He was QB with a lot going against him. He was a lanky, very mobile 6ft3in and under 200lbs. It's true, he had a distinguished college career, set some individual records but that was in college and "then" while this is "now."
He was old for a rookie - 27 before he got into his first game. The powers that be must not have been all that impressed with his illustrious college
career - he was drafted 129th overall. In his first season, he got to see action in 6 games, starting 1 and ended up with a 48% completion rating, 1TD, 2 Interceptions and a 69.5% QB rating.
Everyone was sure he would get going into the second season. Alas, he played in 8 games, starting 3, did increase his completion % to a still humdrum 54% BUT this time ended the season with 2TDs, 8 Interceptions and an even less impressive 43% QB rating.
You'd think his team would have had their doubts about him as their QB of the future, right? Well, in his next season, his 3rd, he was given the starting job, despite his many critics, and believe it or not, ended up tossing 15 touchdowns, with only 4 interceptions and achieving a 104% QB rating - and more important is that he led his team to an 11-3 record and a Superbowl victory!
Well, starting his career at that advanced age did turn out to be a problem: he played only 11 seasons, retiring when he was 37, but not before he led his team to 4 superbowls, winning 2 and was named MVP once.
He threw 153 regular season and 24 playoff touchdowns When he did hang it up, he was a 6 times Pro Bowler, 5 times All Pro and a member of The Hall Of Fame.
I'd call that pretty impressive for someone challenging the odds and conventional wisdom, wouldn't you?
His name of course is Roger Staubach.
He was old for a rookie - 27 before he got into his first game. The powers that be must not have been all that impressed with his illustrious college
career - he was drafted 129th overall. In his first season, he got to see action in 6 games, starting 1 and ended up with a 48% completion rating, 1TD, 2 Interceptions and a 69.5% QB rating.
Everyone was sure he would get going into the second season. Alas, he played in 8 games, starting 3, did increase his completion % to a still humdrum 54% BUT this time ended the season with 2TDs, 8 Interceptions and an even less impressive 43% QB rating.
You'd think his team would have had their doubts about him as their QB of the future, right? Well, in his next season, his 3rd, he was given the starting job, despite his many critics, and believe it or not, ended up tossing 15 touchdowns, with only 4 interceptions and achieving a 104% QB rating - and more important is that he led his team to an 11-3 record and a Superbowl victory!
Well, starting his career at that advanced age did turn out to be a problem: he played only 11 seasons, retiring when he was 37, but not before he led his team to 4 superbowls, winning 2 and was named MVP once.
He threw 153 regular season and 24 playoff touchdowns When he did hang it up, he was a 6 times Pro Bowler, 5 times All Pro and a member of The Hall Of Fame.
I'd call that pretty impressive for someone challenging the odds and conventional wisdom, wouldn't you?
His name of course is Roger Staubach.
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