Steve Young and the art of molding a mobile quarterback
Nov 21, 2014 at 5:45 PM
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The 49ers' Colin Kaepernick and Washington's Robert Griffin III are dual-threat quarterbacks, but Steve Young desperately wants them to add another dimension. What does it mean to be a triple-threat quarterback? "You're already a dual threat because you can leave the pocket and make throws," Young said in an interview with The Chronicle. "Obviously, you [...]
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