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Lately, I'm seeing a lot of articles saying that young QBs can't read defenses, and that elite pocket passers are disappearing. Some key points..
- Today, many young quarterbacks spend their entire high school & college careers running wide-open "one read" offenses. "It's two different games," said Senior Bowl executive director and former Browns general manager Phil Savage regarding college and pro football.
- Peyton’s 39, Brady 38, Drew Brees is 36.
- Only one starting quarterback possesses a Super Bowl ring and is under the age of 30, Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson. And Wilson still hasn’t won a game in his career when the Seattle defense gives up more than 24 points.
- Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi said the new crop of college quarterbacks were flummoxed by a simple question about an “under” front, one of the most common defensive alignments. “Whoa, no one’s ever told me ‘front’ before,” he remembers one prospect saying. “No one’s ever talked to me about reading these defenses.”
- Buffalo Bills general manager Doug Whaley said he had the same results when he asked prospects a question about defenses shifting from a common scheme called “cover 2” to an equally mundane tactic called “cover 3.”
- Hue Jackson, the offensive coordinator from the Bengals, said he had to dumb down his questions, while Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton said some QBs failed to grasp things as basic as understanding a common play call. “You have to teach these kids the absolute basics,” he said.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-nfl-has-a-quarterback-crisis-1441819454
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/03/nfl-golden-era-tom-brady-peyton-manning
http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2015/02/how_college_spread_offenses_ar.html
Is the elite pocket passing QB - a field general with audibles - going to disappear from the NFL game?
- Today, many young quarterbacks spend their entire high school & college careers running wide-open "one read" offenses. "It's two different games," said Senior Bowl executive director and former Browns general manager Phil Savage regarding college and pro football.
- Peyton’s 39, Brady 38, Drew Brees is 36.
- Only one starting quarterback possesses a Super Bowl ring and is under the age of 30, Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson. And Wilson still hasn’t won a game in his career when the Seattle defense gives up more than 24 points.
- Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi said the new crop of college quarterbacks were flummoxed by a simple question about an “under” front, one of the most common defensive alignments. “Whoa, no one’s ever told me ‘front’ before,” he remembers one prospect saying. “No one’s ever talked to me about reading these defenses.”
- Buffalo Bills general manager Doug Whaley said he had the same results when he asked prospects a question about defenses shifting from a common scheme called “cover 2” to an equally mundane tactic called “cover 3.”
- Hue Jackson, the offensive coordinator from the Bengals, said he had to dumb down his questions, while Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton said some QBs failed to grasp things as basic as understanding a common play call. “You have to teach these kids the absolute basics,” he said.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-nfl-has-a-quarterback-crisis-1441819454
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/03/nfl-golden-era-tom-brady-peyton-manning
http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2015/02/how_college_spread_offenses_ar.html
Is the elite pocket passing QB - a field general with audibles - going to disappear from the NFL game?