NFL Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and …uhh?
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We have been looking everywhere, but they are hard to find.
Who?
The really good NFL quarterbacks, that’s who. Beyond Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, who is there?
Start with the Division my Lions live in, the NFC North.
Uhh, Aaron Rodgers has 1 TD pass to his credit. Some think he is the best QB in the North. Huh?
Tarvaris Jackson depends on running back Adrian Peterson. Last year my Lions beat the Vikings early in the season, before they featured Peterson, just by daring Jackson to throw.
The Bears will start…Rex Grossman? Maybe.
My Lions will go to a running attack as Coach Mike Martz has left for San Francisco and taken Jon Kitna’s stats with him.
So North Division - zero quarterbacks.
The toughest division in the NFL might be the NFC East.
The NFC East seems to be in quarterback order, although Donovan McNabb must remain healthy in Philly and talented Jason Campbell needs to achieve maturity in D.C. It also should be noted that before Eli Manning figured out a few things on the road to Super Bowl glory, he stunk up the joint and finished the season with a QB rating of 73.9.
Tony Romo of Dallas just needs to keep his bye-week vacations a secret.
So where have all the quarterbacks gone?
Some claim that the rise of read-option offenses in college football have failed to help quarterbacks develop the necessary skills for the pro game. While the quick-footed among them can shred a college defense, exposing that passer to NFL-level speed off the edge is almost a different game. While the shifty QB is busy reading college linebackers to decide whether he should keep or pitch the ball, that decision making will do little to aid him at the next level.
Maybe all the good ones are just hiding?
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