quarterback Page 14 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Keep your pants on, Dolphins fans: It's not Tua Time yet
NFL teams don’t usually make a point to announce their starting quarterback every week. Unless your team’s signal caller is injured, or you’re the Bears, there is really no need to notify the fanbase about keeping the starting QB on the first string. ...
Lamar Jackson is not on Patrick Mahomes' level, because nobody is
Lamar Jackson and the Ravens just aren’t good enough....
Carson Wentz is the problem for hapless Eagles
Back-to-back losses to start the season....
We Rank the Best No. 1 NFL Draft Pick Quarterbacks of All Time
Quarterbacks have had a pretty significant impact on the history of the NFL. They are often the most important players on the field on any given Sunday....
10-Piece Lemon Pepper: How the Record-Breaking 10 Black Quarterbacks Did in Week 1
Marlin Briscoe must have been beaming with pride....
Ten Black Starting QBs Make History on Opening Weekend
Ten Black quarterbacks will start on the opening weekend of the 2020 season, the most Black QBs to start in an opening week in NFL history. ...
Watson and Mahomes Prove the NFL As You Knew It No Longer Exists
The NFL will never be the same....
Racism is Why Your Favorite Team Might Have Drafted a Sorry White Quarterback
This is not a story about Black quarterbacks....
Caylin Newton Follows In Cam's Footsteps With Transfer To Auburn
If college football actually happens as planned, Auburn will be must-watch television, even before the season starts officially in August....
Screw The Haters: Hurts Is Perfect Pick For Eagles
Jalen Hurts becoming a Philadelphia Eagle might be the best match for a player and team in the entire 2020 NFL Draft....
Who Will Be The Bust Out Of This Year's QB Class?
There’s at least one every year....
Jalen Hurts’ Landing Spot In the NFL Draft Will Prove That Much Hasn’t Changed For Black Quarterbacks
I’ve seen this movie before, and you have, too....
You Know Who Jameis Winston Looks Like After Five Seasons? Peyton Manning
Only five quarterbacks in NFL history have thrown for more than 5,100 yards in a single season. They are: Peyton Manning, Drew Brees (four times), Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger and Jameis Winston....
This Post Could Give You Just The Spark You Needed
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. Buy his book here....
It's The Beginning Of The End For Marcus Mariota In Tennessee
After all the angst over Jameis Winston vs. Marcus Mariota at the top of the 2015 draft, the answer may well turn out to be: neither of them. (Or, possibly: Sean Mannion.) Winston is still doing his thing, alternating brief stretches of competence with mindbending turnovers, while Mariota offers mor...
Should A Home Run Automatically End An Inning?
I will not keep you waiting for an answer on this one. No, absolutely not and under no circumstances would it be a good idea for a homer to automatically end an inning in a big league baseball game. It seems important not to equivocate on this question. And yet this Funbag question, from a listener ...
Jimmy Garoppolo's Return Was Pretty Miserable
The important thing is that Jimmy Garoppolo is healthy. It has to be, because to focus on the 49ers quarterback’s performance in his first game action since tearing his ACL in Week 3 last season is to invite some serious collar-tugging....
Tom Brady's Getting A Raise But Not Actually An Extension
When the news first broke of Tom Brady’s new Patriots contract, it was reported as a two-year extension, running through 2021, at $70 million. After years and years of having to write the same blog, I’m as surprised as you are that scoopsters didn’t wait for the details of the contract to see what i...
Today's NFL Would Have Been Perfect For Doug Flutie
It’s been 14 years since he last played professional football, but Doug Flutie is suddenly relevant again. In the run-up to the draft, there was a big feature in the Washington Post, along with a 15-minute chat on The Rich Eisen Show. When I first reached out to ask about an interview, Flutie’s agen...