in the '94 draft; Collins was the Panthers' first-ever draftee with the fifth selection in the '95 draft. Both were anointed as their franchise's... well, franchises... and both fell out of the spotlight the same way they entered it - by way of their arms - Dilfer by completing passes to players on other teams, Collins...
Look at Trent Dilfer. As quarterback of the Tampa Bay Bucs for six years, he basically sucked. Then he sucked and sucked and sucked some more until finally finding a new home in Baltimore as Tony Banks' backup. He took over the starting job at midseason and, well, he wasn't all that great, but he did enough to lead the Ravens to a 10-1 record in that time...
Finally, let's play a game of "Who You Calling a Stiff?" To play you must think back two years and recall where you thought quarterbacks Trent Dilfer, Kerry Collins, Rich Gannon and Daunte Culpepper would be now. If you said leading their respective teams to conference championship games and owning a combined 7-2 playoff record (7-2! These guys?), then Dionne Warwick has nothing...
...oGreg H. Dilfer...