Originally Posted by
crypt keeper
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Please post times for those 4.4 backers. Brian Cushing ran a 4.7 or 4.8 at the combine. I forgot Tom Brady and every QB runs a 4.2
Jerrod Mayo (New England), Patrick Willis (San Francisco), and Aaron Curry (Seattle) are three that I was able to find in the 4.4-4.5 range, though I am sure that there are more. It was rather difficult to find combine statistics that listed players and their times in the 40. My point is that the NFL game is 100 times faster than the college game, he will not be able to elude the pass rush as he has been able to in college. Could he be a solid NFL quarterback...possibly, do I see it happening, NO.
You want to name quarterbacks that are like Brady...he is the exception, he is most definitely not the rule...
AFC EAST - NE - Brady 6th round, MIA - Henne 2nd round, NYJ - Sanchez 1st round, Buffalo - Edwards 3rd round
AFC NORTH CLE - Quinn 1st round, PIT - Roethlisberger 1st round, BAL - Flacco 1st round, CIN - Palmer 1st round
AFC SOUTH JAX - Garrard 4th round, IND - Manning 1st round, TEN - Young 1st round, HOU - Schaub 3rd round
AFC WEST SD - Rivers 1st round, OAK - Gradkowski 6th round (w/ Russell 1st round), DEN - Orton 4th round, KC - Cassel 7th round
NFC EAST DAL - Romo UNDRAFTED, NYG - Manning 1st round, PHI - McNabb 1st round, WAS - Campbell 1st round
NFC NORTH CHI - Cutler 1st round, GB - Rodgers 1st round, MIN - Favre 2nd round, DET - Stafford 1st round
NFC SOUTH NO - Brees 2nd round, ATL - Ryan 1st round, CAR - Delhomme UNDRAFTED, TB - Freeman 1st round
NFC WEST SF - Smith 1st round, Seattle - Hasselbeck 6th round, AZ - Warner UNDRAFTED, STL - Bulger 6th round
I think that was 8 QB's taken after the 4th round (17 first rounders alone)...not too bad. Now look at those that have won Super Bowls, only Brady and Warner were taken after round 4. Both Mannings, Favre, and Roethlisberger.