He is not
the first young quarterback to struggle reading defenses.
Not exact matches
Newton rallied his team in the fourth quarter of Week 6 against the Seattle Seahawks to a 27 - 23 win; the
young quarterback threw for 100 yards through the
first three quarters, only to add 169 more in the fourth.
Quarterback Jake Coker and his
young receiving corps struggled to find a rhythm in the
first half of the season, but Coker completed 71 percent of his passes with five touchdowns and no interceptions over the final three games.
When the entire NFL passed on him in the
first round of the 2001 draft, when the San Diego Chargers benched him four times and then brought in a
young quarterback to replace him, when he tore up his shoulder in December» 05, it took faith to believe he would be a star in professional football and lead a team to a Lombardi Trophy.
Yet on each of Manziel's explosive plays in the fourth quarter, the
quarterback broke contain
first from the defensive end, something that was not lost on the
younger Nkedmiche, who watched his brother and teammates unravel in devastation.
He was upset about not going in the
first round, but cheer up, Boomer, you're in the best situation a
young quarterback can be in.