Originally posted by qnnhan7:
Steve was playing prostyle offense, under center in college so he wasn't behind the curve like the mobile qb of today. It's a shame those guys didn't have the prostyle in college to help them out early on. They could be an exciting dual threat like Steve, but instead fall off the waste side in 2-3 years.
Young played in the immediate precursor to the Air Raid offense. It was anything but pro style. He was a mess in Tampa.
He had a long road to travel from running QB to dominant pocket passer but on his favor was having some unbelievable coaching in the NFL as well as those coaches having far more time to work with him then they would have nowadays but it came down to Steve's desire, work ethic and trust in his coaches that all the repetitive crap he was doing would make him a far better QB.