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Hall of Famer Bill Parcells on Bryce Young's Size: 'He Better Walk on Water'

Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Parcells thinks Bryce Young's talent has to be special to succeed in the NFL to overcome his lack of size.

Speaking to The Athletic's Dan Pompei, Parcells said Young "better walk on water" at the next level.

Pompei noted Parcells was referencing a saying from former Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf about bringing in undersized players, rather than the passage in the Bible about Jesus walking on water.

Parcells did acknowledge there have been undersized quarterbacks who have succeeded in the NFL, but it's a small percentage relative to the number of players at the position:

"I realize there have been a couple of good short quarterbacks, but most of the guys doing these jobs are not 5-10.