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05-02-2006, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by MaxBuck
Philip Rivers's sidearm delivery makes him effectively about 5' 8". So how does that play into things?
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Part of the concern about shorter QB's is having balls batted. But being able to see over the lineman is also a factor.
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05-02-2006, 09:43 AM
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Part of the concern about shorter QB's is having balls batted. But being able to see over the lineman is also a factor.
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But as it has been mentioned before, the linemen are not really that significantly taller in the NFL. If you can perform in college under those conditions, than it will not be that huge of a hurdle when you go pro. Also, as I mentioned before, QB's like Vince Young throwing with the side motion almost forfeits their height advantage.
I think what I am really trying to get at is there is more than one way to be successfull in the NFL, and that different players have different ways of making up for shortcomings that they have, and adjust to the game for them to succeed.
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05-02-2006, 09:52 AM
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But as it has been mentioned before, the linemen are not really that significantly taller in the NFL. If you can perform in college under those conditions, than it will not be that huge of a hurdle when you go pro. Also, as I mentioned before, QB's like Vince Young throwing with the side motion almost forfeits their height advantage.
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As someone earlier stated, throwing from under center after a three or five step drop is much different than throwing over the line from the shotgun formation. |
05-02-2006, 10:07 AM
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As someone earlier stated, throwing from under center after a three or five step drop is much different than throwing over the line from the shotgun formation.
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Agreed. But Peyton Manning takes the majority of his snaps from shotgun, and he has had great success in the NFL. Even though he has a good 4 inches on Smith, it just proves that you don't have to be under center all of the time to run an offense well.
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05-02-2006, 10:18 AM
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it just proves that you don't have to be under center all of the time to run an offense well.
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Agree, never said you couldn't be successful from the shotgun but we'd be kidding ourselves if we thought Smtih was in the realm of Peyton Manning. |
05-02-2006, 11:11 AM
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Agree, never said you couldn't be successful from the shotgun but we'd be kidding ourselves if we thought Smtih was in the realm of Peyton Manning.
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Obviously, Smith is no Peyton Manning, but I have a feeling with more and more big-time colleges producing stars with the shotgun offense, or even the Dual-Threat QB shotgun offense, it might influence the NFL and start a new wave of offensive systems for many pro teams who draft these players.
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05-02-2006, 11:24 AM
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We all know Troy's great in the college game but he reminds me of one of all those Nebraska QB's under Osborne and unfortunately none are in the pro's...I think.
But they do win you NC.
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05-02-2006, 11:33 AM
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