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What makes great QBs GREAT

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  • L LondonBrown wrote on
    #2

    "clutch" is something that for me doesn't exist.

  • F FairHooker11 wrote on
    #3

    one that has the nads to audible

    against the "scripted" plays of the staff - (IE Kosar - Belichek)

    that would be old school and quite fun to watch if he were successful.

    I always thought the good QBs have some game time feel for the defensive scheme while

    the coordinators seem to be busy staging the next play - taking away a decent competitive edge of a capable QB.

  • OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan wrote on
    #4

    Ability to read defenses, spends a lot of time in game preparation, good leadership qualities, doesn't make bad throws into coverage, good clock management skills, confidence, takes charge in the huddle, I would sum it all up with Joe Montana.

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  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #5

    Karma?

  • Browns149B Browns149 wrote on
    #6

    A great QB is one that wins in the playoffs. When the pressure is the highest and the competition is the best. If a QB can't do that then he is not great IMO

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #7

    A great qb is the one that can excel at HIS job,

    while he has an oline that can block well, and wr's

    that can get OPEN, if need be, quickly....

    and running backs that know how to be good running backs.

    Archie Manning was a GREAT qb that never had the above.

  • Tim Couch Pulls OutT Tim Couch Pulls Out wrote on
    #8

    Composure. Intelligence. Talent. Confidence.

    A QB with all four of those things will do/have all of the things everyone has mentioned this far.

    I'm awesome, and I fuck dolphins. Ghoolie 12/2/2012: I have absolutely no skills, training or pride
  • gumby73G gumby73 wrote on
    #9

    Take a guess-- Mystery Deflated balls, can get a flag if touched in pocket, tuck rule and can get any of his receiver's a flag?? Am I missing anything but he played for Michigan??

    Browns & Buffett: Got to go fishin, Down to rock bottom again, with just a few Friends
  • miktoxicM miktoxic wrote on
    #10

    brains.

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  • Mr. Make-BelieveM Mr. Make-Believe wrote on
    #11

    I'll have to say decisiveness. The ability to make the right decisions with the football quickly and consistently.

  • MudflyM Mudfly wrote on
    #12

    Based upon history, Id say it's mostly great teams that make great QB's.

    You could be an amazing player......but until your team is great(or you make it great)....you aint great(by most standards)....

    And many of the great ones are considered such because of wins, not QB play alone.(which I think kinda sucks).

    And lots of great ones dont get their due because they landed on shit teams and had zero help.(which I also dont like)...

    So....winning makes you great,,,,,nothing else....

    nickersN MudflyM 2 Replies
  • MudflyM Mudfly

    Based upon history, Id say it's mostly great teams that make great QB's.

    You could be an amazing player......but until your team is great(or you make it great)....you aint great(by most standards)....

    And many of the great ones are considered such because of wins, not QB play alone.(which I think kinda sucks).

    And lots of great ones dont get their due because they landed on shit teams and had zero help.(which I also dont like)...

    So....winning makes you great,,,,,nothing else....

    nickersN nickers wrote on
    #13

    @mudfly said:

    Based upon history, Id say it's mostly great teams that make great QB's.

    You could be an amazing player......but until your team is great(or you make it great)....you aint great(by most standards)....

    And many of the great ones are considered such because of wins, not QB play alone.(which I think kinda sucks).

    And lots of great ones dont get their due because they landed on shit teams and had zero help.(which I also dont like)...

    So....winning makes you great,,,,,nothing else....

    Uhmm no.. Teams go as they're QB goes.. take away Manning,Brady,Rodgers and even Roethlisberger.. none of those teams would ever sniff the playoffs...

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
  • nickersN nickers

    @mudfly said:

    Based upon history, Id say it's mostly great teams that make great QB's.

    You could be an amazing player......but until your team is great(or you make it great)....you aint great(by most standards)....

    And many of the great ones are considered such because of wins, not QB play alone.(which I think kinda sucks).

    And lots of great ones dont get their due because they landed on shit teams and had zero help.(which I also dont like)...

    So....winning makes you great,,,,,nothing else....

    Uhmm no.. Teams go as they're QB goes.. take away Manning,Brady,Rodgers and even Roethlisberger.. none of those teams would ever sniff the playoffs...

    Browns149B Browns149 wrote on
    #14

    @nickers said:

    Uhmm no.. Teams go as they're QB goes.. take away Manning,Brady,Rodgers and even Roethlisberger.. none of those teams would ever sniff the playoffs...

    The same could be said in the opposite.

    Put those guys on the Browns for the last 16 years and we would still suck

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
  • nickersN nickers wrote on
    #15

    VesnaKociper said:

    Close your eyes. Think about Bernie Kosar.

    Ok, whatever the opposite of that is, THAT is a great QB.

    Bullshit and you know it,Ghoulie...

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
  • G GuNNerGatSKi wrote on
    #16

    All good replies, besides Ghoolies usual Kosar hate haha. I think this is a very important and interesting topic to discuss. Ultimately, we all have varying opinions and ideas of what makes a successful QB, though I think we can all agree on at least a handful of basic qualities: confidence, intelligence, adequate arm strength, poise, great decision making etc.

    And I think we can all agree, as Browns fans, that finding a QB who is good to great is far from easy and very much a crapshoot rather than an exact science.

  • T TexasAg1969 wrote on
    #17

    1st-start with a great line-if you build it he will come. 😁

  • OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan wrote on
    #18

    Whatever it is that makes a great quarterback great just go the opposite of that for our choices since 99.

  • MudflyM Mudfly

    Based upon history, Id say it's mostly great teams that make great QB's.

    You could be an amazing player......but until your team is great(or you make it great)....you aint great(by most standards)....

    And many of the great ones are considered such because of wins, not QB play alone.(which I think kinda sucks).

    And lots of great ones dont get their due because they landed on shit teams and had zero help.(which I also dont like)...

    So....winning makes you great,,,,,nothing else....

    MudflyM Mudfly wrote on
    #19

    @mudfly said:

    You could be an amazing player......but until your team is great(or you make it great)....you aint great(by most standards)....

    So....winning makes you great,,,,,nothing else....

    @nickers said:

    Uhmm no.. Teams go as they're QB goes.. take away Manning,Brady,Rodgers and even Roethlisberger.. none of those teams would ever sniff the playoffs...

    I pretty clearly said "or you make it great".....bottom line, all the great QB's you listed won something....which is my point...

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