It was more of a failure to adapt to the NFL. Its happened to a lot of great pass rushing QBs that were great even heisman level talents in the NCAA but that kind of bullish charging into the defensive line is inevitably going to get you seriously injured in the NFL. Its why its easy to shit on Tom Brady and the likes for being cowardly and sliding when they could get an extra yard or two taking the tackle but theres a reason QBs like him can have 15-20 year careers and pass rushing QBs rarely even make far past 5 years in the NFL unless they're second stringers that are brought out as selective weapons and not the main players
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u/DuelingPushkin Apr 23 '21
It was more of a failure to adapt to the NFL. Its happened to a lot of great pass rushing QBs that were great even heisman level talents in the NCAA but that kind of bullish charging into the defensive line is inevitably going to get you seriously injured in the NFL. Its why its easy to shit on Tom Brady and the likes for being cowardly and sliding when they could get an extra yard or two taking the tackle but theres a reason QBs like him can have 15-20 year careers and pass rushing QBs rarely even make far past 5 years in the NFL unless they're second stringers that are brought out as selective weapons and not the main players