LumberTubs
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
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My first thought when I read the thread title was that the college game is becoming less and less "pro style" but that hasn't always been the case and, when it wasn't, did every NFL team have very good/great QB? Probably not.
Then I thought, is it because coaching staffs are under so much pressure to succeed quickly (there are exceptions to this obviously *cough* *cough*) that QBs aren't given time to develop and are cast aside too soon? But then I thought that this hasn't always been the case either. Its a relatively new concept in the grand scheme of things. So, again, back in the day did every NFL team have a very good/great QB? Probably not.
On that basis, the conclusion I'm leaning towards is that playing QB is just very, very difficult and only a handful at any one time are actually going to reach that level.
The college game point I started off with will come into play from now on though because it means that we're less likely to see an era where you have QBs of the calibre of Brady/P Manning/Rodgers/Brees all playing at the same time again.
Then I thought, is it because coaching staffs are under so much pressure to succeed quickly (there are exceptions to this obviously *cough* *cough*) that QBs aren't given time to develop and are cast aside too soon? But then I thought that this hasn't always been the case either. Its a relatively new concept in the grand scheme of things. So, again, back in the day did every NFL team have a very good/great QB? Probably not.
On that basis, the conclusion I'm leaning towards is that playing QB is just very, very difficult and only a handful at any one time are actually going to reach that level.
The college game point I started off with will come into play from now on though because it means that we're less likely to see an era where you have QBs of the calibre of Brady/P Manning/Rodgers/Brees all playing at the same time again.