I am a former NFL quarterback who played for the Buffalo Bills and today I want to talk about quarterback training. Specifically about Quarterback Speed ​​related to playing football.

I recently spoke with my good friend and former roommate at Northern Michigan University, Steve Mariucci. He was one of the NFL Network commentators commenting on how fast or slow the quarterbacks were at the NFL Combine.

He said qb speed isn’t as important at the NFL level as it is in high school and college. He said what’s important for quarterbacks is the ability to have enough speed and quickness to move in the pocket and, if necessary, make a linebacker or defensive lineman miss on a pass rush.

In the NFL with the amount of money they’re paying quarterbacks, Matt Ryan, a rookie, made over $50 million in 2008, you can’t have your quarterback running the extended offense and running the ball! ! Yes, you have to pull the shotgun, but there is no owner in the NFL who wants to start qb running the spread option like Tim Tebow.

If you look at the list of quarterbacks below, you’ll notice that the top four quarterbacks to be selected in the upcoming 2009 NFL football draft are Stafford, Sanchez, Freeman, and Davis, none of them have incredible speed! But they can all make defensive players miss and move in the pocket!

Fastest quarterback:

1. Pat White of West Virginia 4.5
2. Steven McGee of Texas A&M 4.58
3. Mike Reiley of the Washington Center 4.71
4. Rhett Bomar of Sam Houston Status 4.72
5. Matthew Stafford of Georgia 4.81
6. Alabama’s John Parker Wilson 4.85
7. USC’s Mark Sanchez 4.88
8. Ball State’s Nate Davis 4.93
9. Josh Freeman from Kansas State 4.95
10. New Mexico State Chase Holebrook 5.05

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