What Makes a QB Tick?

[rwalters31]

OK, this is a question not an answer. I have been reading a lot about the QBs in this draft and I remember someone saying that this glass was not the best in resent years. After looking at measurable, records, and write-ups, I do not see the difference. At this point the only thing I see missing is the measure of football IQ.
This is what I see in Peyton Manning, Arron Roger, and Tony Romo. They have pocket presents which I believe is seeing defense alignment, calling the right offensive play, finding the open receiver, seeing the blitz and placing the right players to handle it.

The question I am asking our analysis is what Football IQ do you see in this years draft QBs and rank them accordingly.

 

[sbark]

Look for a qb that has been asked to play the game........not run a play designed to give him a look, because in the NFL that look will be taken away. Remember the Jets Todd Bowls comment on Cassel--take away his 1st look and he becomes ineffective.

 

[waving monkey]

By the way there have been a couple of the draft guru.s
that take issue with the idea that this isnt a good QB class.
I don't know I just read their comments

anyway processing the read defenses is the trick no doubt
but reading and knowing the answer is hard to know who gets it

 

[sureletsrace]

That's why it's called an intangible. It's not something you can mark down on paper. It goes by many different names; moxie, mojo, the "it" factor, etc.

Teams really don't know, and I'm sure there are guys in NFL front offices whose sole responsibility is to analyze this and try to somehow quantify it.

If it was a tangible statistic that could be predicted with any sort of reliability, guys like Brady, Romo, and Rodgers would never have made it past the first overall pick. Guaranteed.

That is another thing we must remember. Quarterbacks entering the NFL are not finished products. Would Rodgers be who he is today had he gone to say, Cleveland or Jacksonville? Would Romo? Brady?

These guys come into the league as projects. There has never been a perfect QB prospect, and there never will be. Had Aaron Rodgers ended up in Jacksonville, he may not even be in the NFL right now.

Ultimately, you have to find a guy that you think you can coach his weaknesses out of and build an offense suited to his strengths. There are so many factors (including luck) involved in getting your franchise QB. This is why the team needs to really do their due diligence and start looking for that guy.

in·tan·gi·ble
inˈtanjəb(ə)l/
adjective

1. 1.
   unable to be touched or grasped; not having a physical presence.

 

[JW82]

That's why it's called an intangible. It's not something you can mark down on paper. It goes by many different names; moxie, mojo, the "it" factor, etc.

Teams really don't know, and I'm sure there are guys in NFL front offices whose sole responsibility is to analyze this and try to somehow quantify it.

If it was a tangible statistic that could be predicted with any sort of reliability, guys like Brady, Romo, and Rodgers would never have made it past the first overall pick. Guaranteed.

That is another thing we must remember. Quarterbacks entering the NFL are not finished products. Would Rodgers be who he is today had he gone to say, Cleveland or Jacksonville? Would Romo? Brady?

These guys come into the league as projects. There has never been a perfect QB prospect, and there never will be. Had Aaron Rodgers ended up in Jacksonville, he may not even be in the NFL right now.

Ultimately, you have to find a guy that you think you can coach his weaknesses out of and build an offense suited to his strengths. There are so many factors (including luck) involved in getting your franchise QB. This is why the team needs to really do their due diligence and start looking for that guy.

in·tan·gi·ble
inˈtanjəb(ə)l/
adjective

1. 1.
   unable to be touched or grasped; not having a physical presence.

Absolutely. With every other position guys like us can watch the college games, the post season games, east west shrine, Senior bowl practices and game, The combine, read about the private workouts and get a decent Idea if you think the kid can play or not, but at QB, it is a different ball game. We can do all of those things, but we do not get the chance to sit in a room and interview these guys, put them on a white board and do the research teams do by talking to every coach they ever had, to at least make an educated guess on what makes them tick. The beauty is the days of "If you draft a QB in rd one and miss, you set your team back 5 years" are gone. The slotting system has eliminated that. If you miss on a qb, you will have paid him the same as you would have paid anybody else, and if you hit on one, you get a 5year with a qb at bargain basement rates.

 

[IrishAnto]

That's why it's called an intangible. It's not something you can mark down on paper. It goes by many different names; moxie, mojo, the "it" factor, etc.

Teams really don't know, and I'm sure there are guys in NFL front offices whose sole responsibility is to analyze this and try to somehow quantify it.

If it was a tangible statistic that could be predicted with any sort of reliability, guys like Brady, Romo, and Rodgers would never have made it past the first overall pick. Guaranteed.

That is another thing we must remember. Quarterbacks entering the NFL are not finished products. Would Rodgers be who he is today had he gone to say, Cleveland or Jacksonville? Would Romo? Brady?

These guys come into the league as projects. There has never been a perfect QB prospect, and there never will be. Had Aaron Rodgers ended up in Jacksonville, he may not even be in the NFL right now.

Ultimately, you have to find a guy that you think you can coach his weaknesses out of and build an offense suited to his strengths. There are so many factors (including luck) involved in getting your franchise QB. This is why the team needs to really do their due diligence and start looking for that guy.

in·tan·gi·ble
inˈtanjəb(ə)l/
adjective

1. 1.
   unable to be touched or grasped; not having a physical presence.

Spot on.

Hopefully we will have a couple of years to coach one up (if we pick one this year that is).

Now whether we can coach them up is another question.