[jaugust]

Someone brought up McNabb's toughness in an earlier post and all I can say is Favre's streak is still alive whereas McNabb had to sit out a couple of games. Also a couple of other running QB's had to sit out because of injuries sustained while running; Vick and Culpepper. Is this a future trend as alot of people are contending? The injuries speak for themselves. It's great to have a playmaker when all else fails, but that playmaking obviously becomes useless if the playmaker is sitting on the bench. Teams must have solid backups if this is the way they want to go. And right now there just aren't enough talented QBs to go around to fill that role.

[discostu]

There's a difference between a broken thumb and a broken ankle. McNabb is tough, he might not be Brett Favre tough but neither is Steve McNair tough (who's tough to the point of possibly being suicidal).

Scrambling QBs are more prone to injury, they wear less pads, spend less time beefing up, and get hit from more angles.

I'm not sure there aren't enough talented QBs to go around. The glory days for he position are behind us, there certainly aren't as many A+ QBs as there used to be, but I think the average QB is better than they were in the glory days of the position. Also it's a more defensively oriented game so QBs are getting less opportunity to try to be A+ (a show on Fox Sports last night had some guy point out that o-coordinators get on average 1 million dollars less than their defensive counter parts, didn't show any numbers but if they're right that really shows how the game has changed).

[Tricorn]

There is a reason why NFL QBs don't make a carerr running the ball. Vick is a perfect example of this: the "greatest player that never plays."

[Libertarian4Bush]

Favre's streak is still alive

yeah, and whiskey and vicodin had nothing to do with THAT. yet we want asterisks next to home run records... unreal.

[Zack Nguyen]

The injuries speak for themselves. It's great to have a playmaker when all else fails, but that playmaking obviously becomes useless if the playmaker is sitting on the bench.

This is true. QB's whose running is their best (or only) quality just don't win Super Bowls. Runners (like Staubach, Elway or Bradshaw) eventually have to settle down and become pocket passers. They use their running ability to be elusive if the pocket breaks down. But they don't just take off at the slightest provocation.

Michael Vick is a phenomenon. He's like Deion Sanders throwing the ball. If anyone could run their team to victory, it's him. But I predict even he'll have to become a pocket passer before its all said and done.