The Jets' coach, Bill Parcells, and his defensive coordinator, Bill Belichick, had devised a brilliant scheme to stop one of the most athletic quarterbacks in the game.

Denver partisans have been calling for a similarly young and athletic quarterback, Tim Tebow, to start since before the season began.

Sitting there, like a piece of gold, is Virginia Tech's Michael Vick, who scouts think might be the most athletic quarterback since Steve Young.

This play can best be run by a fast, athletic quarterback.

But the athletic quarterback, nimble of mind and foot, reduces defensive linemen to putty and keeps the secondary back on its heels with the threat of passing and running.

He left it for others to figure out that it was not a call to send in for an instinctive athletic quarterback when you needed to keep rolling.

"In the 80's, there weren't very many athletic quarterbacks," he added.

Vick, unlike most quarterbacks, is extremely and naturally gifted - he is the most athletic quarterback ever to enter the draft, scouts say.

At least the Jets have Quincy Carter, an athletic quarterback with playoff experience.

Lee is considered to be a skilled dual-threat, athletic quarterback who redshirted as a true freshman.