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Very few Harvard football players have been drafted or given tryouts by National Football League teams, and the only former Crimson player now in the NFL is Pittsburgh Steeler reserve defensive back John Dockery...
...when Eric Crone was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals on the 17th round of last year's NFL draft, Crimson gridiron fans had reason to be surprised. And, although the colorful Crone was finally cut when the Cardinals trimmed down to their final regular season limit last week, the fact that Crone was the last player to be dropped by the Cardinals speaks highly for the 6 ft. 3 in. quarterback...
...myth about the NFL training camps that Crone says was quickly dispelled is that of conditioning. Before training camp started in July he lifted weights and ran to get ready, but he now says that most of the work was unnecessary. "Hell, all quarterbacks in the NFL have to do is drop back and throw, nobody worries about what shape they...
Nevertheless, Crone was surprised and disappointed when he was cut. He says that he would rather have been cut in the beginning when there was still time to negotiate with other NFL teams in need of a quarterback before they, too, had to cut down...
...They put me on the taxi squad three weeks ago and said I would be used for the future. I expected that, since it takes several years to develop into a good NFL quarterback. But I was surprised when they cut me, because I'd been playing good football--I played better than ever and they told everyone that. I even surprised myself," Crone said...