Which Quarterback has the Most to Prove?

[EmpireWF]

Think I will go with Andy Dalton. After making the playoffs his rookie season, it will be hard to duplicate that success in his Sophomore year.

Dalton has cushion considering the Bengals were a surprise last season, IMO.

Besides, it's not like anyone is pushing him out of the starting gig. Maybe Cincy fans like you are tough on the guy, I don't see much national coverage on him/them.

 

[dave]

Sanchez by far.
Any failure on his part will bring on the Tebow pressure immediately.

Manning?
Any failure on his part will be attributed to his neck. No one can blame him if his neck isn't 100%. No matter what Manning does in Denver, he's an absolute first-ballot Hall of Famer.

Vick?
He has never been consistent ... but even inconsistent, he's 1000x better than Sanchez.

Romo?
Same as Vick. Not always consistent, but 1000x better than Sanchez.

 

[stevsta]

3rd year of bradford he needs to rebound and have a top 15 season (or hope rg3 doesnt live up to the hype).

 

[ram29jackson]

everyone but Peyton..he's already been were the others are trying to get

 

[JeremyHight]

Manning has zero pressure honestly. His job is secure, his coaches job is secure. The only person who will look really bad if he fails will be Elway for dumping Tebow.

Vick and Ryan are in equal footing. If they fail to win a playoff game, they won't lose their job, but their coaches might.

Romo will have pressure seeing as he is the Cowboys QB, but I feel Jones is behind him and honestly, if he fails, it probably won't be his fault.

That leaves us with Sanchez, who is battling for his own job and his coach's. If he fails, expect the Jets to go through a major shakeup.

 

[red33]

bradford.

if bradford fails the rams have some horrible luck in the draft. Also bradford was the last player to receive a huge rookie contract right?

 

[Point Blank]

Matt Ryan for sure. While being 0-3 in the postseason, him and Mike Smith are on the hot seat.

 

[Tailback U]

Manning does have a bit of pressure on him because he puts it on himself. He does have a lot to prove this season as well, but I wouldn't say he has the most to prove.

This isn't about what he's done in his career. His career is already HOF worthy and speaks for itself. We already know that. But this season he has a lot of questions to answer. And I don't buy the "if he doesn't do well then everyone can just blame his neck" excuse. That's bullshit.

His neck can only be used as an excuse if he suffers an injury. If he just plays like shit I'm not going to give him the neck injury excuse. That's a cop out.

He is still widely considered one of the best quarterbacks in the game and is expected to play like one. Not only that, but he's expected to win the AFC West and take the Broncos to the playoffs.

Will this season destroy his legacy? Of course not. But for this season and this season only, he is facing more expectations and has more questions surrounding him than any other in his career. And if he succeeds and wins a Super Bowl ring, he will firmly cement himself as the greatest quarterback of all time hands down, in my opinion.

A lot of people have picked the Broncos to win the AFC West and reach the AFC Championship game. In his first year with the team and after sitting out an entire year, how is that not pressure?

Pressure is felt when you have to prove people right or wrong. He has to prove to people that he is indeed healthy, that he was worth the money, that Elway and the Broncos made the right move, that he can still play at an elite level, that he can win a 2nd super bowl before his career is over or he'll retire with less rings than his baby brother.

He is already a hall of famer, but don't think for one second than Peyton Manning doesn't expect the very best out of himself and anything less than a Super Bowl is satisfactory. I don't care who you are, anybody in his position with that type of attitude feels a lot of pressure because he expects to be the best from the moment he steps on the field.

With all that said, there are plenty of other quarterbacks whose jobs are more in jeopardy but nobody expects them to do anything spectacular anyway so nobody will be surprised when they don't.

Different forms of pressure, I guess, but all these guys feel it to an extent. It's impossible to measure, really, but makes for good conversation.

 

[Matt]

3rd year of bradford he needs to rebound and have a top 15 season (or hope rg3 doesnt live up to the hype).

You can't rebound when you get sacked 73 times and knocked down 171 times. When Bradford is not being killed and injured he has shown he can be a good QB. Fix that line before we say Bradford has anything to prove.

 

[stevsta]

You can't rebound when you get sacked 73 times and knocked down 171 times. When Bradford is not being killed and injured he has shown he can be a good QB. Fix that line before we say Bradford has anything to prove.

When looking at the statistics all the blame cant be put on the line. Bradford was out there holding the ball too long, sacking himself, or not moving out of the pocket. http://www.footballoutsiders.com/under-pressure/2011/under-pressure-0 has nice little statistics on long sacks where qbs hold it for 3.0 seconds or more and get sacked. Bradford led the league in them. Some blame for this has to go to our Receiver problem last year, but it also falls on bradford. Bradford also has yet to show he can get out the deep ball on time and get it on top of the receiver.

 

[Villain]

Manning does have a bit of pressure on him because he puts it on himself. He does have a lot to prove this season as well, but I wouldn't say he has the most to prove.

This isn't about what he's done in his career. His career is already HOF worthy and speaks for itself. We already know that. But this season he has a lot of questions to answer. And I don't buy the "if he doesn't do well then everyone can just blame his neck" excuse. That's bullshit.

His neck can only be used as an excuse if he suffers an injury. If he just plays like shit I'm not going to give him the neck injury excuse. That's a cop out.

He is still widely considered one of the best quarterbacks in the game and is expected to play like one. Not only that, but he's expected to win the AFC West and take the Broncos to the playoffs.

Will this season destroy his legacy? Of course not. But for this season and this season only, he is facing more expectations and has more questions surrounding him than any other in his career. And if he succeeds and wins a Super Bowl ring, he will firmly cement himself as the greatest quarterback of all time hands down, in my opinion.

A lot of people have picked the Broncos to win the AFC West and reach the AFC Championship game. In his first year with the team and after sitting out an entire year, how is that not pressure?

Pressure is felt when you have to prove people right or wrong. He has to prove to people that he is indeed healthy, that he was worth the money, that Elway and the Broncos made the right move, that he can still play at an elite level, that he can win a 2nd super bowl before his career is over or he'll retire with less rings than his baby brother.

He is already a hall of famer, but don't think for one second than Peyton Manning doesn't expect the very best out of himself and anything less than a Super Bowl is satisfactory. I don't care who you are, anybody in his position with that type of attitude feels a lot of pressure because he expects to be the best from the moment he steps on the field.

With all that said, there are plenty of other quarterbacks whose jobs are more in jeopardy but nobody expects them to do anything spectacular anyway so nobody will be surprised when they don't.

Different forms of pressure, I guess, but all these guys feel it to an extent. It's impossible to measure, really, but makes for good conversation.

Manning also has the highest base salary of all QBs for the 2012 season. By a large margin.