The real point, of course, is that there are almost no born busts in the N.F.L., and no born “elite” quarterbacks. (Cf. Eli Manning, who has been both.) Alex Smith’s career is a reminder that what one really finds are systems and circumstances. —http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2011/10/quarterbacks-born-that-way.html
