Essay On Nfl Quarterbacks

The role of quarterback is the most prominent position on any NFL roster. Behind every good team is a quarterback that leads the way. The quarterback is the leader of the team, they are like the glue that holds everything. The quarterback position is the hardest to fulfill in the NFL. Being the most difficult position, the player who fulfils it must be only a quarterback. Over the many years of the NFL quarterbacks have evolved into one of these three categories; pocket passers, dual threats, and busts.
The first category that NFL quarterbacks fall into is the pocket passer. The mental characteristics a pocket passer must have are high composure, very good QB IQ, and the ability to see a play before it develops. Composure is how the quarterback handles the pressure inside the pocket, while being rushed at by the …show more content…
A bust is a quarterback that could not make it in the NFL for a very long time. Busts posse the mental traits of low QB IQ, very low composure, low mental toughness, and sometimes off field issues. Every mental trait of a bust is going to lower than the other two styles of quarterback. That is a reason that busts do not last long in the NFL. One common reason busts failed in the NFL are off field issues. For example, Johnny Manziel partied on a nightly basis, showed up to practices late, and was arrested on multiple occasions. In this case Johnny was released from his team and has not been signed since then. They can posse some of the physical traits as the dual threats and pocket passers, but fall short in each one. For example, a bust can have a strong arm or very high QB IQ but will fall short in other categories, which makes them a low-quality quarterback that no teams wants. Some of the most well-known NFL busts are JaMarcus Russell, Andre Ware, and Ryan Leaf. These three quarterbacks have all had on field or off filed issues that ended their career early which make them NFL