NFL: Too smart for football? The incredible Josh Rosen debate

Josh Rosen is one of the top quarterback prospects in the upcoming draft. As with any player who enters the draft, there are also question marks that accompany the player. Doubts, however, as they have been expressed in the case of roses, are rather rare. According to some, the UCLA graduate may be too smart for football. His interests off the football field could stand in the way of a great career.

Perhaps he is the quarterback who is already the furthest of all those who want to become the “face” of a franchise at the end of the month. The one who offers the widest range of different litters and implements them technically the best. The one who, under anything but ideal circumstances at UCLA Bruins, showed that he can implement the factors relevant to NFL.

Of course there are side effects, however, that coaches and scouts from the NFL worry folds on the forehead. There’s the story with the picture of the whirlpool in your own college apartment or the roses playing golf with the “F*ck Trump” cap on a golf course owned by Donald Trump. Far more curious than these rather harmless activities from a purely football perspective, however, are the doubts whether Rosen is not “too intelligent” to become a football pro.

Rosen’s interests and activities next to the square could become a burden. A distraction that prevents him from becoming the leader and football-loving player whose irrepressible will and passion for the game have such an influential character on the players that they would follow their quarterback into war.

Rosen grew up in prosperous circumstances and is as happy to speak out for the good of the less “happily blessed” people as he stands up for them. A young man who is not dependent on money but collects it to help those who need it.

He is interested in all sorts of topics and comments on health, political, religious and social matters. “This whole CTE thing is totally over the top,” Rosen said when asked what he thought about concussions in football. Yet his statements are never thrown into the room without major ulterior motives. He tries to get to the bottom of things and is seldom satisfied with the answers he finds.

“The NFL should be more concerned about pensions than about CTE,” Rosen continued. “With so many head-to-head bumps, unfortunate things will keep happening. But at least the players here get millions of dollars. Same accidents happen in college, but for what? What do college players get in return? Education? That’s what you should use your head for: For education!”

“Everything Josh says and everything he does has a purpose,” explains his high school buddy Matt Katnick. “He hadn’t thought about anything he said before.”

The question of CTE, for example, is one whose explosive nature he understands, but which is not yet sufficiently profound in the subject matter. “It’s scary, no question. But we accept it when we choose this game. I don’t know enough about the disease to judge it. “I will not comment on CTE or concussion until I have all the facts.”

If football is one part of his passion, then the debates on all kinds of topics in life are the other. “Oh, yes, I love it,” says Rosen. “If anyone has any problem, they can sit down and we can talk about it.”

This also had an impact on the work at UCLA. The quarterback meetings began with a two-minute “Josh Period”, during which quarterback coach Marques Tuiasosopo allowed time to discuss all the things that had just crossed his mind. He was to free himself from the so-called “Josh tangents” before the team members would join the meeting.

“I really believe that he simply wants to be the best everywhere and at all times,” Tuiasosopo tried to answer Rosen’s question. “The best, or even better, because he doesn’t want to be surprised by anything.”

Rosens coach at UCLA, Jim Mora, recently made public statements in draft preparation to reduce the chances of the former protégé having a number one pick. Competitor Sam Darnold would actually fit better into Cleveland.

And not only that. According to Mora, in order for Rosen not to be bored, he must “be challenged intellectually. He’s a millennium, he wants to know the reason behind things. “If you can focus on football for a few years, he can conquer the world.”

While Rosen last stated that as long as he plays in the league, nothing can thwart his love of football and he is striving for perfection on the field, NFL scouts also expressed concern: “His personality could well become a problem for some teams. Some people don’t want their franchise player, especially in the case of quarterback, to attract much attention off the pitch.”

Another scout, on the other hand, sees parallels between the scenario of roses and that of Aaron Rodgers’ draft. Rodgers had the talent to be drawn with the first pick in 2005, but the San Francisco 49ers were deterred from the draft in the interviews. Rodgers was finally drawn to 24.

Rodgers, like Rosen, is said to have questioned everything in college. This was explained by former Bears head coach Jeff Tedford. “That’s exactly the player you want,” Tedford said. “The one who asks why and wants to understand it because one day he might need it on his way.”

An attitude that Rosen learned at home. Both were successful in sports as well as in the period after their sporting career. They were national gold medal winners in figure skating. The mother then authored the book, while the father became an orthopaedist, who was even a selector for the Poston of the medical inspector in the government of Barack Obama.

“My parents are great,” says Rosen. “You have reaffirmed my commitment to get to the bottom of things and seek answers. If that means that I should take my stand and defend it, then so be it.”

In addition to the questions about his attitude to football, Rosen also had to put up with those who said that he had problems with his team mates. Roses are said to have been unpopular because of their rich parents. It is said to have been preferred and have greater authorizations than others.

Such reports were denied not only by team members, but also by Rosen himself. “I’m pretty sure my teammates noticed how much I cared for them,” Rosen said at ESPN.

“I want to build individual relationships and understand how certain people react. Is it better to kick your ass or is it better to build it up because it’s self-critical? “I’ll take my time and try to get the most out of each one.”

Rosen is aware of the responsibility that lies ahead of him. He knows he’s not ready for her, but he’s as ready as he can be right now. The “blows” he took in college prepared him “for the fire at the NFL.

The quarterback confirms his statements after his passion for the game by saying that he “doesn’t really have to play it. Many players need the game. They need the money and play partly out of habit. “I don’t need it, but I’ll give it all.”

Rosen describes himself as the best quarterback in the draft. As the “most efficient and constant”. Ex-coach Mora mentioned that he wants to make sure Rosen is aware of how he is rated by NFL decision-makers: “Does he want to be a Johnny Manziel or a Tom Brady?” Rosen has a clear answer: “If Tom Brady has won six titles, then I want seven!”

Rosen always brings what it takes to be quarterback in the NFL. In order to achieve such goals, however, he is well advised to focus fully on one topic. That’s one reason he left college early. The striving for good grades in school, good performances in the field and professional networking at the same time led to the fact that he could not devote himself to any topic with full concentration.

Now it should be the NFL and also exclusively the NFL. “And if that one decides I’m not good enough, then I’ll be the absolute best in the next thing I do in my life.”

So only one question remains to be answered: Is Josh Rosen too smart for the NFL? Even mathematicians play in the NFL,” says Rosen on the subject itself. “I’m not that smart. I don’t have the IQ that others have. I’m just very interested. I like to read and to learn and because I value the truth, I also like to talk about it.”