Apparently the tryout with the Baltimore Ravens didn’t work out for Tino Sunseri. That won’t deter him from following his dream. Even it it takes him to the Great White North. Cue it up:
Can’t believe there was never an actual video made.
Sunseri is trying to make the Saskatchewan Rough Riders. Credit for noting this to Cardiac Hill.
So how is it going. Apparently well, but at the same time exactly what you would expect to read when it comes to Sunseri.
I finally watched Sunseri for a full drive and I understand why he’s up here.
I’ve read that sentence over and over and cannot, for the life of me, decide if it is backhanded compliment or an upfront insult.
Sunseri overcame an initial issue with the shotgun snap to show some zip on his passes. He connected twice with Kierrie Johnson. Sunseri threw a low pass to Jordan Sisco that bounced high into the air, which wasn’t that good. A couple of plays later, Sunseri did a great job of leading Anthony Alexander deep into the corner of the end zone. Alexander made a diving attempt at the catch, but wasn’t able to haul in the ball. It was still pretty darned good.
Sunseri is battling to back-up Darian Durant (UNC). His competition is veteran Levi Brown (Richmond) and Drew Willy (Buffalo).
Tino at his best would be an adequate backup for many BCS programs. He can hand the ball off, complete short and medium passes, and won’t turn the ball over a ton. Just don’t ask him to win games. He was good enough to beat VT and Notre Dame (blame goes to officials and the kicker who shall not be named).
Don’t get me wrong, I will never feel the frustration I felt watching Tino ever again. That doesn’t mean he’s doomed to fail in the CFL as a backup.
I don’t know which is funnier, this audio clip or “you know who” still trying out to play at the next level?
Good luck Tino. You deserve a break.
Most of the people who criticize you
would not be able to complete a ten
yard pass in Flag Football.
Oy Vey !
What a day !
The world works in mysterious ways.
One never knows what or who is lurking in Saskatchewan.
Looks like another bevy of HOF QB’s for Santino to compete against though. lol
Eventually the fact that Chryst is a true high character guy is going to pay dividends with recruiting… especially if he is able to defy the odds with eight or more wins in the fall.
Personally, I’m rooting for Chryst, keeping in mind that he was NOT Pederson’s choice for Head Coach.
Bob & Doug McKenzie eh !
Never knew guys wanted to be like Canucks, lol
It’s true that neither Tino the Magnificent nor I can complete a 10 yard pass. The difference, however, is that I’m realistic enough to admit it, and Tino the Great is not….
Oh well. I wish him good luck north of the border.
GO PITT
Some of my favorites:
“First, I’m going to take you to the looney bin…”
“He was in the crease, no goal!!”
“Crank his tail, eh…”
“He saw Jedi 17 times, eh…”
“Just because I don’t know what it is doesn’t mean I’m lying.”
“Takeoff, eh.. the parking brake never worked!”
I’m fairly certain that the vocals in Take Off are sung by Getty Lee from Rush. Can anyone confirm that?
“Rookie quarterback Tino Sunseri took advantage of his opportunity in the second half, going 9-for-12 for 122 yards and completing a one-yard touchdown pass to running back DeDe Dorsey.”
His first pass attempt went for 50 yards and he led a come from behind drive late in the game.
Sunseri was a better QB than anyone gave him credit for. A good example of that is what he did when he was asked by Todd Graham to be a running QB in 2011. Take away the # of sacks and the sack yardage allowed by a truly horrendous and record setting OL and he was at 90 carries for 508 yards and a 5.4 clip.
That means that when he was asked to tuck the ball and gain positive yardage he did it and was very successful at it. As a comparison Graham had a 5.8 ypc average that season. Sunseri was our second leading rusher that year.
You don’t end up the #3 all-time passer at PITT and land eight yards short of passing Dan Marino without being pretty effective at what you do either.
Even given his mental errors he was a decent QB for us and I’ll bet a dollar that five months from now we’ll be saying that we wished we had his production at QB back again. 3588 yards at a 65% completion rate with 21 TDs and only 3 INTs is nothing to sneeze at and I’ll bet we don’t have a QB this year get anywhere close to that actual offensive production.
