11-26-2019, 01:43 PM
(11-26-2019, 11:50 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Some QBs who aren't the most physically gifted in the world:
- Tom Brady
- Drew Brees
- Russell Wilson
- Dak Prescott
- Kirk Cousins
The first two are considered some of the best QBs in NFL history, and the other three are doing rather well too in their NFL careers to this point. You don't have to be the most physically gifted to succeed. The most important tool is intelligence.
Exactly. People forget that Peyton wasn't incredibly physically gifted as well. He had a good arm and could make all the throws but he didn't have a "cannon". He just had a good arm and was incredibly well-studied/intelligent. The mental aspect of his game is what really made him who he was. The most physically gifted QB in NFL history might very well be Jamarcus Russell. He had a pure howitzer of an arm. He could make any single throw from any angle and he could have probably invented some new throws. He was lazy and didn't really have a grasp on the mental aspect of the game, so he failed.
Brady, as you mentioned, is the probably the perfect example. Average arm, not athletic and just dominates.
