Guest Sports News Headlines - Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 [attach=full]7246[/attach]By Adam Rose BEIJING (Reuters) - Highly-paid rookie quarterbacks are under increasing pressure to make an instant impact in the NFL, former San Francisco 49ers great Joe Montana said on Monday. When you get paid all that money they want you to start right away," he told Reuters during a promotional event for NFL China in Beijing. If you can do that and hang on to your job for that long as a rookie, then you're doing a pretty good job." Huge hopes have been pinned on the crop of new recruits over recent seasons, with the spotlight on the likes of Heisman trophy-winning college quarterbacks Sam Bradford of the St Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers' Cam Newton and Robert Griffin III at the Washington Redskins. Griffin set the NFL alight last year during a spectacular rookie season but following injury has struggled in this campaign, while 2013 rookies like Geno Smith of the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills' EJ Manuel, chosen in the first round of this year's draft, are still finding their feet. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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