Only a great team could do that, a Super Bowl team.The Raiders needed to stand by Gannon's shifty feet and his precise arm, the very things that took the Raiders to their first playoff season in seven years. "I had played in the league 11 or 12 years, never really felt like I was given an opportunity or a chance to really be an everyday player. Even in his worst moments, when passes floated aimlessly off the numbness of his upper body, Gannon deserved to be out there.
HIS FIRST pass after the pain-killing injection landed at the receiver's feet, like a changeup in the dirt. On his last play, a thoroughly inappropriate farewell to a wonderful season,He said he didn't have the usual velocity on his passes, didn't have proper strength in either arm.
"I really want to like him, but he's a four," a former head coach told Sando for his quarterback tiers column. Gannon played four regular and one postseason games in his rookie season of 1987 and accumulated statistics for the Week 10 (November 22) game, a 24–13 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. "You know, six years ago, in 1999, I was really a journeyman quarterback, " said Gannon, a fourth-round pick out of Delaware in 1987 who resisted the pro scouts' efforts to convert him to defensive back. But so am I. Gannon balked at the idea, and he was quickly traded to the Minnesota Vikings. He finished with two interceptions, plus a season-low 80 yards passing and only 2 yards on the ground.Siragusa said he didn't mean to hurt the quarterback; he simply wanted to rattle him. And, boy, I raised my hand and said, 'Amen. You have to earn their respect by winning, and that's what I thought he had.
The Coliseum crowd cheered at the sight of him, convinced he would be a savior.Gannon also said that he probably would need surgery and that, had the Raiders somehow beaten the Ravens, he probably wouldn't have been healthy enough to play in the Super Bowl two weeks from now.All season, he had been. He couldn't, so allow us to take this liberty and translate: "A man ran toward me like a giant Maryland crab and sacked me while he was on his knees.
His fiery on-field reactions to broken plays or losses made an impression on anyone who encountered the quarterback, even if Gannon himself said he was considered nothing special for much of his career. Privatleben. All Gannon knows is that it's difficult to tear himself away.Eventually, he may return to the organization as a coach or administrator. … Rich Gannon 's mind, his arm, his legs and his heart desperately wanted this to be the beginning of his 19th year in the NFL. After a 2–7 start, Redskins coach Richie Petitbon announced he would bench Mark Rypien and start Rich Gannon once Gannon recovered from the injury. "I plan on doing that.