Never NEVER Give-up Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Ranking the NFL quarterbacks: A look at the NFL's top 40 quarterbacks; league perception is a key ingredient The No. 1 thing I learned during 14 years in the NFL is that while there's a great difference between perception and reality, perception drives reality. It's true. Owners, general managers and even scouts aren't immune to building a profile of a player that's at least partly driven by perception, and they make decisions in part based on those perceptions. Perception becomes belief. It's not laziness, or really wrong, just a part of the culture of football. Perception is created through a combination of things -- the inherent small sample sizes of football, the emotion of the game, the size of the event and also the moment. How you perform on one big stage can stick with you forever, even in the evaluations of people who should know better. (Imagine the league perception of Joe Flacco today if Lee Evans had held on to that ball. How much more "clutch" would he be? How much better of a leader? All for the same read, the same accurate pass.)
MarkyMannn Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Could go either way? At 30 I think the only way now is down
mountainwampus Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Everyone seems to think Sanchez is good based on a couple playoff wins. I think he is a bad QB on a very strong team. Apparently, a few anonymous Jets think the same thing.
rocwocka Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Could go either way? At 30 I think the only way now is down He's not a running back. Quarterbacks are usually putting it all together at this advanced football age, and considering that Fitzpatrick has really spent more than half his career as a back-up hugging the clipboard, I still believe he CAN put it together. He needs some speed at WR and TE to keep the defenses honest and create more open players, so he's not constantly trying to fit it in tight spots where mistakes happen. We know he's not (GASP) Brady, Peyton or Brees - and he never will be, but he's smart and not scared to air it out. He's probably in the same category as Romo or (GASP) Sanchez - you know - the one's that play like they're infallible in one game and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn the next. Either way, he has the potential to lead us into the playoffs if he can stay somewhat consistent. GO BILLS!!!
Fan in Chicago Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Ranking the NFL quarterbacks: A look at the NFL's top 40 quarterbacks; league perception is a key ingredient Aren't you violating ESPN Insider's TOS by posting the entire blog/article here ?
DC Tom Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 What is people's fascination with Flacco? Every time I've watched him (and living here, that's not infrequently), he's sucked. Badly.
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