draft guide rips Newton
- Thread starter Buford T. Justice
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But maybe right on the money. I know if I were a GM I don't think I could draft him.
He's so talented that I can't see him not being a decent QB as I don't think he throws the ball really any better or worse than Vick did out of college. I'm just not sure he's "elite" and is most likely a head case I wouldn't want to deal with.
Unless the kid from Mizzou is the real deal I'm not sure there is a pro-bowl QB in the bunch this year.
He's so talented that I can't see him not being a decent QB as I don't think he throws the ball really any better or worse than Vick did out of college. I'm just not sure he's "elite" and is most likely a head case I wouldn't want to deal with.
Unless the kid from Mizzou is the real deal I'm not sure there is a pro-bowl QB in the bunch this year.
I think NFL quarterback might be the hardest job in all of sports. You have to have the tools (I think Newton does), but you also have to study and prepare. Many of the plays a QB makes on Sunday are a result of something they saw while studying film on Wednesday. It is a full-time job. Good defensive coordinators will rip an unprepared quarterback. I am not convinced that Newton will put in the work necessary to be one of the elites. Time will tell.
Edited to add this: Big money changes some of these guys. Some guys lose their drive and get lazy when they get millions. After you give them $20 million, they have other stuff to do besides study a playbook or get to the facility at 6:00 AM to watch film. Look at Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, etc. Those guys aren't playing for the money anymore. They've already got more than they could ever spend. Something is pushing them to win other than big bucks. It is their competiveness, desire to win and achieve, etc.
Edited to add this: Big money changes some of these guys. Some guys lose their drive and get lazy when they get millions. After you give them $20 million, they have other stuff to do besides study a playbook or get to the facility at 6:00 AM to watch film. Look at Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, etc. Those guys aren't playing for the money anymore. They've already got more than they could ever spend. Something is pushing them to win other than big bucks. It is their competiveness, desire to win and achieve, etc.
or is it "family, creed, all in!"
regardless. Pro sports is chock full of people that probably meet many of these descriptions. What's one more? Some GM with more money than brains (coughMikeBrownDanSnydercough) have taken chances on worse.
Also: was he like this at Florida, or did the whole fallout from getting the boot turn his family and him into brazen opportunists (and unabashed jackasses, too)?
regardless. Pro sports is chock full of people that probably meet many of these descriptions. What's one more? Some GM with more money than brains (coughMikeBrownDanSnydercough) have taken chances on worse.
Also: was he like this at Florida, or did the whole fallout from getting the boot turn his family and him into brazen opportunists (and unabashed jackasses, too)?