Russell's WI highlights tape, his outstanding TD/INT ratio in his senior year, the"Asterisk" article, and Gruden's video all gave me some hope that we may have found a steal in the 3rd round. Add to that Burt B's interview on local radio.
But when Pete announced at the start of TC that it would be a 3-way competition between Flynn, TJack and Russell, I knew that it was just a matter of time before he would be the starter. Who else would give a rookie 3rd round draft pick a chance to win the starting job?... BRILLIANT.
Next for me was the KC preseason game... and we all saw what Pete was seeing in practice. He flashed the "it" factor.
And then came the NE game, and then the OT win in Chicago with back-to-back long TD drives making play after play with his arm and his feet... and at that point, all doubt was gone for me.
We finally had our franchise QB... and he is going to be a great one.