If you could pick one NFL QB to be most people would probably say Tom Brady, and why not? Three and a half rings, bangs hot, famous chicks and he has the cute dimple in his chin. But, with all that notoriety come hassle. He can't just go out and be an ordinary guy, and that kind of blows. For me, I think I'd rather be Todd Collins.
Follow me on this: He was kind of a big deal at Michigan back in the day. I'm sure he got more ass then a toilet seat on campus in Ann Arbor and reaped the benefits of being BMOC. Not to mention that he was a damn big deal as a stand out High School athlete back in Walpole Mass, just down the path a bit from Foxboro. After 8 years as a stand out armature he got drafted by the Buffalo Bills to be the successor to a guy you might have heard of named Jim Kelly. He plays a pretty respectable season in his second year, leading the second largest regular season comeback in NFL history when the Bills come from down 26-0 to win 37-35 over Indy. This was the year before they got Peyton, so this loss really did them some good. They might have been forced to take Ryan Leaf had Collins not torched them.
Back to Collins: Then Wade Phillips comes in and decides to bring Doug Flutie down from Canada to helm the Bills and Collins heads to Kansas City where he draws a pay check for 8 more years, all the while playing in 12 games, starting NONE. This guy gets paid high six figures to low seven to work out and hold a clipboard.
Along the way he goes to Harvard Business School to learn how to become a success in his post Clipboard holding life. Not a bad get for a guy who gets paid to wear tight pants. He has a beautiful wife, a son and another on the way, and he's worked exactly zero days in his life. Then Jason Campbell breaks his freaking leg, and Collins gets to have another go at this football thing. He leads the Skins to a win over the Bears in relief then comes out and completes 32% of his wind blown passes in a win over the Giants. There is some crazy scenario that would have the Skins in the playoffs with Collins at the helm if he is able to beet the Vikings and Cowboys (which they won't do mind you.) All this means to Collins is a few more stories to add to his collection before he retires after this year or next.
You can be Tony Romo and have to try and make conversation with Jessica Simpson. You can be Brett Favre and not be able to go anywhere from see to see in the US with out being hounded. Or you can be Peyton Manning and never live up to the impossible standard set for you by the public at large. I'll take being Todd Collins who has a foot firmly planted in the real world and the world of a hero QB.
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