Can a mobile quarterback be successful in the NFL? And when I say success, I'm referring to winning championships. Some would argue that there are valid reasons behind the thinking that a mobile quarterback (or if u really want to keep it real a black QB) who's been trained to emphasize his running abilities more so than his ability to throw the ball are limited in the professional game. In college that same quarterback can dominate a game with his Feet and Arm and garnish much deserved praise. But what the collegiate offers in terms of preparation is decisively different than the pros. Plays develop a lot slower on the field in college and of course the talent level isn't proportionally spread out from game to game like it is in the NFL. The coaching on the college level needs to be adjusted so a QB who enters the National Football League from college has the understanding that he can indeed use his feet to make plays but it must be under the structure of 'pocket patience' and going thru his WR reads and if need be roll out of pocket and run when thats all he has left in terms of options. Often the mistake has been to Run at the first notion that his receivers aren't open but to be successful, and more importantly injury free, a professional QB has to rely on the definition of the position which means THROW the ball and let the RB run the ball. There has been plenty of QB's that were strong runners, Randall Cunningham-Kordell Stewart-Micheal Vick, with many accomplishments but when it came to masteing the finer nuances of quarterbacking and taking that last step needed to be a long term successful qb and ultimately earning that Lombardi Trophy, they didn't succeed. There were other reasons for these qb's not making it all the way but the overriding fact, and any fan of those teams will contest to it, they never developed a strong sense of reading defenses and throwing down the field.

We have mentioned quite exhaustingly the mishaps of qb's like Vick and Kordell but we failed to mention qb's that started off 'runners' first but adjusted their game and be very effective....Steve Young--Jeff Garcia--Doug Williams. Hopefully at some point gifted QB's that enter the NFL will be given game tape of these quarterbacks and shown how scary and effective they can be if they can master what they do and then take it to another level...maybe soon we'll see it, can Vince Young be the next level running style qb who emphasizes throwing first? We'll see, my money is on that 5th grader in southern Florida who's playing Pop Warner on Saturday afternoons!!!