The San Francisco 49ers name J.T. O'Sullivan to be their starting quarterback for the regular season opener.
O'Sullivan has never started a regular-season NFL game before.
Most fans probably had never heard of him before last year---in 2007, he got into a couple of games with Detroit. Good for him for earning this opportunity.
But...why is San Fran so enamored with him? Yes, partly because he's been impressive this pre-season...
But mainly, last year he was in Detroit because Mike Martz liked him, and Martz was the Lions' offensive coordinator. Now, this year, he has that job with the Niners.
Martz frankly bombed with Detroit. It will be interesting to see if he does any better with San Fran. My guess? Don't bet on it.
