Sentences with phrase «talent like quarterback»

And with pro-caliber talent like quarterback Jim Druckenmiller (a first - round pick in 1997) and receiver Antonio Freeman (third - rounder in 1995), the offense was catching up.

Not exact matches

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

Taylor is not a prolific passer like Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers, but he is a dual - threat quarterback who can make plays with his arm talent and legs.

Josh McCown looked nothing like the quarterback he was with Chicago at the end of last season (insert sample size caveat here), and those early struggles may have muted the rest of the Bucs» supposedly elite skill talent.

This may seem like so much rhetoric considering that Kentucky has won only eight games the last three seasons, but Ray has some of the league's best talent in Quarterback Stanley Forston, End Phil Thompson and defensive aces Dick Palmer and David Roller.

While a quarterback's performance in college is heavily dependent on the scheme and the surrounding talent, a tackle's tasks can be isolated almost like a hitter's in baseball.

So when a quarterback like Smith throws for 8,590 yards and 73 touchdowns in two seasons, how much credit do we give him as opposed to the scheme and talent around him?

Imagine the outcry today if a team like Pitt — one loaded with talent and quarterbacked by Dan Marino — had only loss, on the road against an excellent Florida State team, and got a trip to El Paso for its troubles.

Could the Browns like Tyrod Taylor and believe whoever they take at No. 4 is going to sit a year anyway, so why not grab a generational talent that can help validate the new regime and win some games while delaying the typical, agonizing rookie quarterback tailspin for a little while?

I agree with Rob that it would be harder for those unfamiliar with world soccer in general to understand how much a player of his talent can contribute to an overall game without relating him to an American sporting position (cliches like quarterback or point guard) which really don't do what he does justice.

In this colossal waste of time and talent, 30 - something nitwits Ryan (Jake Johnson), a former college quarterback who never made it to the NFL, and Justin (Damon Wayans Jr.), a low - level video - game designer, dress up in what look like genuine police uniforms for a Purdue University reunion that they mistakenly believe is a costume party.