ckparrothead
Premium Member
The intangibles are what matters at the quarterback position in the NFL. Piss poor intangibles will NEVER overcome exceptional physical skills. Never. Ever.
Ben Roethlisberger and Mike Vick disagree on that point.
I have heard it directly from a coach that has coached Ben Roethlisberger with the Steelers, that Ben is UNCOACHABLE (his words). His own teammates don't really consider him a leader, or a hard worker. There have been reams of stories printed about how much of an a-hole he is off the field, having waiters fired for insisting on proof of age for people out drinking with Ben, etc. Oh and let's not forget he's a rapist.
That guy's working on his third Super Bowl appearance, and I believe his team is favored in this one...
And Mike Vick, well...the guy has ALWAYS been involved in criminal activity (drugs, dog fighting), has NEVER been a hard worker until now (supposedly)...and let's not forget he had a winning record in Atlanta and brought his team to the NFC Championship Game even at a time in his career which he now admits he would commonly take the game tapes his coaches gave him and throw them in his car and just never watch them, never bother even studying up on his opponent before the game.
And for all that, nothing I've seen of Cam Newton, including the weekly work he does with children in the Auburn area...suggests he's even close to as bad as those two.