When Kyler Murray said this week that “I am not a 6’7” and 240 pounder who can throw the ball 95 yards,” it got me to thinking about how realistic it is for Kyler to be expected to go through typical NFL QB 3-4 progression options.
The NFL QBs who have been made to order for executing 3-4 read progressions have been bigger, taller passers who can hang in the pocket as long as it takes to hit their 3rd and 4th reads. You know, QBs like Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger and Matt Ryan.
Here is an NFL Network video wherein the point is made about young, mobile QBs coming into the NFL and having trouble executing 3-4 read progressions:
Since the time that this video was filmed, young, mobile QBs have been assimilating much better to the NFL game, largely because NFL offenses have changed their philosophies with regard to 3-4 read progressions.