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Canadian Football League
Canada
The Canadian Football League (CFL)
Hamilton vs Toronto
Match scheduled:
Date: 23-10-2009
Time: 23:00 until 02:30
Week 17 - Canadian Football League CFL
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Being short isn't a great problem unless you're taking a jump shot at the buzzer, making a house payment, dating Chamique Holdsclaw or playing quarterback in the NFL.
So Georgia Tech's Joe Hamilton presents a quandary for teams in need of a quarterback. Do they look at these numbers--148.29 (his passer rating last season), 61.7 (his career completion percentage) and seven (his come-from-behind wins last year)? Or do they look at these numbers--5-9, 183?
Most NFL teams will pay more attention to the latter, Hamilton's official height and weight at the Senior Bowl last week. "If he were 6-2, he'd be the first quarterback taken in the draft," one AFC general manager says.
Hamilton finds a way to consistently make plays despite his height When it comes to intangables, he towers over his peers. At the Senior Bowl practices in Mobile, Ala., Chiefs coach Gunther Cunningham said Hamilton stood out above all of the other players on his South team. Bears director of player personnel Mark Harley says Hamilton was one of the best college players at any position last year.
But how short is too short to play quarterback in the NFL? "You can live with 5-11, but 5-9 concerns you," says Hatley, who selected 6-1 Cade McNown in the first round of the draft last year.
There isn't a quarterback in the NFL as short as Hamilton. Doug Flutie of the Bills is an inch taller. Shaun King of the Bucs is three inches taller: Some of the other so-called "short quarterbacks" in the league are several inches taller than Hamilton. Eric Zeier of the Bucs is 6-1. Ty Detmer of the Browns is 6-0.
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