Kirk Herbstreit
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Yeah, yeah.
But Parker was such a big, imposing athlete.
Yeah, at Cincinnati Princeton High School.
He was like 6'4", 6'5".
Yes, Marvin.
He would have been like Derrick Henry.
Yes, he would have been.
Or if not bigger.
I mean, Dave Parker was a monster.
And, of course, he ended up playing for a bunch of teams.
But glory years, of course, was the Cobra as a pirate.
I think if you're talking quarterback play, I think it's equally as challenging because I think the thing that we all overlook on quarterbacks is we get caught up and enamored with a guy's size, his arm strength, the numbers maybe that he put up in college or even in high school.
And I think it's so hard to define, and it's why we always see teams miss.
is the ability to process, the ability to see a defense pre-snap, and then in the NFL, you're going to get a different look more often than not post-snap.
And it's hard because of the way the college game is played, so much no huddle, looking over the sideline,
You're looking at four signs on the sideline.
It's all tempo.
And then you're going to go listen to a John Gruden type of play call where you're just trying to manage the huddle and get the call out, let alone deal with it.
And so there's really no testing that can evaluate guys unless they come out of a system in college that you feel like,