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It is often said that the quarterback position is one of, if not the, most challenging position in sports based on the sheer physical toll that it takes on one’s body. In addition to the punishment that a QB has to endure over a full 18-plus game CFL schedule, is the pressure that accompanies it. Whether right, wrong or indifferent, it is often the quarterback that is looked at as either the savior or the goat.
With the Argos having burst out of the gates in their season opener with a convincing win over Hamilton only to have dropped the next two games, many may be quick to look at the quarterback and wonder what he can do to right things on offence.
Despite two tough defeats, Kerry Joseph continues to be one of the bright spots on the Argos with a career season very much a possibility. The veteran McNeese State product currently leads the Canadian Football League in both yards (881) and touchdowns (6).
Many look to Joseph’s 2007 campaign that saw him capture the CFL Most Outstanding Player trophy as his best season. All around, it was indeed a remarkable year, but statistically, his career-highs in passing yards and touchdown tosses occurred in the 2005 season as a member of the Ottawa Renegades.
At his current pace, averaging just under 300 yards and two touchdowns per game, the seventh year CFL’er is on pace to essentially match his passing totals and shatter his touchdown totals from 2005. The 2005 season also saw Joseph reach over 1,000 yards rushing, which, under his current offence seems more audacious than realistic but noteworthy nonetheless.
If you ask any starting quarterback, the statistics mean very little as long as the team gets wins at the end, however, given Joseph’s early production, combined with what seems to be a more creative offence implemented by Head Coach Bart Andrus, he may have the tools to turn what was a struggle last season into a new career benchmark in 2009.