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What one thing must a QB have in the nfl

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The thread on LJ got me thinking.

What one thing must an nfl QB have? Or what are the skills necessary, in order of importance for an nfl QB?

My pick- the ability to read and understand weaknesses of a defensive formation, and the players in that formation
 
Djfan said:
The thread on LJ got me thinking.

What one thing must an nfl QB have? Or what are the skills necessary, in order of importance for an nfl QB?

My pick- the ability to read and understand weaknesses of a defensive formation, and the players in that formation
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There have been all types of successful NFL QB's. There are many things that make a good QB, but I do think arm strength has to be at a certain level.


While I think reading a defense is important, Marino never really could. To use his opponent's words, the ball just beat me to where he was throwing it. Danny wasn't close to fast, but thanks to his lighting release, he was very hard to sack.
 
A wonderlic score above 14.

/coach
 
I don't know about good enough to get on the field. But to be great Its vision. Everything else is prerequisite. Strong ENOUGH arm (which really means mechanics), Good ENOUGH accuracy (which again means mechanics). And when I say vision it is several things balled up into one (because that was the question posed). In essence it is the ability to anticipate what will happen before it happens by processing info quickly. You could see last year, that the success of every play was solely based upon the OC for lack of a better term "Guessing" right. Which becomes much like high school football. Where you attack their weakness based upon the situation. With Ben on the field the general can give the order, but the captain can change that order based upon the real time info in front of him. That is what separates good enough from great. Now good enough to get on the field. I would say many of the things listed above most notably accuracy.
 
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It's being the back up that hasn't ever played. EVERYONE knows the back up is by far better than the starter who throws interceptions and fumbles the ball.


Everyone has great points but the speed at which the BRAIN signal can travel to the commanded destination is pretty dang important as well. Making a decision fast and reacting to it fast.




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Throwing accuracy..
 
With everything mentioned, probably a little bit of "all the above". Guys like Landry Jones, Mason and Duck seem to have a rudimentary ability to play at the NFL level intitially, but not the ability to excel at any part of it aside from a brief glimpse here and there. They have the ability to have a successful offensive drive on maybe 1 out of every 5 or 6 drives...meaning that they can get a couple first downs. The rest of the drives seem to stall out almost immediately. As soon as defenses adjust to them, which happens fairly quickly, they don't have the ability to adjust to the adjustment and stagnate instead. It's like they have reached the limit of their ability. Arm strength and accuracy has a lot to do with it also I'm sure. Those guys seem to try and live on a steady diet of screens, and 5-10 slants and out routes. It gets very predictable to a defense quickly.
 
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Supersteeler said:
With everything mentioned, probably a little bit of "all the above". Guys like Landry Jones, Mason and Duck seem to have a rudimentary ability to play at the NFL level intitially, but not the ability to excel at any part of it aside from a brief glimpse here and there. They have the ability to have a successful offensive drive on maybe 1 out of every 5 or 6 drives...meaning that they can get a couple first downs. The rest of the drives seem to stall out almost immediately. As soon as defenses adjust to them, which happens fairly quickly, they don't have the ability to adjust to the adjustment and overcome and stagnate instead. It's like they have reached the limit of their ability. Arm strength and accuracy has a lot to do with it also I'm sure. Those guys seem to try and live on a stead diet of screens, and 5-10 slants and out routes. It gets very predictable to a defense quickly.
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And those guys are 2nd - UFA. LOTS of 1st round even #1's fail. It is fairly easy to project someone's physical abilities as in "This guy can make all the throws", but what separates things from college is the playing field is relatively level. And when that happens, it is what happens between your ears that matters. And that is where it gets funny with a guy like Dobbs. I'd venture to guess he is maybe the smartest guy on the team, but that does not mean he process information faster and is useable. I've seen guys who were dumb as rocks on defense, but could tell you every adjustment to every defense and exactly where they should be. I've also seen lots of guys who were plenty classroom/ World smart, but slapdicks on the field who were lost all the time.
 
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Intelligence. Ability to read a defense and throw players open.
 
If the QB has a shot arm they have to be able to be a game manager.
 
a coach who uses him properly. :uglyhammer:

seriously - like anyone at the very top of their profession, there isn't any single thing. Different guys do it different ways in different systems.
 
Supersteeler said:
I think you could give Mason Rudolph a WR core of Jerry Rice, T.O and Randy Moss and he would still be average.
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So it seems. Roethlisberger went out with 9:00 and change the the Steelers coaching staff had ONE limitation for Rudolph.

"Don't throw the ******* ball under ANY circumstances. you suck ENTIRELY too much."
 
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