i was wondering why are some good quarterbacks like ken dorsey and chris weinke end up being bad in nfl, good players troy smith and chris leak didnt get drafted early, and some underrated quarterback ben roethisberger end up being so good.
2007-09-13 05:37:42 · 14 answers · asked by nate t 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
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2007-09-13 05:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Johnny Unitas wasn't a bad college player. He just played for a small school. Then he was cut by Pittsburgh. He played semi-pro for awhile and walked onto the Colts. The Great Phil Simms of the Giants also played for a smaller school and was hung with the rap of being a bad college player. But he put up good stats in college and his Amazing Performance against the Bronco's in the Super Bowl more than cemented his reputation. I guess what I'm saying is that Bad players don't usually make it to the NFL. Often a player will come out of a system that doesn't work for their talents or they are just in small markets so no one actually knows what they can do. The Bad players are washed away in the Combine. Now a lot of Mediocre college players have done very well in the NFL. Brady jumps to mind.
2016-04-04 18:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both Leak and Smith lacked one or two attributes that would have made them first rounders. Smith is a little short and Leak regressed during his years at Florida.
Roethlisberger is the prototype of an NFL quarterback. He must have developed at Miami (OH) or wanted a better chance to start right away in college.
Dorsey was surrounded by superior talent at the U and Weinke was around 30 when he was drafted.
But remember Tom Brady wasn't drafted until the sixth round so NFL personnel people are often wrong.
2007-09-13 05:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by Justin T 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some players get drafted to an organization their style of play doesn't fit. I think fit is important and is often overlooked. Think about dominate teams that have late round picks and can still put together good teams. They find the underrated talent that fits their scheme.
Or in some cases, they don't have the same type of talent around they had in college. High draft picks come from winning college teams but they go to the bottom NFL teams. One great player won't get the job done. It can take a while for those teams to build, some fans (and teams) get antsy and won't give a coach or player that development time.
Others just flop because they happened to be part of a good college system but didn't have NFL caliber talent themselves.
2007-09-13 05:56:33 · answer #4 · answered by tnk3181979 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's why they call moving from high school to college to the pros taking it to the next level and can one do that because the level of play is more difficult at each stage. Also, they look at a player's upside potential meaning does the player have athletic and physical ability for a coach to improve their skills down the road. A 6' quarterback can do well in college but in the pros one that size has to be really good because of the size of the linemen. In college a quarterback faces a few players with pro potential and when they get to the pros looking over a pro defensive unit must make their cojones shrink.
2007-09-13 06:00:12 · answer #5 · answered by Zinger 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because playing in the NFL and playing in college, especially at quarterback, is two totally different ball games. It's easy for other position players to make the transition, but quarterback is hard because the terminology is totally different, the plays are totally different, and the speed of the game is much faster. 80 percent of the time, it takes a great college quarterback to become a good NFL quarterback. But that 20 percent of the time, you get those guys like Big Ben and Tom Brady, who are special players, that prove themselves on the field, and shut up the doubters that thought they weren't going to have what it takes.
2007-09-13 05:54:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a huge step from college to pros. It's a completely different game and everything is geared around money and winning at all cost. There's a huge learning curve for the pros and most people drafted don't cut it.
You've got to remember is that the people drafted every year are only the best of college football. There's no way that all the tops drafts are going to do well against the best of the best.
2007-09-16 03:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by eno.geo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well first of all in college the athletes are slower and the rules vary to allow more plays. The offensive and defensive systems are less complicated, also there is no reading of defenses in college where in pro you have to read and know where everyone is ending up. also your line has its own set of calls and plays that vary where the qb goes. Bottom line you play slower when you have to think for the first time. Some qb's are asked to think alot in college or a natural at thinking that is why they dont do so well. Ohio and Florida for instance had the fastest athletes and could just throw it up there for them to go get, in the NFL that is lots of int's
2007-09-13 05:44:24 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. Rob 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Roethlisberger wasn't really all that underrated, he was a first round draft pick. It was just one of those deep years for QB's he got drafted after Eli Manning(cause his name i suppose) and Phillip Rivers but still was a first pick.
2007-09-13 05:57:55 · answer #9 · answered by JJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some don't make the mental transition.
Take Ryan Leaf. He was rated as good as Peyton Manning, but he never panned out in the NFL.
Why? Because he lacked the mentality to make it in the NFL. He had no work ethic, he whined constantly, he blamed everyone but himself, and he never adjusted.
2007-09-13 05:52:26 · answer #10 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
because the game is very different at the pro and college levels, for some its a product of the system they had in college vs the one they get in the pros. it could be a different coach, it could be the supporting cast they have in college vs pro.
or more times than not its just that they arent as good as everyone thought they woudl be
2007-09-13 05:44:37 · answer #11 · answered by Andrew F 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋