The Kolb Delusion is the belief that replacing one journeyman quarterback with another will really make a lick of difference for a bad team.
Over the past few weeks, the Raiders acquired Matt Flynn from the Seahawks to replace Carson Palmer, who was traded to the Cardinals to replace Kevin Kolb, who was signed by the Bills to replace Ryan Fitzpatrick, who was signed by the Titans. In a more poetic universe, Matt Hasselbeck would move from Tennessee back to Seattle to complete this sad little Krebs cycle, but the Seahawks don't really swim in this shallow pool anymore. They were just dropping off some leftovers at the consignment shop.
In a smaller eddy of this disappointment vortex, the Browns signed Jason Campbell to continue their tradition of depressing quarterback controversies, the Bills signed Tarvaris Jackson then forgot about him, and the Cardinals warmed up for the Palmer deal by signing Drew Stanton, a guy who can never even pick out a locker and take a snap before his new team grabs another quarterback and shoos him down the depth chart.
