he got it 50% right.
it's a different balance for each QB/system...the better passer you are the less mobile you need to be. Mobile QBs have been very successful: Tark, Staubach, Young...and of course going back further to the age of the passing halfback, when as BB said, Vick would've dominated.
Peyton gets away with it because the Colts' passing game is so precise he doesn't normally have to hang around back there.
But when he's forced to sit back and read the field, and wait til the last second to throw the ball (ala TB), he absolutely turns into an ice scupture...nor is his O-line built to support that kind of system...their system is designed to compensate for Peyton's complete inability to buy time in the pocket.
I've long argued that Peyton's biggest problem isn't "choking" but that he's an EXTREMELY overrated system QB who exhibits the same symptoms over and over when facing quality front-7s -- particularly 3-4s -- because he can't read/exploit what he's seeing before the snap and can't adjust to things after the snap.
Most Pats fans and pundits point to PM as proof that "defense wins championships" -- in this case though, the problem is that he just can't handle pressure as well as our QB...that's the difference. The Pats have had a solid playoff-caliber defense comparable to several others in the league, it is not however dominant in a historic way...what seperates the Pats is having a QB whose strengths really show against quality defense.
Against strong fronts, Peyton's tendency is to look down at the rush and sense the rush when it isn't there. Tom on the other hand is able to evade and actually manipulate pressure with effective footwork without taking his primary focus off the secondary...it's simultaneous and instinctive for him...while PM has to split his attention to a point where he goes into a state of shock and freezes up.
Problem with Robinson (who applied one of the most violent hits I've ever seen on a backer in the Minnesota game) is that he isn't as accurate as Peyton on his first couple reads...and isn't the overall passer Tom is.
I like Robinson a lot and hope there's a place for him and that he's eventually willing to make some compromises.
Unfortunately, football has been evolving into a more PASS HAPPY more aerial game...it began as a heavily run oriented game and in the past 30 years has become dominated by the forward pass...that process has only accelerated in recent years with the rules changes in the secondary.
Quality pocket passers are hardly a dying breed, they're in greater demand than ever.
Sadly, that's not good for Robinson, and he knows it.
