In looking for a quarterback, Tomlin acknowledged that mobility is an important positional trait.
"Man, quarterback mobility is valued not only by me but everyone," he said. "It's just a component of today's game and increasingly so."
And he's talking about the NFL which has been much slower to adopt the mobile QB than CFB but for the most part, the league has proven it works in the NFL too.
Link: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33093370/mike-tomlin-says-all-options-table-next-pittsburgh-steelers-starting-qb
Tomlin sucks...never has his team ready for big games...always loses to less opposites. Ben is finally gone....this team will never come close again. Yes I am a steelers fan but wishes the fired tomlin a long time ago.
You know the guy who is ND's all-time leading rusher from the QB position?
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He was promoting Book before most on the board. And supported him continuously, from what I recall.
confused with, well I am not going to name names.
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third and then mobility fourth.
As it relates to our current QBs, Pyne has #'s 1 and 2 at a very high level. His #3 and 4 limit him greatly. But a winner. Buchner is sort of a question to me as it relates to #'s 1 and 2 as he was a true freshman playing a big time D1 college football schedule having not played in so long and playing at a lower high school level before that. Certainly a super-bright kid and he has #'s 3 and 4 at a super-high level that gives him a ceiling that is far beyond Pyne and is elite. Time will tell with Tyler.
Truth of the matter is we are recruiting QB at a way lower level than we should be. Even mediocre level recruiting for a program like ND would be better than what we have and if we want to win a NC at some point the QB recruiting has to be higher than mediocre.
It's no secret that QB's who can stay in the pocket and simply throw the ball away, are going to last a lot longer, and not lose efficacy nearly as much as running QB's.
If we compare Aaron Rodgers (38 years old, pocket passer) to Cam Newton (32 years old, running QB), the difference in their relative health shows who's going to have a longer (and better) career.
Rodgers looks as if he's still in his 20's, while Cam Newton is an old man at the age of 32 years old. Trying to run over those 250 lb linebackers on a regular basis isn't exactly a smart thing.
Only roughly 10 of the 32 starting QBs are statues (see link) that's 31.25% of the league which means 68.75% of NFL QBs are "mobile" now. Which is exactly the reason we saw so much struggling at QB this year. The game is played much differently than in the 60-80s.
Link: https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/seahawks/nfl-power-rankings-all-32-starting-qbs-after-2021-nfl-draft
I don't dispute that a mobile QB in the NFL will open up a few more doors if you don't have a good scheme and players in place. Those runners tend to be much better athletes, and can occasionally make something out of nothing.
However, that method is only going to buy you short term gain. Your QB is going to end up spending more time in the infirmary if he keeps running. Those 190 lb safeties that he ran over in college are now 215 lb freaks of nature, and all of them are fast and strong. Those 220 lb linebackers that he would take head on and come out ahead most of the time are now 250 lb monsters that hit with frightening power and speed. The "weakside" defensive ends who were 240 lbs could be either outrun, or even taken on once in a while are now 270 lb bruisers that can now run down any quarterback.
In the pros, everyone's fast, strong, and big (for the most part), and even a 250 lb freakishly good athlete the likes of Cam Newton wasn't able to handle more than a handful of years of getting pounded while running.
If I were a team owner, I wouldn't be looking at running QB's, especially if they are to be the face of the franchise. They're just a few hits away from having their vast potential becoming castrated. That, plus you wouldn't run that big of a risk of wasting salary cap space.
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The only one comparable is Brady.
strong enough to avoid a pass rush. This was also before the now constant appearance of the mobile QB like Mahones, Murray, Lamar, Allen, Herbert, and others. The ability for the QB to make plays on his own is more prevalent and becoming almost necessary today in the pros as the game has evolved to be more like the college game.
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throws.
It has to start with the ability to make all the throws, mobility is just icing
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