beat the sports beat
An example of the silliness of sports writing.
With about four minutes left, Wilson became Fran Tarkenton, Joe Montana and John Elway rolled into one.
What? Only three hall of fame greats? How about:
With about four minutes left, Wilson became Fran Tarkenton, Joe Montana, John Elway, Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, and Otto Graham rolled into one.
Of course the flip side is that for the first fifty-six minutes of the game, Wilson was Ryan Leaf, Stan Gelbaugh, and Ryan Lindley all rolled into one.