Talk about taken out of context

Well, it's only taken me 24 years in this business to claim I've been taken out of context.

Earlier this evening, a co-worker congratulated me on my first-round win in something called the "Common Man Preposterous Statement" contest over on KFAN. I had no idea what he was talking about, so I looked it up.

Dan Cole, the common man, has me making this statement regarding Joe Webb:

"The Vikings just made the finest 199th pick in the draft since the Patriots stumbled upon a man named Brady 10 years ago."

Not only did Dan take it out of context, he also cut seven words from that sentence to change the statement to fit his contest.

Here's the full context from the top of a story I did on Webb last summer. See if you think it completely changes the meaning:

By Mark Craig

"Bo's the best athlete that's ever been," Callaway said. "But I'm going to say this: Joe's in that same league with Bo."

If that's true at the NFL level, the Vikings just made the finest 199th pick in the draft since the Patriots stumbled upon a man named Brady 10 years ago.

UPDATE: I'm sure you're all on the edge of your seats as this highly-important story has unfolded, so here's an update: Common DQ'd my entry from the tournament because the statement isn't what I wrote. I look forward to making future tournament brackets on my own merit, or lack thereof.