How good will JaMarcus Russell be at the Pro Level?

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

I don't know how good Russell with be in the Pros, but nice post (yet again) GTripp.

[dall-assblows]

we will see if he is any good when he plays.

[100% PURE WHOOP ASS]

Probably very good...........

[rvd420]

i think russell will be a good pro qb,hes got the heighth,the arm,and the athletisism.plus hes an intelligent qb.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by rvd420

i think russell will be a good pro qb,hes got the heighth,the arm,and the athletisism.plus hes an intelligent qb.

Congrats on reaching 100.

Read the inital post in this thread.

[rvd420]

smith didnt do to bad last year cause he had turner help him out.now turner is the coach of san diego,which will screw that teams chance of winning up.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by rvd420

smith didnt do to bad last year cause he had turner help him out.now turner is the coach of san diego,which will screw that teams chance of winning up.

Smith just went though his natural progression. I'm sure Norv helped a little bit...but no matter who the coach was, Smith was bound to improve immensely over his abysmal rookie year.

He wasn't any good last year either, but he stopped hurting his team which was a big help for the 49ers to win 7 games this year.

[rvd420]

i did and i replied i think hell be a good pro qb duh.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by rvd420

i did and i replied i think hell be a good pro qb duh.

Are you disagreeing with the arguement or just ignoring it?

[STPainmaker]

I think when looking at the physical gifts of a quarterback you have to take into account what he does with those skills.

Michael Vick has incredible speed, agility and a big arm. He however has proven to be a below average passer.

McNabb has very good speed for QB, good agility, strength and very good arm however he is a passer 1st.

I'm not sold on the very atheletic QB unless he is more Steve Young than Michael Vick. I don't know enough about Russell to say what he is either way but he should be working on reading D's, progressions and touch passing more than anything else.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by STPainmaker

I think when looking at the physical gifts of a quarterback you have to take into account what he does with those skills.

Michael Vick has incredible speed, agility and a big arm. He however has proven to be a below average passer.

McNabb has very good speed for QB, good agility, strength and very good arm however he is a passer 1st.

I'm not sold on the very atheletic QB unless he is more Steve Young than Michael Vick. I don't know enough about Russell to say what he is either way but he should be working on reading D's, progressions and touch passing more than anything else.

russel runs like a 4.85. he's not close to a rb/qb vick type.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by STPainmaker

I think when looking at the physical gifts of a quarterback you have to take into account what he does with those skills.

Michael Vick has incredible speed, agility and a big arm. He however has proven to be a below average passer.

McNabb has very good speed for QB, good agility, strength and very good arm however he is a passer 1st.

I'm not sold on the very atheletic QB unless he is more Steve Young than Michael Vick. I don't know enough about Russell to say what he is either way but he should be working on reading D's, progressions and touch passing more than anything else.

This is so right on.

Phyical skills are a mere component of the success of a QB. And I would say the MOST available component on the market. It seems to me there are way more people with the physical skills to be a good QB than there are people who have all the other components like intelligence, knowledge, leadership abilities, toughness, will, etc. Intangibles I guess. Not to say that someone with all those traits can get by without any phyical skills but there are plenty of guys with less than ideal skills but fantasic intangibles who have been great QBs than there are guys with less than ideal intangibles but fantasic phyical skills who have been great QBs. How many QBs can someone say, "Gee that guy was a complete moron who couldn't lead a mouse to cheese but really got it done with all those great skills"? I can't think of one. On the other hand I can name numerous guys who didn't have great arms, or quick legs but won SBs because they did everything right.

[rvd420]

he was not that bad.he damn was sure better than his rookie year,plus san fran had no offensive line either.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by rvd420

he was not that bad.he damn was sure better than his rookie year,plus san fran had no offensive line either.

Well, Smith certainly had no help from his team in 2005. He had the emergence of Gore last year. But he's still not a great prospect.

Best case scenario for Russell would be Alex Smith. There's no way that Russell's rookie year would be as bad though. That year for Smith was all about Murphy's law; everything that could have gone wrong did!

[rvd420]

put it this way i think hell be a future pro bowler.