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Cyrone Torbin said:
Being a tall QB is fine and dandy, but it is hardly a must.
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I wouldn't say a must but if you look at the success rates of the good QB's currently and in the past there seems to be many more tall QB's. Even Montana, Steve Young, and Farve were all 6'2''. The other thing to consider is how much the game continues to evolve with monster size players that run faster and that are stronger.

Lamar Woodley - 6'2'' - 265 Lbs

Jack Lambert - 6'4'' - 220 Lbs

Lambert was considered by many as a freak for the team in the 70's. Woodley is considered just a bigger back but more the norm now.

QB's need to be taller to see over their O lines as well....
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Being a tall QB is fine and dandy, but it is hardly a must.
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Drew Brees is the only recent "smallish" QB I can think of who has consistently played at an all-pro level. While being a big QB isn't a "must", it's probably as close as it can get. As Cope mentioned, LB's and D-lineman are bigger than ever. Not only do you want a QB who can handle the punishment, it's hard for a 6'1" QB to see his passing lanes when all of the O-lineman and D-lineman infront of him are mostly 6'3" and bigger.
 
Archie Moses said:
Shows how much you know about football. Hardly a must? Please.
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Brees is 6'0". Vick is 6'0". McNabb is 6'2". Yes, it's a hardly a must. I'm not saying it's not important. It is very much so. I'd have trouble drafting a qb who's less than 6'2" or 6'3", minimally. But again, it's not a must. It's not some absolute for success.
 
SalmonHobo said:
Brees is 6'0". Vick is 6'0". McNabb is 6'2". Yes, it's a hardly a must. I'm not saying it's not important. It is very much so. I'd have trouble drafting a qb who's less than 6'2" or 6'3", minimally. But again, it's not a must. It's not some absolute for success.
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It's hardly "not" a must. Yeah, there's a few guys that aren't taller than 6'2"ish that are successful starters, but they're few and far between. Being tall is as must as you can get to see over the line and throw down field.
 
Archie Moses said:
It's hardly "not" a must. Yeah, there's a few guys that aren't taller than 6'2"ish that are successful starters, but they're few and far between. Being tall is as must as you can get to see over the line and throw down field.
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You obviously don't know the definition of must. Guy.
 
Height is probably more important for a QB than any other position. With linemen, being too tall can hurt your leverage. With being a running back, being too tall can hurt your leverage and make you a bigger target. With receivers/corners/backfielders, it's likely going to impact your agility at a certain point.

With QBs, height provides a huge advantage in terms of vision with lesser such side effect as the other positions. Being able to dodge/weather tackles is nice, but the first thing a QB needs to do is make reads and it's a lot harder to do that if you can't see.

Also, if you're not going to be able to have ideal vision, then you'd better have some ****ing legs (Vick, McNabb). Brees really is an anomaly.

Luck, however, looks like something between Ben Roethlisdfa;oaisdf and Vick with making plays with his feet, but with the pure QB-ing ability of the elite. You take that and run.
 
I'm not saying height isn't an advantage. I was just saying it isn't a neseccary requirement. If I thought someone like Kellen Moore was a good QB, I would take him even though he is only 6' tall.
 
I think Moore has really nice instincts and knowledge. He will have more experience than any of his counterparts as well. While he has played on a high-level program and played well throughout, you have to be a little concerned with what I would deem to be a lack of pressure he's had to play under in terms of quantity and quality. For every Georgia or Oregon game he's played, that goes with 4 games against New Mexico St and Utah St. You have to have concerns he might not be able to handle the quantum leap in pressure he'd face in the NFL, but some team will be willing to find out.

And Mark Sanchez isn't a bad QB, but he isn't great either. His team plays a really old-school brand of offense that is built on the run game (when they're at their best) and he does play-action well. They could afford another guy to look at, though.
 
Moore is also pretty slightly built, 191 lbs. I wasn't just talking about height. And he's not an elite scrambler either.
 
Brown Notes said:
Moore is also pretty slightly built, 191 lbs. I wasn't just talking about height. And he's not an elite scrambler either.
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Just have to make sure you have good pass protection I guess. That is an actual must to have a good passing attack.
 
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