Quarterbacks
Normally, I favor drop-back quarterbacks. I have to begrudgingly admit times are changing. I need someone who can make plays with his arm AND his legs. Maybe we can even put in some read-option and other new-fangled stuff. For this, there is no better option than...
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"Steamin'" Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx), <i>Any Given Sunday</i></b>
To back him up, we worked out everyone available. Of course, they all had some issues. Levander "Bird" Williams (Mykelti Williams, <i>Wildcats</i>) had some character issues. Johnny Moxon (James Van Der Beek, <i>Varsity Blues</i>) is not really all that into football. Lance Harbor (Paul Walker, <i>Varsity Blues</i> went into coaching. Joe Kingman (Dwayne Johnson, <i>The Game Plan</i>) doesn't have his heart in it anymore. Frank Cushman (Jerry O'Connell, <i>Jerry Maguire</i>) wants too much money. Seth Maxwell (Mac Davis, <i>North Dallas Forty</i>) was too much of a wild-card. We even worked out two guys named Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds and Adam Sandler, both versions of <i>The Longest Yard</i>). The older one was extremely close to locking down that third string spot. The younger one was just as good, but looks too much like linebacker Bobby Boucher for our tastes. In the end we went with...
<b>Shane "Footsteps" Falco (Keanu Reeves), <i>The Replacements</i> and Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty), <i>Heaven Can Wait</i></b>
Falco has shown some unbelievable leadership skills and has just gotten over his big-game jitters. Pendleton is also quite the leader. Like I said, he and the two Crewes were close. In the end, Joe gets the nod because he has divine intervention on his side. After all, not only did the guy win a Super Bowl, he came back from the dead to do it!