Troy James Smith was a superstar under center at Ohio State University. He was a unanimous All-American, named a Sporting News Player of the Year, AP Player of the Year and Heisman Trophy winner in 2006. ESPN called called him the “Big 10 Player of the Decade.” Troy James Smith, at age 22, was an electric athlete capable of filling… Read more →
Category: quarterback
Boom or Bust: Three Offensive Prospects that Could Make a Difference This Year
With the NFL season now gearing up, fantasy football drafts around the country are doing much of the same. As fantasy draft days begin making their marks on calendars and the days begin dwindling, fantasy owners are tediously compiling their lists of who they’ll draft and who they’ll avoid. Here are three players–two newcomers to the league and one sophomore–that… Read more →
Why Teams Live and Die for the Quarterback
He’s the signal caller. The field general. The man under center. The quarterback is the lifeblood of most NFL offenses. And, to be honest, teams often live and die by the man taking snaps for the team. To be completely frank, a lot of teams–perhaps we can say most teams, even–can’t win a Super Bowl without a good quarterback.… Read more →
Overcoming Failure, the Rise of a Quarterback
While there are still a few months till the start of the season, I cannot help but be excited by the anticipation for the game. For much of this season, we are looking to see new and exciting prospects make their name on the field. But for me, as well as the rest of the world, we are expecting to… Read more →
Three 2016 Quarterback Battles and Who Will Come Out on Top
With OTAs well underway and the good majority of players having already reported, one of the most exciting aspects of the NFL offseason (other than the draft, of course) has made its way under the microscope: inter-team position battles. At the forefront of almost every competition for a starting spot around the league–at least in the eyes of the fans–is… Read more →
Measuring a QB’s Performance
The three quarterbacks taken in the first round of this year’s NFL Draft, Caron Wentz, Jared Goff and Paxton Lynch have a lot to prove for their teams this season. They have to prove they’ve got the guts, the poise and the smarts to excel in the transition from playing college ball to the NFL. Those are the unmeasurable… Read more →
2016 NFL Draft Review
By now, we all know how the first round of the NFL draft went, at least from a QB standpoint: Goff, Wentz, Lynch. Now, with the draft in the rearview mirror, football fans around the nation have since occupied their time reading articles upon articles analyzing, debating and picking apart the QB situations of teams around the league. The ideas… Read more →
The 2016 NFL Draft and their Top Three Quarterback Prospects
With months till the 2016-2017 season, football fans and critics alike have April as their season of hope. In just a few weeks, the National Football League will be holding their annual draft day where fans from every team can rejoice at the future game changer and Hall of Famer who will be cultivating the entire franchise of their team. While… Read more →
Peyton Manning Emotional Retirement Speech Press Conference
Peyton Manning is a former American football quarterback who played eighteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL). A five-time league MVP, he played for the Indianapolis Colts for 14 seasons between 1998 and 2011, and then with the Denver Broncos for four seasons from 2012 to 2015. Manning is a two-time Super Bowl winner (XLI and 50), and also… Read more →
Cam Newton and the Struggles of Reality
There are little words to describe Super Bowl 50. Between the two titan quarterbacks, the stage was set for both to personify greatness to the game. In one corner we had Cam Newton, the self-proclaimed ‘Superman,’ who was trying to crown himself as one of the games greatest. In the other corner, we had Peyton Manning, the legend, who was… Read more →