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Re: Green Bay sucks
« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2015, 08:56:42 pm »
Matt from Madison, WI

Do you agree today’s college quarterbacks aren’t as prepared for the NFL as those of the past? This reminds me of something you said about, I believe, Terrelle Pryor. It seems like the best college quarterbacks are really just the best athletes, but that doesn’t always translate to quarterbacking skills in the NFL once the athleticism of all players starts to level out.

I remember Mike McCarthy commenting a few years ago on how much more prepared quarterbacks are coming out of college nowadays. Hey, Coach McCarthy is an expert on quarterbacks – I am in awe of what he’s done with Scott Tolzien and Brett Hundley – but I thought to myself, “Coach, I completely disagree.” I watched college games last weekend and the play I saw nearly every team run over and over was what I call the drop-back-and-run play. The ball was snapped to the quarterback, he hesitated one count and then ran with it. That’s grooming? It’s tragic a player of Pryor’s overwhelming athletic ability is struggling to find a place in the NFL. He’s one of the best athletes I have ever seen, and I can’t help but wonder what a player of his talents could become if a team committed to his development. That’s why I favor an increase in practice-squad roster sizes and emphasis. That’s the developmental league we need. I favor a roster of 20 practice-squad players, new rules governing the movement of its players, and a separate coaching staff for the practice squad. I don’t think the NFL can count on college football to provide game-ready talent any longer. College football is facing too many limitations of its own.