"It’s tempting to imagine how Flutie would have been viewed, when he would have been drafted and how his career would have unfolded had he entered the NFL in 2014 instead of 1984. Flutie’s NFL coaches almost always focused on what he couldn’t do. Namely: be tall. In the 21st century NFL, the stigma attached to vertically challenged quarterbacks has diminished thanks in large part to the play of stars like Russell Wilson and Drew Brees, and because of them, the group-think has changed, too. But those players may have never broken through the glass ceiling of perception without having received a boost from the shoulders of Doug Flutie." -Rob Gill, NFL Films Producer “Doug Flutie: A Football Life” premieres this Friday 10/17/14 at 9pm/ET on NFL Network. #dougflutie #nfl #football #nflfilms #afootballlife