Pro. Jake Delhomme

[Cajun Express]

ESPN Radio has been touting Delhomme as the hightest rated passer in NFL playoff history today. Have not found any links to verify this but feel free to post any links regarding his playoff pass rating.

WTG Jake!

And make no mistake he was the man at UL. I am so fortunate to have seen him in practice even before his first game. I must admit I believed he would be a good starter, but never thought he would be so good when things count the most for an NFL game. .

[Cajun Express]

When it comes to making it in the NFL I love to bring up how playing 3 years or more at UL leads to better results than coming off the bench your junior or senior year at a BCS school. But this isn't one of those rants . . . because . . .

One played 4 years at a BCS school, the other played 4 years for the University of Louisiana.

One joined the NFL in 1997 as a walkon free agent, the other joined in 1998 as the #1 overall pick.

One got the starting job right out of college, the other would have to wait 5 years to start.

One has a playoff record of 5-1 the other is 3-6

One has only scored 2 touchdown passes and 7 interceptions in his last 4 playoff losses. The other has a playoff record of 5-1, with 10 TD passes and 2 interceptions.

One has been to a Super Bowl and is going to a NFC Championship game. The other has watched more NFC title games on TV.

I will say this. If Jake had 'not' played 4 years at UL he would be doing none of the above.

jmo

Just my 2 cents but I think Jake has always been that guy, and I think we were extremly fortunate that Tulane did not offer him but instead offered him a walk on. He would have been good no matter where he played.

[Turbine]

Just my 2 cents but I think Jake has always been that guy, and I think we were extremly fortunate that Tulane did not offer him but instead offered him a walk on. He would have been good no matter where he played.

IF he played is my angle. He might have lost that edge sitting for 3 years in college.

Then again, sitting for 5 in the preux's didn't hurt.

[Pirogue]

Just my 2 cents but I think Jake has always been that guy, and I think we were extremly fortunate that Tulane did not offer him but instead offered him a walk on. He would have been good no matter where he played.

Not to mention the fact that they wanted him to play defense...

[Rebel02]

At the start of the game yesterday, he was mentioned as the second highest rated QB in playoff history behind Jeff Hostetler. After yesterday's performance, there is no doubt he has jumped over Hostetler in QB rating. Jake was at about 102.1 QB rating while Hostetler was at about 102.5.

[cajundad70]

Just my 2 cents but I think Jake has always been that guy, and I think we were extremly fortunate that Tulane did not offer him but instead offered him a walk on. He would have been good no matter where he played.

Not to mention that LSU didn't think he was good enough to offer him a scholarship to play there. Not to mention the Saints must not have thought he was good enough to start. But as the Saints would have it they usually trade away the better players. So glad that he has proved them all wrong and he is doing well.

[El Sidonio]

My theory on why you have more UL players than LSU in the playoffs right now,and why Jake has been more successful than his BCS big brother Peyton, is this:

At a school like UL, if you are even remotely good, u get playing time which equals development which equals better chances in the NFL. Not only that, but I believe small school players appreciate what they get even more than the big school guys that take their NFL careers for granted.

Also, I believe that at small schools more attention is given to individual players as opposed to the team. Example: This past baseball season, UL was in the Tulane regional, and one of our pitchers was kinda injured. Rather than injure the player (can't remember which one he was) Robichaux decided to save his health and well being instead of injure him just to advance the team.

Just my 1.5 cents

God Bless
Geaux Cajuns

[El Sidonio]

p.s.- I realize my last example was from baseball instead of football, but you get the idea

[PantherCanada]

All-time postseason passer rating
(min. 150 pass attempts)
QB Rating
Jake Delhomme 108.4
Bart Starr 104.8
Joe Montana 95.6
Ken Anderson 93.5
Kurt Warner 92.3

Here's a link which verifies it:

ESPN.com

I am so proud of Jake.

[studentfan]

And he wasn't good enough to start for the Saints! LOL!!!!!

[NewsCopy]

Charlotte — Carolina's Jake Delhomme has won five of six playoff games (a league-record-tying four on the road) and owns the NFL's highest career postseason passer rating. Funny thing since nobody drafted him. Teams spend millions of dollars to scout college players and millions more to sign those drafted in the first round like AFC Championship game quarterbacks Jake Plummer (Denver) and Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh). Yet sometimes teams turn the keys to their castles over to guys who might have been picked to sweep dungeons — men like Delhomme and his counterpart in Sunday's NFC Championship game, Seattle's Matt Hasselbeck. He was a sixth-round pick of Green Bay in 1998, spent a season on the practice squad and was traded in 2001. "We know we weren't picked on the first day of the draft or even the second day for some of us," Delhomme said. "I love seeing Matt have success. Kurt Warner, Marc Bulger, these are guys I kind of know a little bit. "Tom Brady has done all right for a sixth-round pick. I think we cherish the opportunity when we get it. That's the biggest thing. We had to come into the NFL almost through a back door. There's a hidden bond, I guess." When St. Louis won the Super Bowl six years ago, they rode the arm of two-time NFL MVP Kurt Warner, who wasn't drafted out of Northern Iowa. Delhomme knows that tale. He was a fine high school quarterback, but overshadowed in Louisiana by fellow prep star Peyton Manning. Most knew him as an All-State defensive back. After playing at Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-LaFayette), no team drafted him and New Orleans signed him and sent him to NFL Europe to be Warner's backup at Amsterdam. A year later he led Frankfurt to the NFL Europe title, but Delhomme played in just six games for the Saints from 1998-2002, starting twice. He doesn't act like a man scorned. Team officials put him at a podium Wednesday to accommodate a huge media contingent. In the regular season, he routinely sits at his locker during the season, chatting amiably unlike many NFL quarterbacks, who are available once a week. The rest of the story By MATT WINKELJOHN The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

[derf]

what a classy guy