A Market For Glennon?

There appears to be a growing trade market for Tampa Bay Buccaneers backup quarterback Mike Glennon.

Should there be?

Glennon was a former third-round pick in 2013 and started most of his rookie season after replacing Josh Freeman, who’s currently out of football. In 2013, Glennon started 13 games while completing 59.4 percent of his throws for 2,608 yards with 19 touchdowns and nine interceptions.

In his second season, Glennon was again relegated to backup status as he sat behind free agent signee Josh McCown. Glennon started five games and played in six, posting a 1-5 record while completing just 57.6 percent of his throws for 1,417 yards with 10 touchdowns and six interceptions.

While the free agent quarterback market is soft at best, with the headline names being Mark Sanchez, Brian Hoyer and Ryan Mallett, it’s difficult to imagine a team giving up even a second-day draft pick for Glennon.

Glennon isn’t as good as his average numbers show and he’s an inaccurate, immobile passer who would rather hold the football or throw it away rather than take chances for big plays – despite having big play receivers in Mike Evans and Vincent Jackson.

Recent history tells us that if you’re going to trade or sign a backup quarterback, that’s exactly what you’re getting. The stories of backup quarterbacks struggling in new spots are rampant as Matt Cassel, A.J. Feeley, Ryan Mallett, Kevin Kolb and Matt Flynn serve as recent reminders.

Mike Glennon is going to have a nice eight-year career as an NFL quarterback. He should spend the rest of those years as a backup.

Bidding Against Themselves

The Buffalo Bills have taken a shot on offensive guard Richie Incognito to try and toughen up their team.

We know how well that worked out for the Miami Dolphins.

The Bills’ vetting process of Incognito included a meeting not only with head coach Rex Ryan and general manager Doug Whaley, but also a meeting with owners Terry and Kim Pegula.

“I personally met with Richie, along with Doug Whaley, Rex Ryan and Kim regarding an opportunity to earn a spot on the Buffalo Bills roster,” Terry Pegula said in a statement. “Obviously, we all discussed Richie’s past experience in the NCAA and NFL. We are convinced that Richie is prepared to move forward and has and will continue to take the necessary steps to improve himself as a person and a teammate.

“Following discussion with the rest of the coaching staff, we as an organization will provide him with the opportunity to do so.”

However much of a surprise it is that Buffalo decided to sign Incognito, the money that they gave him was a bigger surprise. ESPN is reporting the deal as a one-year contract worth $2.25 million.

After missing the final eight games of the 2013 season and being a free agent for the entire 2014 season, it’s a head-scratcher why the Bills gave Incognito anything more than the veteran minimum.

Not only is Buffalo hurting their salary cap, regardless of the amount of cap room that they have, they are setting a poor precedent to the locker room. A player with Incognito’s issues shouldn’t get anything more than a minimum contract. Giving him more than that sends a poor message to the young players on the team and it helps aid the ego of an egomaniac.

Incognito’s presence won’t change the Bills’ fortunes much, if at all. They have bigger “fish to fry” with their dire quarterback situation. Still, Buffalo had a chance to take a higher road and not only chose not to, but they gave one of the biggest jerks in recent memory more than double the money that they could have.

NFL Loses A Legend

The mastermind behind NFL Films Ed Sabol died on Monday at the age of 98.

Sabol brought the line of scrimmage into living rooms everywhere through his NFL Films and the instrumental music behind the pictures is instantly recognizable to all who love the NFL. Sabol had as much to do with the National Football League becoming far and away America’s most popular sport than the men who played the actual game.

His use of microphones on the sidelines and on the field brought the game to life for fans and made the athletes and coaches fixtures in America’s households.

Sabol began NFL Films in 1962, and throughout his run (which ended in 1995), NFL Films won 52 Emmy Awards. Sabol was inducted into the NFL Hall Of Fame in 2011.

Sabol relinquished control to his son Steve in 1985, and Steve died in 2012 at the age of 69. The proverbial flags of NFL fans everywhere should rest at half-mast.