Best Heisman-winning QBs in the NFL

[Write-brained]

The Tebow debate made me think of the Heisman curse for NFL quarterbacks. Who's the best Heisman-winning QB to play in the NFL? - I honestly don't know.

It would certainly seem that Carson Palmer is a front-runner, but the injury he suffered in the first few minutes of that playoff game makes me think the 'curse' is alive.

So is Tebow screwed, if he wins?

 

[spup1122]

Tebow was screwed a long time ago. Didn't you see the chick?

 

[Write-brained]

Tebow was screwed a long time ago. Didn't you see the chick?

Oh, God. Not you, too. That photo will be on here any second now, three, two ...

 

[Chi City 81]

Roger Staubach.

 

[Write-brained]

Staubach, hands down.

Hornung was a "Heisman-winning QB," I believe. And a damn great NFL player, at running back.

And my encyclopedic-knowledgable friends come in handy again ...

 

[Write-brained]

I bet you could make a pretty good roster with Heisman runner-up QBs: Theismann, Elway, Manning, off the top of my head.

Who was Manning runner-up to?

 

[Chi City 81]

Charles Woodson.

 

[Chi City 81]

****! That's twice, buckdubs!

 

[hockeybeat]

1) Staubach.
2) Plunkett.
3) Flutie/Testaverde. (tie)
4) Palmer.
5) Leinart.

 

[mike311gd]

Charlie Ward made the wrong decision. ...

 

[Write-brained]

What's Jason White doing these days? Or Eric Crouch. Is Weinke still in the league?

 

[GB-Hack]

I would side with Doc on Staubach being miles ahead.

Palmer and Leinart may not end up quite that good, but I think they have a legitimate shot at having excellent, if not HOF careers.

I do have a soft-spot for Plunkett as well though.

 

[mike311gd]

What's Jason White doing these days? Or Eric Crouch. Is Weinke still in the league?

Weinke was released by the Panthers in March and isn't in the league, as far as I know. But I'm sure he still sucks like a Hoover.

 

[GB-Hack]

Now we're through this, I'd like to ask: With the number of more complex pro-style and spread passing/option offenses that are being installed in college football nowadays, and seemingly the end of the Eric Crouch's of this world, are there going to be more Heisman-winning QB's who are going to go on to have strong pro careers?

Or is there still going to be a drop-off from those who can excel in college, and just not make the jump?

 

[Write-brained]

Now we're through this, I'd like to ask: With the number of more complex pro-style and spread passing/option offenses that are being installed in college football nowadays, and seemingly the end of the Eric Crouch's of this world, are there going to be more Heisman-winning QB's who are going to go on to have strong pro careers?

Or is there still going to be a drop-off from those who can excel in college, and just not make the jump?

Like Carr and Harrington. Then again, it makes you wonder if these guys could have been good if they hadn't spent their first three years on their backs all the time, behind crappy o-lines. Now they're just gun shy.

 

[GB-Hack]

One of the fun things I saw on the list I pulled up was a few of the older runners-up: John Hicks, Tom Brown and Kurt Burris.

All offensive linemen. Hicks, the last one, was in 1973.

 

[Write-brained]

One of the fun things I saw on the list I pulled up was a few of the older runners-up: John Hicks, Tom Brown and Kurt Burris.

All offensive linemen. Hicks, the last one, was in 1973.

And the last QB to win a Super Bowl was Plunkett, Class of '70.

 

[Tom Petty]

Now we're through this, I'd like to ask: With the number of more complex pro-style and spread passing/option offenses that are being installed in college football nowadays, and seemingly the end of the Eric Crouch's of this world, are there going to be more Heisman-winning QB's who are going to go on to have strong pro careers?

Or is there still going to be a drop-off from those who can excel in college, and just not make the jump?

Like Carr and Harrington. Then again, it makes you wonder if these guys could have been good if they hadn't spent their first three years on their backs all the time, behind crappy o-lines. Now they're just gun shy.

i still think harrington could be a good QB, but i think i'm the only one.

 

[GB-Hack]

Now we're through this, I'd like to ask: With the number of more complex pro-style and spread passing/option offenses that are being installed in college football nowadays, and seemingly the end of the Eric Crouch's of this world, are there going to be more Heisman-winning QB's who are going to go on to have strong pro careers?

Or is there still going to be a drop-off from those who can excel in college, and just not make the jump?

Like Carr and Harrington. Then again, it makes you wonder if these guys could have been good if they hadn't spent their first three years on their backs all the time, behind crappy o-lines. Now they're just gun shy.

i still think harrington could be a good QB, but i think i'm the only one.

You may be a dreamer, but you're not the only one.

 

[Tom Petty]

Now we're through this, I'd like to ask: With the number of more complex pro-style and spread passing/option offenses that are being installed in college football nowadays, and seemingly the end of the Eric Crouch's of this world, are there going to be more Heisman-winning QB's who are going to go on to have strong pro careers?

Or is there still going to be a drop-off from those who can excel in college, and just not make the jump?

Like Carr and Harrington. Then again, it makes you wonder if these guys could have been good if they hadn't spent their first three years on their backs all the time, behind crappy o-lines. Now they're just gun shy.

i still think harrington could be a good QB, but i think i'm the only one.

You may be a dreamer, but you're not the only one.

wrong tom ... you're looking for tommy dreamer. remember, i'm the asshole.