Welcome back class today we are going to be discussing a
trend that seems to be emerging in the NFL these days. That trend is the youth
movement at the quarterback position. In four separate camps young guns came in
and acquired the starting position by either beating out a veteran or being the
best option at the position on the team….
Then
there is Jake Locker a west coast product having attended the University of
Washington and had great success there. He is now the starting QB for the
Tennessee Titans over the incumbent starter veteran Matt Hassellback. This is
what Locker was drafted for he as well as Dalton (CIN), Newton (CAR) and
Gabbert (JAX) were all highly touted out of college and are now making an
impact on their individual teams. And now again this year there are now 4 1st
round QB’s who will start for their respective teams. Andrew Luck (IND) and
Robert Griffin III (WAS)…. We were aware that they were handed the starting job
for their respective club. But there was a lot of talk about both Brandon
Weeden (CLE) and Ryan Tanahill (MIA) potentially capturing the starting QB
positions for the Browns and Dolphins and after 2 starts into the preseason for
both young QB’s and both have been named starters in the NFL. So that makes a
total of 8 teams with rookie or 2nd year players starting. It looks
like the future is now for one-fourth of the NFL franchises….
Will
any of these players turn out to be the next Joe Montana, Young or Marino….
Only time will tell. But im gonna tell you this I know of 8 teams that are
going to be having very interesting seasons . I know I will be watching
hopefully you will too. Until then…Class is dismissed…
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