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Future first round hall of famer Payton manning once said “I think I could describe the perfect quarterback. Take a little piece of everybody. Take John Elway's arm, Dan Marino's release, maybe Troy Aikman's drop-back, Brett Favre's scrambling ability, Joe Montana's two-minute poise and, naturally, my speed.” With that being said there are over 40 quarterbacks currently employed by the national football league (NFL). In addition, every one of those quarterbacks are analyzed an evaluated on athletic performance and their ability to manage their emotions in critical situations.
The crafty game manager is the first classification of the three groups of quarterbacks, which also happens to be the most notorious. Throughout the years it became routine to call all quarterbacks game managers while effectively despite the athlete’s legitimate tendencies. However, a genuine game manager is a player that despite their poor individual numbers such as passing yards and touchdowns, while performing well enough to win games. Game managers compliment a strong defense
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These quarterbacks are very captivating to watch however they can also be very danger-some. Gunslingers will throw a deep ball, to a trusted receiver down field into double coverage if there is even the slightest chance to make a big play. It indisputable that there will be an occasion in a quarterback’s career where they are forced to be a gunslinger. With that being said few quarterbacks can actually maintain a gunslinger’s mentality while preforming immense level on a consistent basis. Subsequently the main drawback of a gunslinger quarterback is that they generally have a higher turnover rate. Gunslingers more often than not thrive in shotgun offenses also it is imperative that gunslingers have vertical wide receivers that will spring up and get those 50/50 jump

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