Why So Much Hate For QBs in the NFL?
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Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be quarterbacks.
Colin Kaepernick sits isolated in the 49ers locker room “on an island,” according to the money phrase of Jay Glazer’s insider report at Fox Sports, his team reportedly grumbling about him in closed-door meetings, his coach making the whole thing sound like a scene from The Godfather. It’s easy to imagine Kaepernick shrouded in moody Michael Corleone darkness or cast as Hamlet, muttering to dead King Harbaugh and suspicious of everyone around him.
Andrew Luck has a string of bad games and an entire franchise crumbles around him. Ryan Mallett—an itty-bitty bit player on the quarterback stage—flunks his audition for a starting job, and the whole nation clucks its tongue at every element of the tale. Robert Griffin III and Geno Smith are not just benched but disgraced for personality defects whispered to us down a lane of ax-grinders, agenda-setters and scandal-mongers.
Don’t ask why young quarterbacks cannot handle the pressure. Ask: Who on earth could handle this pressure?
Every NFL quarterback 30 years old or younger is trapped in a pressure cooker that never cools off. Russell Wilson probably has it the easiest, but he spent three years as the most underpaid superstar athlete on the planet, then six months listening to speculation about his future value, his compensation a matter of public interest as if it contributed to the national debt. Also, his divorce and dating life are no-holds-barred tabloid fodder.
Quarterbacks perform an important function in our society that has nothing to do with throwing touchdown passes. Celebrities and the residents of Outer Kardashia cannot shock us anymore with their tabloid high jinks because we know that most would do anything for a little more fame. Quarterbacks are expected to stand for something and accomplish great feats, making their failings extra juicy. A Kaepernick or Manziel scandal, however trumped up or manufactured, sizzles in the way a Kardashian or Justin Bieber dustup cannot.
In other words, quarterbacks are America’s royals. They exist for public exhibition and consumption, and it’s nasty work. But then, being a bonnie prince was never what it was cracked up to be. From ancient times through Hamlet to The Godfather, “prince” was the most dangerous title in the kingdom. Your enemies wanted to get you. Your brothers wanted to replace you. Your own parents might see you as a threat, and your best friend was in perfect position to stab you in the back.
By Mike Tanier,Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2583655-why-so-much-hate-for-the-nfls-young-quarterbacks
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