I logged on and was amazed at the number of posts to my question. It wasn't quite the response I was expecting though. Crouch intrigues me though the more I read about him. I have no idea if he'll amount to anything, but I'd rather try to develop a gifted physical talent with a strong arm like Crouch who hasn't thrown much in college, compared to a Ty Detmer or a Dorsey who both threw for a ton of yards in college but have too weak of arm to be anything more than a 3rd string QB in the NFL. Guys with physical talent like Boller, Vick, and Crouch intrigue me. Boller didn't have the great accuracy either but was a top prospect because of his physical talent. I have no idea if Crouch will work out, and the odds are probably against him, but if he could make the team as a punt returner, I think he'd be given a chance as a 4th QB to try and develop his QB skills and knowledge of the offense. Odds are probably against him though. Below were some of the comments on Crouch last week.
"His college (position) coach, Turner Gill, coached for me at SMU and he said he has a strong arm," Rossley said. "He has just never been in a passing offense. It will be interesting to see what he does with us."
“He wants a chance at quarterback, and I’m going to give him a chance to do that,” Packers coach Mike Sherman said on Saturday. “We’ll find out real quickly what his arm looks like next week, but I’m sure he has a ways to go.”
Sherman said Crouch has met with quarterbacks coach Darrell Bevell twice this week to start learning the offense.
Meanwhile, Sherman said Crouch also is willing to work as a punt returner.
“I said to him on the phone, in order for this thing to work, you’ve got to be willing to help me any way I can to win football games,” Sherman said. “He said he’s more than willing to do that.
“If he works out as a quarterback, that’s great. If he doesn’t, he’s an athlete who can help our team.”
