Sentences with phrase «in young quarterbacks»

The Giants, at 2 - 9, are ready to see what they have in their young quarterbacks, Smith and Davis Webb.

David Caldwell said less than a month ago, after Gus Bradley was fired, that there would be no mandate that the next coach start Bortles, but tipped his hand in saying he still believed «very much» in the young quarterback.

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.

Not exact matches

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In the meantime, the Rams» window is open for building a contender around a young quarterback and one of the best defensive players in the NFIn the meantime, the Rams» window is open for building a contender around a young quarterback and one of the best defensive players in the NFin the NFL.

Exciting things are afoot in Berkeley, where high - scoring Cal is in the Pac - 10 hunt thanks to quarterback Aaron Rodgers and brilliant young coach Jeff Tedford

DEFENSE: Ezekial Gadson, a senior linebacker at Pitt, was a terror in a 27 - 17 Panther triumph over Brigham Young with 12 unassisted tackles, four sacks, a fumble recovery, two forced fumbles, a blocked punt and a pair of quarterback hurries.

It may seem like Brady is aging in reverse or a vampire or siphoning talent from younger quarterbacks through some kind of witchcraft.

Quarterback Bob Griese seems about ready to live down Johnny Unitas» jinx; Unitas once called him «the best young quarterback in the gQuarterback Bob Griese seems about ready to live down Johnny Unitas» jinx; Unitas once called him «the best young quarterback in the gquarterback in the game.»

Big, young, talented and inexperienced, Scott Mitchell, the former backup quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, was in prime position to profit — and how!

For the second time in four years, according to recruiting experts, coach Mack Brown signed the top incoming class in the nation, this one led by Young, a 6» 5», 200 - pound quarterback who passed and ran for a total of 3,819 yards and 59 touchdowns last season.

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.

But Trestman can only do so much with the wounded Young at quarterback; two early - season injuries, a fractured pubic bone and a pulled groin, plus two concussions in the last three games, have rendered him tentative and vulnerable and have thrown off the offense's delicate timing.

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.

Three players older than dirt — 37 - year - old quarterback Joe Montana, 33 - year - old running back Marcus Allen and 36 - year - old kicker Nick Lowery, a triumvirate with a combined 41 years in the NFL and 15 Pro Bowl selections — were as young as hope in fashioning a stirring 27 - 24 wildcard victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in overtime.

Losing two young five - star quarterbacks in the same week would be very bad, but that's not even the beginning.

Covey grew up within a mile of Cougar Stadium, cutting out hundreds of articles about Brigham Young football for his scrapbooks, attending home games, mimicking the great BYU quarterbacks in his backyard.

With Young, Grbac and tackle Harris Barton out with injuries in a game against one of the rising teams in the league, the 49ers» defense got the win and third - string quarterback Jeff Brohm the save — with a fourth - quarter touchdown pass to rookie wideout Terrell Owens.

After watching Covey play the six - game jayvee season, including a game in which Covey completed 47 of 77 passes for 520 yards, Edwards sensed that the latest branch on the Cougars» Gifford Nielsen - Marc Wilson - Jim McMahon - Steve Young - Robbie Bosco family quarterback tree had shown itself.

In my opinion, all the young quarterbacks have their strong points and they have weakness also.

And with freshman Lamar Jackson taking the most snaps at quarterback, it was perhaps an even younger offense in 2015 and ranked 50th.

# 37 Mike Caldwell TARBORO Quarterbacked Tarboro High to 3A title; struck out 36 in 18 - inning game vs. Washington High; went 137 - 130 in majors from 1971 to» 84; was AL Cy Young runner - up in» 78.

Quarterback Steve Young was informed that he would be handing off more than at any other time in his career.

If you're trying to talk yourself into LSU, here's a good time to remember how young this offense was: the Tigers bounced between a sophomore and freshman quarterback, had a freshman No. 1 running back, a sophomore No. 1 receiver, freshmen in the No. 2 - 4 receiver slots, and two sophomore starters on the line.

In just his second season, Derek Carr emerged as one of the league's top young quarterbacks, throwing for nearly 4,000 yards with a 32:13 touchdown to interception ratio.

Now they're run - of - the - mill, struggling to find a young quarterback to replace Dan Marino, struggling to find the kind of identity that number 13 gave them in his glory years.

In»88 Walsh saw the team through a full - blown quarterback controversy of his own making, angering Montana by inserting Young into the lineup for parts or all of numerous regular - season games.

Considering that Foles is quite limited as a rusher, we could safely rank the following signal callers ahead of the Eagles young quarterback (In no particular order):

Former 49ers» quarterback Steve Young suffered multiple concussions in his career, yet he has suffered no apparent consequences so far.

Ignoring the fact that he's not thrown a pick in his crazy offensive explosion, Wilson joins Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Dan Marino, Aaron Rodgers and Steve Young as the only quarterbacks in league history with three - plus touchdown passes in five straight games.

In the conference finals, when Atlanta committed its defense to taking away Kaepernick's running lanes, the young quarterback beat them with an effective passing day (16/21, 233 yards) and some great read - handoffs that led to three rushing scores.

For the 1962 season the Chargers brought in John Hadl, a talented young quarterback from Kansas, and Alworth, who soon became the most dazzling Charger of them all.

The Broncos, winners of 14 in a row at Mile High Stadium, have not forgotten their last home loss: In January 1997, the Jaguars stunned John Elway & Co. in the divisional playoffs, with quarterback Mark Brunell (right) looking like a young Steve Younin a row at Mile High Stadium, have not forgotten their last home loss: In January 1997, the Jaguars stunned John Elway & Co. in the divisional playoffs, with quarterback Mark Brunell (right) looking like a young Steve YounIn January 1997, the Jaguars stunned John Elway & Co. in the divisional playoffs, with quarterback Mark Brunell (right) looking like a young Steve Younin the divisional playoffs, with quarterback Mark Brunell (right) looking like a young Steve Yyoung Steve YoungYoung.

«ÄúI listen real closely to everything Steve says, because he «Äôs the quarterback I want to become, «Äù says Young, a sophomore who was Parade «Äôs national high school player of the year in 2001.

Vince Young didn «Äôt expect to form a close relationship with Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair when Young attended McNair «Äôs camp before his sophomore year at Madison High in Houston, but since that day on the Delta the two have come to regard each other as family.

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.

Steve Young, the former quarterback of the USFL's moribund L.A. Express franchise, has been in the NFL only six weeks, with Tampa Bay.

On Thursday, Texas» Malcolm Brown and Johnathan Gray gained 29 yards in 21 carries, which forced young quarterback Tyrone Swoopes to make plays against a defense with five permanent defensive backs.

The Lions believe they now have the young skill players the 25 - year - old Harrington needs to make the offense work in his third season, the point at which NFL quarterbacks usually sink or swim.

With Rivers coming in late, it was left to fourth - year veteran Drew Brees, who has mostly failed in 27 tries as the San Diego starting quarterback, to lead the young unknowns through camp.

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.

He's got the arm and he's got the legs and he was the youngest quarterback ever to start in the Super Bowl.

Not after trading a second - round pick to get Jimmy Garoppolo, a young quarterback who is now firmly set in the team's franchise quarterback role.

But the fact remains that a) Rex Grossman might have led the team to victory (stop laughing) and b) it's a bad idea to draft a second quarterback when you desperately need young talent in the secondary.

-- retooling, what with a young quarterback (Gus Frerotte), an unsettled offensive line, a new defensive leader (tackle Sean Gilbert) and 17 new players in all.

«I think I've seen that in Cleveland and also with a lot of young quarterbacks all over the league, because most of them have a lot of success their whole lives, and all of a sudden the NFL is a different game, and everything they thought they knew about themselves — that they were great leaders, and they could throw the ball and read defenses, and that their will would always overcome — they start to question those things and lose their confidence, and some never regain it.»

While Taylor will likely earn the starting role in Cleveland in 2018, he's probably a stopgap solution as a mentor for a young quarterback.

On Thursday, the unofficial department of weights and measures for young men gave us some enlightening information about two of the top quarterback prospects available in the NFL draft this year.

While there may no longer be much gold left in them thar hills, there is a trio of young quarterbacks that have become the gold standard for signal - callers.

Sipes has been especially key in Book's development after the senior yielded the quarterback position to his younger teammate after Sipes suffered an injury in the preseason.