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Chiefnj2
03-02-2010, 01:31 PM
There is a lot of talk about how college spread QB's don't do well in the NFL. I was wondering, is their rate of failure any greater than non-spread QBs. Roethlisberger, Brees, Young, Smith, and Orton (3rd rounder) were all shotgun and/or spread QB's.

Who else I am missing? If you look at QB's the last 6 years do the spread QB's in the first 2 rounds have a higher failure rate than their pro style counterparts?
OnTheWarpath15
03-02-2010, 01:33 PM
Well, you just named the only two successful shotgun/spread QB's in the history of the league, so you answered your own question.
Chiefnj2
03-02-2010, 01:39 PM
Ben and Drew are successes and Young is still somewhat questionable. You have Smith as a definite failure. In the last 5-6 years, in the first two rounds, there have been 4 shotgun/spread QB's taken and 2 are successes, 1 failure and 1 undecided??

Is that right? If so, why in the world has the spread QB taken so much criticism? Are those rates (albeit a very small %) much worse than pro style QBs?
'Hamas' Jenkins
03-02-2010, 01:59 PM
Andre Ware, Akili Smith, and David Klingler were all drafted in the first round.
'Hamas' Jenkins
03-02-2010, 01:59 PM
Rex Grossman
Chiefnj2
03-02-2010, 02:03 PM
Rex Grossman

That makes it:
2 success, 5 failures, 1 undecided (going back 10 years)?
Chiefnj2
03-02-2010, 02:25 PM
On the other side of the coin for success you have: McNabb, Culp, Pennington, Palmer, Eli, Rivers, Rodgers.

For bust you have: King, Carter, Carr, Harrington, Ramsey, Boller, Loman, Leinart, Jackson, Russell, Clemons, Quinn, Beck and Stanton.

Some guys on the fence: Vick, Kolb, Cutler.

From a quick look:
Spread: 2 success, 6 failures (include Leftwich), 1 questionable.
Pro-Style: 7 success, 14 failures and 3 questionable. (To be fair it looks like Ryan and Flacco will be a success).
'Hamas' Jenkins
03-02-2010, 02:59 PM
Kolb is a shotgun spread guy.
Chiefnj2
03-02-2010, 03:10 PM
Kolb is a shotgun spread guy.

When Pennington was on Marshall were they shotgun as well?
'Hamas' Jenkins
03-02-2010, 03:22 PM
When Pennington was on Marshall were they shotgun as well?

I don't know, but they were when Leftwich was there.
'Hamas' Jenkins
03-02-2010, 03:24 PM
Actually, you could count Steve McNair as a success. When he was at Alcorn State, they threw the ball 60-70 times a game.
'Hamas' Jenkins
03-02-2010, 03:26 PM
Pat White is another spread QB, and he'll never amount to anything.