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April's QB of the Month & Biography- Rich Gannon

Sunday Night Quarterbacks,

For April's Quarterback of the Month, I have chosen to go from one in the past, and that is Rich Gannon! Here is a short biography about Rich Gannon.

Richard Joseph Gannon (born December 20, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a retired football quarterback, who achieved most of his success late in his career with the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League. Gannon attended Saint Joseph's Preparatory and won three varsity letters each in football and crew, and twice in basketball. Gannon exploded his senior season winning first team All-City as a punter and quarterback. He threw for 1,567 yards his senior season. Gannon attended the University of Delaware,was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and played under Tubby Raymond and ran Raymond's Wing-T offense. When he led the Raiders to Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003, he was the first player from the University of Delaware to go to the Super Bowl. Gannon played for 4 NFL teams in his career. Here is an overview of his times with each one:

Minnesota Vikings

Gannon began his career being drafted by the Patriots who were rumoring to convert him to a defensive back. He would have none of it, and was traded to the Vikings. He did not play much there, until he got his chance in 1990 only to be released from the team when Sean Salisbury took over in 1992.

Tony Graziani

Tony Graziani

Tony Graziani is the best qb arena football has ever seen but it hasn’t always been that way.

Born in Las Vegas Nevada, his parents knew he was something special and they later moved to Modesto California.

Graziani attended Thomas Downey High School in Modesto, California. As a senior quarterback, he passed for 3,956 yards and 35 touchdowns, which landed him a four-year letterman to the University of Oregon. In Tony’s four-year career at Oregon he completed 362 passes, 4498 yards, and 25 touchdowns, not to bad for a guy out of Modesto California. Tony even beat USC at the Coliseum and even led his team to the Rose Bowl, two things that are rarely seen by Oregon today.

Eli & The Giants

Our story begins here... 

... and to make a long story short because I have very little time, Eli Manning's head was wanted during the middle of the season after his horrid performace against the Minnesota Vikings. People were lining up outside his house with torches and pitchforks.

Yet how does a QB go from dust to hero?

The story starts with the last week of the regular season. The Giants went in hoping to break the Pats perfect season yet they failed but Manning showed good skills and from then on he went all the way. Eli and the Giants first knocked off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the team who had a great year and was predicted to move on. Yet Eli finds a way to drive his team to the second round. By this time fans are not calling for his head... for now.