Quote:What's wrong with spread QBs? The NFL plays lots of spread stuff these days.

• They have an increased failure rate as compared to traditional QBs, as high as 70%. 
  
•  "I went through the list of the 140 drafted quarterbacks from 2004 to 2014 and determined there hasn't been a spread quarterback among them who currently would be labeled among the top 12 in the league. A few are close. Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick and Alex Smith are former spread quarterbacks who aren't yet elite but could be knocking on the door."  Newton is a career 58% passer (53% Last year   ), Kaepernick needs no explanation, and Alex Smith has found a little success but only as a game manager. 
  
• "A college spread quarterback doesn't run a huddle."
  
• "The spread quarterbacks have to learn three-, five- and seven-step drops the minute their college careers are over."
  
• "The pure spread quarterbacks often have predetermined reads instead of going through and processing the play and the positioning of the pass-catchers.