For all the intangibles that a quarterback may display in college, more often than not, they wind up resembling nothing remotely close to their former selves at the NFL level. Now I get it. NFL defenses are more complex and aggressive than their collegiate counterparts.
From 1998-2008, quarterbacks were taken first overall eight times. Those eight QBs have been to 15 Pro Bowls collectively. Nine by Peyton Manning alone. Peyton is also the only MVP winner of the bunch too.
In fact, if you include all 28 quarterbacks drafted in the first round during the same time period, Manning is still the only MVP of the bunch. Worse yet, only three of the 28 have gone on to win a Super Bowl (Peyton, Eli and Big Ben). c&p http://www.examiner.com/tampa-bay-buccaneers-in-tampa-bay/history-is-not-on-...
Possibly, but they're massive gamblesFor all the intangibles that a quarterback may display in college, more often than not, they wind up resembling nothing remotely close to their former selves at the NFL level. Now I get it. NFL defenses are more c