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03-23-2004, 01:55 PM
Chris Chandler? Rams' signing raises some red flags
BY JEFF GORDON
Post-Dispatch Online Sports Columnist
03/23/2004
Online Columnist Jeff Gordon
Chris Chandler?
That question looms large over Rams Nation this week. Chris . . . Chandler. Chris . . . Chandler. Rams fans keep running those words through their cerebral wickets, seeking to knock some sense out of them.
What was Mike Martz thinking when he courted the 900-year-old quarterback and offered him a three-year contract? What does it mean to the ongoing Marc Bulger/Kurt Warner controversy?
This signing raises a number of flags:
* Can anybody imagine Chandler cheerfully filling the No. 3 role? Sitting quietly as a back-up has been tough enough for him. He wasn't thrilled about yielding his Falcon gig to Michael Vick, perhaps the most exciting player in the game today.
Teams usually put long-term projects in the No. 3 role, guys like Warner and Bulger before they broke out.
* Can anybody imagine Chandler backing up Warner?
Should another team (like, say, the Pittsburgh Steelers) swipe Bulger by making a ridiculous financial offer, logic dictates that the Rams get a younger guy to compete with Warner for the starting gig.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/Sports/Gordo's+Zone/6D48C9B05A7469D686256E60006114C3?OpenDocument&Headline=Chris+Chandler%3F+Rams'+signing+raises+some+red+flags
BY JEFF GORDON
Post-Dispatch Online Sports Columnist
03/23/2004
Online Columnist Jeff Gordon
Chris Chandler?
That question looms large over Rams Nation this week. Chris . . . Chandler. Chris . . . Chandler. Rams fans keep running those words through their cerebral wickets, seeking to knock some sense out of them.
What was Mike Martz thinking when he courted the 900-year-old quarterback and offered him a three-year contract? What does it mean to the ongoing Marc Bulger/Kurt Warner controversy?
This signing raises a number of flags:
* Can anybody imagine Chandler cheerfully filling the No. 3 role? Sitting quietly as a back-up has been tough enough for him. He wasn't thrilled about yielding his Falcon gig to Michael Vick, perhaps the most exciting player in the game today.
Teams usually put long-term projects in the No. 3 role, guys like Warner and Bulger before they broke out.
* Can anybody imagine Chandler backing up Warner?
Should another team (like, say, the Pittsburgh Steelers) swipe Bulger by making a ridiculous financial offer, logic dictates that the Rams get a younger guy to compete with Warner for the starting gig.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/Sports/Gordo's+Zone/6D48C9B05A7469D686256E60006114C3?OpenDocument&Headline=Chris+Chandler%3F+Rams'+signing+raises+some+red+flags