Originally posted by LisaTwelve:
Originally posted by GNielsen:
If Wilson peaks as high as Kaepernick, it will be an amazing thing to watch because since 1952, a grand total of TWO quarterbacks at his height or smaller (Eddie LeBaron and Doug Flutie) have had any consistent success in the NFL. So, if Russell Wilson achieves greatness, it will be a huge bucking of the odds. Stranger things have happened, so I'm not going to count on it not happening. I'm just saying that the odds are long.
Is that lack of success because so many short quarterbacks failed or, just that there were so few short quarterbacks period?
Some interesting data on the topic gathered here...
http://www.solecismic.com/frontierblog/?p=566
Good post. IMO it's because not that many shorter QBs have been given a chance in the nfl because of the bias towards taller QBs.