Their write ups are very very similar. A guy who you take because he'll do all the hard work, has leadership skills, and above average athletic ability, but not nearly the polish of the other guys. Quite frankly, the guy you expect to be reliable in a pinch but never a starter. We were extremely lucky Dak turned into more.
Yeah, they are. I'll be honest Gaede, I used to think that great QBs were a bread apart. I used to think that you needed that guy to be successful in the NFL, and that might have been true, some years ago. But anymore, I'm getting further and further away from that. Took me awhile but I'm a little slow on the uptake so.....
Anyhow, I'm starting to suspect that as offense dumbs down in the NFL, and comes closer to what you have seen in Mouse Davis principled Offenses, the QB position has changed. NFL Offenses are not as difficult to run. I mean, physically, they are more demanding but in terms of running the Offense, fewer reads, less complexity, etc. You don't have to wait for multiple levels of receivers to clear much anymore. Everything is predicated on flooding zones or misdirection and the key is to get the ball out of your hands as quickly as possible or break the pocket. Less and less call for QBs to stand in and drop a dime into a tight window while staring down the blitz. I feel like there is less and less difference between talent levels now. Guys who could do that in the old days, they aren't being produced much anymore because there is no need to. The idea is to do everything quicker on Offense. There is little call for taking more time to allow Offense to develop down field. I think now that it's much more important to surround QBs with talent and the tools needed to allow them to actually execute Offense. I think most of these guys can be successful if they go to the right situation.
