Just my two cents.....
I have now had the oppertunity to watch these two kids play in game action this year and the bottom line is they are both players.
Physically they look very different but the end result seems to be the same, they win and they do it in an efficient manner.
Especially when it comes to Leinart you hear the phrase "product of a system", well I personally think that is rediculous. I WANT to see what a player can do when he is put in the right situations and is coached well because the bottom line in the NFL is you have to be in a great system to win. Tom Brady is a perfect example of this. Brady does not wow you with arm strength or mobility but he does what his system allows him to do and he does it to perfection. That is what both Leinart and Rodgers have done in college.
Jay Fiedler had every oppertunity to succeed in the NFL when he had a great defense, a great running back and a top notch reciver and failed. Why did he fail? This brings me to my last point...He lost because of accuracy. The one thing you must be in the NFL is ACCURATE. You don't have to have a rocket arm (neither kid does) nor do you have to run like the wind...You have to be on target with the ball and both these kids are exactly that.
I think both are great players. If it were my decision I would take Leinart simply because of his height advantage.
There will be three teams who will draft very high this year who need a qb in the draft (Miami, Arizona and San Francisco) and their will be two quarterbacks there for the taking. Who knows how it will shake out but it should be interesting.
I have now had the oppertunity to watch these two kids play in game action this year and the bottom line is they are both players.
Physically they look very different but the end result seems to be the same, they win and they do it in an efficient manner.
Especially when it comes to Leinart you hear the phrase "product of a system", well I personally think that is rediculous. I WANT to see what a player can do when he is put in the right situations and is coached well because the bottom line in the NFL is you have to be in a great system to win. Tom Brady is a perfect example of this. Brady does not wow you with arm strength or mobility but he does what his system allows him to do and he does it to perfection. That is what both Leinart and Rodgers have done in college.
Jay Fiedler had every oppertunity to succeed in the NFL when he had a great defense, a great running back and a top notch reciver and failed. Why did he fail? This brings me to my last point...He lost because of accuracy. The one thing you must be in the NFL is ACCURATE. You don't have to have a rocket arm (neither kid does) nor do you have to run like the wind...You have to be on target with the ball and both these kids are exactly that.
I think both are great players. If it were my decision I would take Leinart simply because of his height advantage.
There will be three teams who will draft very high this year who need a qb in the draft (Miami, Arizona and San Francisco) and their will be two quarterbacks there for the taking. Who knows how it will shake out but it should be interesting.
