Jeff Garcia Gets No Love

I'm not saying Jeff Garcia is a HOFer, but I think he definitely deserves to start in this league. Every where Garcia had gone, the team has had success for the most part (we can exclude Detroit because everyone sucks in Detroit). He performed early in his career in San Francisco with T.O. When Donovan McNabb got hurt in Philly in 2006, Garcia helped bring the team to win a whole bunch of games towards the end of the season to bring the Eagles to the playoffs, and he performed well during his stint in Tampa Bay.

So when Tampa Bay released because he was their 43rd QB in the rooster, I was shocked when no teams wanted to sign him. He ended up in Oakland and I'm sure Raiders fans are just thrilled at how JaMarcus Russel is doing and probably don't have any regrets about Garcia not playing! I'm sure San Fran, Cleveland, Tennessee, St. Louis, and Tampa Bay wish they had Garcia right now vs. the shlub they're throwing out now.

But for some reason teams don't care, and it boggles my mind. Sure Garcia is old, but he's still effective and if teams wants to win now, why not sign Garcia? Here's a look at some of Garcia's stats:

He has a career 87.5 passer rating, which is good for 14th all time, 187 TDs (rushing and passing) to 83 INTs, and a 61.6% completion percentage which makes him have the 19th best all time. He is also very efficient ranking top 26 all time in: net yards per pass attempt, adjusted net yards per pass attempt, adjusted yards per pass attempts, and passes completed per game.

So why is Garcia forced to sit on the bench? I have no idea. But Oakland was dumb not to start him and he's letting them know that now