Word: nfl
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Same deal with learning to read defenses, says Madden, the TV commentator and ex-coach. The NFL's constantly evolving defenses are tougher to decipher than tax forms, and the consensus in jockdom is that quarterbacking is the hardest thing to do in all of sports, right after remembering where you left the needle to inflate the balls. "I'd say 90% of the quarterbacks never get it," Madden says...
During the game, ex-Super Bowl quarterback Ron Jaworski said that's the NFL today. "You pay these guys, and you throw them out there" whether they're ready or not. Back in the days before remote control, promising young quarterbacks sat on the bench for a while, and went to school on the crew-cut masters...
...rookie quarterback can have a clue," agrees Madden. Charlie Batch, an unheralded Detroit Lions rookie, has at times looked better than Manning or Leaf, but he's still working in the dark too. Madden says it's partly because college defenses are run oriented and NFL defenses, which are pass oriented, change drastically from one down to the next and one team to the next...
Mora noted the NFL in recent years has imposed strict rules on protecting quarterbacks...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.--Buffalo Bills star defensive end Bruce Smith has been fined $7,500 by the NFL for a hit on Peyton Manning in last Sunday's game at Indianapolis...