stillers4me
09-09-2012, 08:27 AM
This Sunday night collision between the Steelers and Denver Broncos promises to draw the rapt attention of 76,125 inside Sports Authority Field at Mile High, plus roughly 25 million on TVs nationwide.
That’s quite the scope for the first week of September.
And yet, of all those watching, even those directly involved, only two sets of eyes can see it all: the quarterbacks’.
They’re the ones crouching under center, looking over the line and surveying the scene. They see everything, even what is to come if they read it all right. And if their coaches allow, they earn the license to use that unique perspective in calling their own plays.
As Denver coach John Fox was saying last week, “It’s not for everybody. It’s not for every quarterback.”
No, but Ben Roethlisberger would love to do more of it.
And maybe no one in NFL history has done it better than Peyton Manning, his Sunday counterpart.........
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/2548390-85/manning-roethlisberger-offense-plays-peyton-steelers-calling-game-huddle-ben#ixzz25yk92NOT
That’s quite the scope for the first week of September.
And yet, of all those watching, even those directly involved, only two sets of eyes can see it all: the quarterbacks’.
They’re the ones crouching under center, looking over the line and surveying the scene. They see everything, even what is to come if they read it all right. And if their coaches allow, they earn the license to use that unique perspective in calling their own plays.
As Denver coach John Fox was saying last week, “It’s not for everybody. It’s not for every quarterback.”
No, but Ben Roethlisberger would love to do more of it.
And maybe no one in NFL history has done it better than Peyton Manning, his Sunday counterpart.........
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/2548390-85/manning-roethlisberger-offense-plays-peyton-steelers-calling-game-huddle-ben#ixzz25yk92NOT