Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, Michael Vick running, November 2006, CC BY-SA 2.0
For most of the modern NFL era, general managers and coaches have had a very defined view of the prototypical quarterback: a tall, usually white, relatively immobile player who is a traditional pocket passer with a strong arm. Even as black quarterbacks such as James Harris, Doug Williams, and Warren Moon began to enter the league, they were still relatively traditional quarterbacks; however, the NFL would soon witness the advent of the dual-threat quarterback with “The Ultimate Weapon” Randall Cunningham in the late 1980s and then later, the electric Michael Vick in early 2000s. As mobile, scrambling quarterbacks have become more popular at all levels of football, we look back upon two of the pioneers of the dual-threat quarterback and ask:
Who was better – Randall Cunningham or Michael Vick?
