Kordell worse as analyst than reading Ds

[lionslicer]

What I want to know... Is how did he get a Job at ESPN....

[USWSteel]

Originally Posted by thumper

First of all, it's not as if this place has a plethora of good new threads every
day. So acting like making a thread about a former-Steeler and how he is
doing in _any_ endeavor does not seem out of line to me. It would be different
if there were so many posts that there was a pollution problem in here and
you couldn't get thru the less on-topic posts to find the ones you want; that is
clearly not the case, so enough with that 'tude where bringing up the skill, or
lack there of, of a former player being so off the mark.

Secondly, if you want to "go there" as far as how Kordell was as a QB, fine. It
seems some believe he wasn't so bad. Other than a few fluke years he was
indeed bad. Matter of fact, he was horrible and was kept as the starter
because Cowher (and Rooneys, maybe) couldn't admit that they were all
wrong about this guy as a QB. If you recall, after Kordell's worst season - up
to that point - Cowher pushed for, and got - a huge extension for KS for huge $,
selling the Rooneys that this new contract would restore his confidence, and that
that was what was needed to allow KS to play better. KS not only had 1 season
left on his current deal at the time, but ___TWO___. That was a bonehead move
by Cowher and they never wanted to admit it, hence, KS was allowed to be the
starter longer than any other team would have put up with.

Thirdly, those of you who brainwashed yourself into thinking KS wasn't such a
bad QB, fancy yourself this: At an age where most QBs would be at their prime,
the Bears needed to see him start in 7 games before he was benched and he
never even saw the field as a Raven, where as NO other team even wanted him
at that point, period. If he wasn't crap, why did it take 2 other
teams such super short periods to conclude he sucked? LOGIC. Try it. It is
pretty cool. KS has a career-long 55% completion %. That BLOWS.

I bet he was a better Steelers Qb than you were ? Oh and I bet he has a Espn TV job that you dont have ? How many games did you start for the Steelers ? Right zero.

[OX1947]

90% of former players who are analyst are terrible. They are only there because of who they are not talent.

[Neil-Still-Rules-14]

Originally Posted by USWSteel

I bet he was a better Steelers Qb than you were ? Oh and I bet he has a Espn TV job that you dont have ? How many games did you start for the Steelers ? Right zero.

Just going to chime in here and say that I DESPISE the strawman argument. It adds nothing to the conversation. Either way, I'd say Kordell was a just average QB. And I would make a case that he was better than Michael Vick (whom I deem to be very overrated) when he was in his prime. All in all, I'd put him in the top 5 or so QBs in Steelers history...
1. Roethlisberger
2. Bradshaw
3. O'Donnell
4. Layne
T-5. Stewart/Finks/Brister

[tony hipchest]

to be fair to kordell, he never had a shot in hell in chicago. i think it was john shoop offense (?) where every series had 2 qb draws up the middle for a 1-2 yard gain and a pass.

they very rarely got a first down and kordell got beat the hell up.

and people complain about arians "run-run-pass".

[TRH]

Originally Posted by OX1947

90% of former players who are analyst are terrible. They are only there because of who they are not talent.

that about sums it up. Howard Cosell's book was a good read explaining the "ex-jockcracy" and how almost all the players should not be in the booth or analysts and there's a lot of great announcing talent out there who never get the chance because of this.
There are a couple good ones. Collinsworth is really getting to be a good one and Phil Simms has made a great transition in the booth as well. I was never a big fan of Deion Sanders but he's pretty decent doing analysis.

[StainlessStill]

Damn you people are brutal haha. The fact of the matter is, is that even though Kordell had the skills, the dude didn't have a chance at Quarterback here. By the '98 season our team was in mad rebuild mode (and this all coming only in Kordells 2nd full season at starting QB) and that lasted all but 3 years ('98, '99, '00) and by the time '01 hit, Kordell was already damaged goods, going through many benchings, many bad performances and many quarterback coach's and coordinators tinkering with his game that made him so elusive. Kordell had one of his BEST years in '01 but the damage was done and he was already on a short leash in '02, which saw him getting benched after 3 games. He didn't have a chance, period.

[zulater]

Originally Posted by tony hipchest

to be fair to kordell, he never had a shot in hell in chicago. i think it was john shoop offense (?) where every series had 2 qb draws up the middle for a 1-2 yard gain and a pass.

they very rarely got a first down and kordell got beat the hell up.

and people complain about arians "run-run-pass".

I've heard all the excuses a thousand times, the Steelers were a franchise qb away from winning the SB in 97, and 2001. Kordell had the team, he just wasn't the sort of quarterback you can win a championship with. Running qb's are great until the playoffs, Kordell's career post season passer rating is a pathetic 45.6. He couldn't hit a receiver coming out of a break to save his ass. Most of his former coordinaters are still making a living coaching in the NFL, they weren't the reason he failed, he was.

[zulater]

Originally Posted by Neil-Still-Rules-14

Just going to chime in here and say that I DESPISE the strawman argument.

Ditto!.

[Steeldude]

Originally Posted by sarahpalinhater

Actually I'm gonna disagree on this one. Kordell actually speaks very very well. And his takes are at least based on reason. Now, you wanna talk BAD! Go to the fools on the NFL Network. Warren Sapp, and Jamie Dukes, are you kidding me ? These guys at like buffoons who still think they're players, and are in a Locker room. Not to mention the likes of Keyshawn Johnson and Michael Irvin. Compared to those guys, Kordell is actually very good.

sapp needs to take some classes in grammar, but he is rather funny.

the people i cannot stand are deion sanders(worst) and jamie dukes.

i wish mark malone was back