Dual threat/Pro style designation

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confuses the more dumber fans

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ok

Wideouts X, Y and some teams use the Z

Tight Ends H and Y

OK. Gotcha

As others have already said, a lot of positions break down into subcategories, like OLB vs ILB, etc... even OTs are generally analyzed as to whether they're better suited as RTs or LTs.

Beyond that, at a certain point, the running threat some QBs pose makes it so that they really should be categorized separately. On the extreme end, Michael Vick, Pat White (WVU) and Mariota this past year are substantially different than traditional QBs like any of the Mannings, Tom Brady or Mett at LSU. Comparing these two groups of QBs is more like comparing DEs to DTs than ILBs to OLBs. Calling Vick, etc. dual-threat is helpful.

I agree that the line gets a little blurry when you have a QB who does both well or doesn't clearly sit on one side of pro-style vs dual-threat. Cam Newton was a dual threat... but one who could pass well enough to make it to the pros. So was Vince Young. But there's still enough of a difference with most QBs that the distinction is worth keeping.

Let be brutally honest here. For the most part its how they differentiate between white and black. Is it wrong, probably but how often do you see a white QB referred to as a dual threat? It happens but not often.

what about RB and APB?? same position...different titles