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Whitlock thinks RG3's speed is a curse
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First and foremost... Andrew Luck is pretty goddamn fast. I'm not sure Whitlock realizes that.
He's got a good point about QB's and speed, but I don't think Griffin is gonna get the Randall Cunningham treatment. The falcons actually tried pretty hard to make Vick a legit QB. He just didn't put in the work. Even Vick himself has admitted this. I think, at times, athletic QB's have a running mentality simply because they can have that. A human's strongest emotion is the avoidance of pain For slower QB's the way to avoid pain is to read the defense really fast and get rid of the ball to the open guy. Running isn't even an option. For guys who can move... it is an option. They don't develop the tools of a QB as naturally. It takes more discipline because they have that option. I think Griffin has the mental make up to do what many athletic QB's have failed at. |
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03-01-2012, 05:40 AM | #3 |
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03-01-2012, 06:52 AM | #4 |
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I agree with him. A little mobility is good. But "run around" quarterbacks have never won shit in terms of NFL championships. You have to win from the pocket. That's not even debatable.
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03-01-2012, 06:55 AM | #5 |
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Steve Young says "what? "
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03-01-2012, 07:05 AM | #6 |
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I knew someone would bring up Steve Young.
1. There is always going to be an exception to every rule. But Steve Young was just very mobile, he wasn't a run around QB like RGIII is. Mike Vick, Randall Cunningham, Donovan McNabb, Vince Young, etc. None of these guys ever won a championship. 2. Steve Young could win from the pocket and did. 3. Run around QB's don't win championships. It's not really even a debate. Someone can try, but list me the last 20 SB winning QB's and tell me if they are considered pocket passers or mobile QB's. |
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03-01-2012, 07:34 AM | #9 |
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Why does everyone call him that? Young had one great running TD.
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Here you go, I'll do it for you........
Eli Manning Aaron Rodgers Drew Brees Big Ben Tom Brady Brad Johnson Trent Dilfer Kurt Warner John Elway Brett Favre Troy Aikman Steve Young Mark Rypien On that list someone will try to make a case for Ben, but he never rushed for more than 204 yards in a season. He has escapability but Ben gets away from a pass rush and then throws the ball. He doesn't actually run down field much. Elway didn't win one until he stopped running around and got a running game behind him. Young is the only one that qualifies but he was throwing for 3000+ yards routinely. And well, he's in the hall of fame. Point is, you probably aren't going to win a championship with a run around QB. A guy that is mobile that can get out of the pocket and throw downfield is one thing, a Michael Vick clone? No thanks. |
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Young was a scambler, but didnt really run with regularity like Vick did or does. He didnt win anything until he toned down the running and became a better pocket passer anyways.
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But people on this board have a hard on for drafting ANY quarterback. I mean half the people on this board last year wanted to draft Clausen for the love of god. |
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So basically we don't want a black quarterback because one has never won a Super Bowl?
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