Is Russell Wilson Too Short?
As students are begrudgingly going back to school - there is one bright spot - Football. Football is back. Friday through Sunday nights for the next four months will now be dominated by this beautiful hard hitting drama .This season the NFL has a star studded lineup of new rookie QBs and second year players, including Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III (RG3).Luck is everything you want in a quarterback, he is athletic, has a strong arm, a high football acumen, and is tall. And RG3 is no slouch, the Heisman trophy winner has a big time arm with Michael Vick speed and agility.
But these two quarterbacks are not the Cinderella's of this years quarterback club. That title belongs to Russell Wilson, starting rookie quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks. Drafted in the third round of this years draft, Russell Wilson, who has a cannon of an arm and big play ability was passed over by other teams because he is 5' 10''. The consensus around the league is that short quarterbacks are not successful in the NFL.
Yet Russell Wilson has the athletic ability and intellectual intangibles that make scouts drool. This ability impressed Seattle's head coach Pete Carroll enough to make him the starting quarterback over Matt Flynn, who Seattle signed to a large contract in the off season.
So the question remains, will Wilson break the mold and be a successful quarterback in the NFL even though he is under six feet or will he be the short guy on the play ground that finishes last? We shall see.
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