When college football quarterbacks enter the NFL, why do they...?
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An NFL QB needs 1) a strong accurate passing arm and 2) the right kind of mind and judgment to read passing defenses and react correctly. The college game is different enough and the athletes less skilled and not as fast, so that a college QB can specialize in being a running QB, or just pass well enough at the college level to get by. \n\nThe college QBs who become receivers are those who can't cut it as QBs at pro level, but have the speed and athleticism to become pro wide receivers. Most great college QBs don't even get that chance of course.  Another example is Matt Jones at Jacksonville.
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NFL teams don't give tryouts to walk-ons.  You would need some insider to get you in for your existence to even be acknowledged.\n\nNot like college football or even those occasional baseball cattle calls.
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I have no idea.....maybe it's because they're human and make stupid mistakes.\n\nHowever, I do see your point.  Maurice Clarett just threw his pro football career down the proverbial toilet after all those criminal charges he has against him.\n\nRicky Williams is just plain stupid, period.  Doing drugs even though he KNEW that the NFL tested players on a regular basis?  Maybe he was stoned when he made the decision to be a pothead.\n\nI don't know who Charles Rogers is, though.
1051973
In place of the running game, the West Coast offense relies on short passes to the running backs and wide receivers.  They are expected to break tackles and pick up yards after the catch.  It puts a lot of pressure on the quarterback because everything revolves around him.  He has to read the defense, make the adjustment and find the hot receiver at the line of scrimmage.  He also has to be extremely accurate with a quick release to throw these short patterns.
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he will probably go in the late rounds to a team with an established quarterback.  he has a lot to prove.  poor decision making in big games cost him this year.  not to mention that he only has one year of major college ball experience.
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He will go the route of Randall Cunningham.  It is unfortunate because if Vick was able to run a college-style offense he would dominate, but that is impossible to do in the pros.  In the pros, an option QB would not last more than 6 weeks because they would take a serious beating.
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good Question... \n\nanswer is no \n\nbecause once the QB passes the line of scrimmage he became a running back .... another important note is that any player can lateral it (throwing the ball backwards). \n\nhope this helps
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football  college and pro
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pro and college used to have the same distance between hashmarks.\nbut the NFL has continualy narrowed it to increase passing and decrease the use of the option play.
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information has nothing to do with it.\n\nif you are good enough to play at the college level, college recruiters will be contacting you (they go to high school games).\n\nif you play well enough in college to play in the pros, you will be drafted.\n\nit's all about talent.  information... doesn't do much good.\n\nthe exceptions are guys who "walk on", usually in training camp, and prove themselves.  but of course the guy you're trying to prove yourself against has probably already shown he's got the goods because he really has the goods, and has proved it through high school, college, etc.  so, walk-ons getting to the pros is just not very common.\n\ngood luck.
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I think so because in college because they are beginners a lot of points are scored not really giving it that high intesity level. i mean there are some college games like last night when rutgers won baby!! woo hoo!!\n\nbut thats besides the point. the NFL is more intense. you see it in the player's faces and you can see it on the field. especially when a really good team faces off with another really good team
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THEY SHOULD DRAFT A QB.
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No, in fact there are a couple of players in the NFL that did not play in high school.  Even still, they do play other sports in high school and are raw athlete material.
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Positions are separated into three categories; offense, defense and special teams.\n\nOffense\n\nQuarterback\nThe player who receives the ball from the center at the start of each play before either handing it to the running back, throwing it to a receiver, or running with it himself. \nThe quarterback is usually the player in charge of running the offense on the field. He is also the guy that usually informs the offense of the play while in the huddle. \n\nHalfback\nAn offensive player who lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays. A running back's primary role is to run with the football, he is also used as a receiver at times. \n\nFullback\nAn offensive player who lines up in the offensive backfield and generally is responsible for run-blocking for the halfback and pass-blocking for the quarterback. \nFullbacks are usually bigger than halfbacks, and also serve as short-yardage runners. \n\nWide Receiver\nAn offensive player who lines up on or near the line of scrimmage, but split to the outside. His primary job is to catch passes from the quarterback. \n\nTight End\nAn offensive player who serves as a receiver and also a blocker. The tight end lines up beside the offensive tackle either to the right or to the left of the quarterback. \n\nOffensive Tackle\nA member of the offensive line. There are two tackles on every play, and they line up on the outside of the offensive guards. \n\nOffensive Guard \nA member of the offensive line. There are two guards on every play, and they line up on either side of the offensive center. \n\nCenter \nThe offensive lineman who hikes (or snaps) the ball to the quarterback at the start of each play. The center lines up in the middle of the offensive line, between the offensive guards. \n\nDefense\n\nDefensive End \nA defensive player who lines up at the end of the defensive line. The job of the defensive end is to contain the running back on running plays to the outside, and rush the quarterback on passing plays. \n\nDefensive Tackle \nA defensive player who lines up on the interior of the defensive line. The duties of a defensive tackle include stopping the running back on running plays, getting pressure up the middle on passing plays, and occupying blockers so the linebackers can roam free. \n\nNose Tackle \nThe defensive player who lines up directly across from the center. Also known as:the nose guard, the primary responsibilities of the nose tackle are to stop the run and occupy the offensive lineman to keep them from blocking the linebackers. \n\nLinebacker \nA defensive player who lines up behind the defensive linemen and in front of the defensive backfield. \nThe linebackers are a team's second line of defense. Each team has two outside linebackers. In a 4-3 defense, teams have one inside linebacker, usually referred to as a middle linebacker. In a 3-4 defense teams have two inside linebackers. \n\nCornerback \nA defensive back who generally lines up on the outside of the formation and is usually assigned to cover a wide receiver. \n\nSafety \nA defensive back who lines up in the secondary between, but generally deeper than the cornerbacks. His primary duties include helping the cornerbacks in pass coverage. \n\n\nSpecial Teams\n\nGunner\nThe members of the special teams who specialize in racing downfield to tackle the kick or punt returner. The gunners usually line up on the outside of the offensive line and are often double teamed by blockers. \n\nHolder\nThe player who catches the snap from the center and places it down for the placekicker to attempt to kick it through the uprights of the goalpost. On an attempted field goal, the holder must catch the ball and put it into a good kicking position, ideally with the laces facing away from the kicker. \n\nKick Returner\nA kick returner is the player that catches kickoffs and attempts to return them in the opposite direction. He is usually one of the faster players on the team, oft
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yeah i dont get that\n\nhe got drafted in the 9th round the year after he won the heisman\n\ndoug flutie the year after he won the heisman got drafted in the 11th round\n\nthey were the great quarterbacks in college and sadly weren't good in the nfl\n\nit might have had something to do with USFL\n\nbut winning the heisman pretty much guarantees you'll be in the 1st round, but not first overall
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definetly a pocket passer as that is what the position is all about. the white issue i dont really think so as if there is a talented player he plays. there is still many white quarterbacks but there are also alot of black quarterbacks none are better due to the colour of their skin. as for the whites as i was saying there is still palmer, plummer, the manning's, brady, favre, brees, warner, leinart, bledsoe etc so no i think it is even at the moment.
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I've felt the exact same thing for about a year now.\n\nThe problem with the NFL now versus 20 years ago is that offensive systems have become so complex that only a few quarterbacks can learn them, and even they must have plays called from the sidelines.  (The last NFL quarterback to call his own plays - for the whole game - was Jim Kelly.  Nobody else has since the early 1980s.)  \n\nOf course, quarterbacks no longer calling their own plays is an *absolutely* *unrelated* to the 40 second play clock instituted during that decade.... (Yeah, right!)\n\nHaving quarterbacks who alternate based on the series and situation is a good idea.  There are many benefits to it:\n\n1) Injuries.  When 50-80% of players use steroids and HGH, having two game-ready quarterbacks is a good thing.  In the last decade, nearly half the NFL's starting quarterbacks in any given year missed games due to injury.  That never happened in the 1960s, 1970s, or even the 1980s.\n\n2) Less to learn.  Quarterbacks who have lots of talent but not the ability to learn more complex systems could thrive.  (If anybody is thinking "Jimmy the Greek" or "Rush Limbaugh" crap about black QBs, please kill yourself.  There are more white QBs by percentage who wash out than blacks.)  Improvisational players could get by on talent in ways that they can't now.\n\n3) Versatlity.  Very few players can do everything well.  Switching QBs could force defenses to switch personnel, leading to more defensive lapses and penalties just by changing one offensive player.\n\n4) Play calling.  Why have a receiver bring in one play at a time or use hand or radio signals and risk miscommunication, when an offensive coordinator could send in a QB with 5-10 plays at a time, enough for 1-2 sets of downs?  There would be less mistakes, and as they say in hockey, "fresh legs" because the player catches his breath.\n\n5) Defensive hell.  Marv Levy once talked about using Jim Kelly at QB and Doug Flutie at halfback and the havoc it could have caused defenses, this during the years of the "Ace" formation with one running back, Thurman Thomas and three wide receivers.  (He never tried it because Bills' management wouldn't let him.)  Just imagine having two capable passers on the field at once, one of them capable of running or receiving as well.  If Pittsburgh had used Neil O'Donnell and Cordell Stewart in this way, maybe both of them could have had great careers.\n\n\n.