Quote Originally Posted by dogfish View Post
well, clearly he's never faced an actual NFL defense, since he hasn't played in the NFL yet. . .
Exactly. So there's no way of knowing how he'll hold up.

same could be said about every other player who's ever come out of college. . . but let's not act like he didn't play against some very good competition in college, where he consistently competed and won on the sport's very biggest stages. . . the alabama defense that he went against multiple times will probably produce half-a-dozen plus legit NFL talents if not more. . .

there's no reason to believe that tim can't handle NFL punishment. . . he's a big hoss in the mold of an elway or rothlisberger. . . obviously no one expects him to log 200+ carries running between the tackles, but i see exactly zero reason to think he can't survive taking on some defensive backs in the open field. . .
I don't think there's ever been a QB who ran over defenders in the NFL. Most mobile QBs get injured one time or another, and aren't very successful.