How much help do young QBs need to succeed in the NFL?

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🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Quarterbacks get all the attention in the NFL, and understandably so. But young signal callers don't succeed or fail on their own. They need the right infrastructure around them to become the player the teams drafting them believe they can be. So...what is that infrastructure? Robert Mays, Nate Tice, Derrik Klassen dig into the importance of pass-catchers, offensive lines and playcallers for young QBs, with lessons from recent history, on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Follow Nate on Twitter: @Nate_Tice Follow Derrik on Twitter: @QBKlass Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube 8:49 Pass-catchers 32:08 Offensive lines 55:04 Play callers 66:23 The teams in this draft's QB market Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Athletics Football Show.
0:15.5	Welcome to the Athletics Football Show.
0:17.8	I'm Robert Mays, really fun show for you guys today.
0:20.9	Earlier this week, Nate and I talked about the top four quarterbacks in the shoes draft,
0:25.3	the guys that are going to potentially be first round picks and what they look like as
0:28.9	prospects.
0:29.9	But I think we've learned over time that the success or failure of young quarterbacks
0:35.0	in the NFL isn't just about what type of prospects those players are.
0:39.3	The situation that these guys are dropped into matters immensely.
0:43.9	So we're going to look at the other side of that coin today.
0:47.6	We're going to look at what has led to successful quarterback play for young guys with infrastructure,
0:54.3	the play calling, the pass catchers, the line.
0:56.6	When these guys work out, what are they surrounded by and when they don't, what are they
1:01.8	surrounded by?
1:02.8	So we thought it was a nice little combo with the show that we did earlier this week,
1:08.3	helping me dig through this today.
1:10.7	First of all, my good friend, Nate Heistane.
1:12.9	How you doing, buddy?
1:13.9	Doing very well.
1:14.9	I'm excited that our third guest here, our third member of this chat is here today.
1:19.9	I'm very excited to work with him.
1:22.0	But also who knew in a sport that has 22 starters on it, including 11 on one side of
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