By Jose M. Romero

Is it me, or are we seeing more and more football players getting knocked silly in games?

This is getting out of hand, and I don’t think it’s just me. Last week the nation saw Robert Griffin III, the poster boy of the next generation of quarterbacks in the NFL, try to dive for more yardage only to get his clock cleaned along the sideline. RGIII was out, as in unconscious, before getting up and wobbling off the field.

He passed all post-concussion tests and was able to play this past Sunday, but the fact that he put himself in harm’s way by not sliding and avoiding helmet-to-helmet contact was a big story last week.

Read more

By Eduardo Maisonet, III / @edthesportsfan

In a quarterback-driven league, watching football on Sunday can be a case of watching a maestro conduct a symphony in front of 70,000 people. Other times, watching a quarterback who’s over their head, treading water and just waiting for their lifeline to be pulled. Great quarterback play can lift a team devoid of talent into a contender, and a great quarterback with with the proper supporting cast can have Super Bowl aspirations.

The five quarterbacks listed below fall into one of the two categories mentioned above, and as we reach the quarter mark of the NFL season, some teams will only go so far as their field general will take them.

Read more