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Originally Posted by milkman
How did you reach that conclusion?
My impression is that DeBerg is among the favorite players for many Chiefs fans because of his toughness.
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Interesting. I remember a few fans that I was around at the time thought he sucked, and I thought that I remember people on here saying he sucked too. Could be mistaken.
I never understood why anyone thought that way though. I was a HS QB and thought his level of play was amazing. Had a very nice release that I strive for and paid attention to details in the basics. That's why his bootlegs and fakes were so good and what my coach wanted me to do, so I watched his movements intensely.
I love his toughness.
When I was in HS playing QB I tried to be as tough and get the basics down of the fakes and passing mechanics, but tried to be a leader like Joe Montana. I likes the look of Joe's throwing motion, but knew Steve's was the way it should be.
Got me pretty far, but turned out my body wasn't as tough as I wanted to be...
7th-8th grade - broken and sprained ankles - played all games.
9th grade - broken and bruised ribs with torn cartilage played all but 3.
10th grade - Broken collar bone - missed whole season.
11th grade - Sub for varsity QB who didn't get hurt. played in 2 games.
12th grade - 5th game of the season broke my back - out for season.
I always wondered what would have been if I was 3-4 inches taller with stronger bones.