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The Cardinals' Starting QB Will Be Ah Who Cares

This whole thing may be purely academic; the Cardinals are zeroing in on a road wild-card game, and Drew Stanton will probably be back by then. But, for the NFL completists out there: the third-stringer appears to have regained the inside track from the fourth-stringer for a likely-meaningless Week ...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Fri Dec 26 2014

Aaron Rodgers Is A Sniper

This sort of dead-eyed efficiency might be standard among NFL quarterbacks, and it’s just that we rarely see it from this angle. But I’m guessing not:...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Thu Sep 24 2015

RG3 Is Making Everyone Insane

Let's begin with the full quote. You already know that RG3 allegedly threw his teammates under the bus after the Skins got their asses handed to them by the Bucs at home on Sunday, but you probably only read this part of the quote…...

by Drew Magary|

|Sun Nov 23 2014

No, Andrew Luck Is Not On Pace For The Best Season In NFL History

There's been a lot written lately about Andrew Luck being on pace to break the single-season passing-yards record. While Luck is having a solid year, to what degree can we attribute these gaudy statistics to his dominance? And how much do his numbers merely reflect the era in which he's playing? ...

by Ross Benes|

|Wed Sep 28 2016

Here's A 6-Foot-11 High School Quarterback

Logan Routt plays quarterback for Cameron High School (W.V.), and, oh yeah, he's 6-foot-11. That part's important....

by Samer Kalaf|

|Fri Oct 10 2014

It Took 36 Browns QBs 28 Seasons To Match Peyton Manning's 500 TDs

Peyton Manning reached 500 touchdown passes yesterday. Five hundred is an arbitrary number. (A nice, round number that enshrines him in the elite company of one, but arbitrary nonetheless.) How can you truly grasp the weight of an arbitrary number? Set it as the constant, and see how extreme the oth...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Oct 06 2014

Reporter Who Didn't Actually Ask Historically Dumb Question Passes Away

"How long have you been a black quarterback?"...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Tue Sep 02 2014

How Heisman-Finalist Quarterbacks Have Changed Over The Years

It's the season for wildly premature Heisman speculation, and considering quarterbacks have won all but two Heismans since 2000 (Mark Ingram and Reggie Bush being the exceptions), a few quarterbacks and their gaudy stat lines will be in the running this year. But just how far have the goal posts mov...

by Ross Benes|

|Wed Sep 28 2016

Washington Has A Fake Quarterback Controversy On Its Hands

I'm mindful of playing into the silly-season stupidity here and making a big deal of this, because it's surely empty bluster: Robert Griffin III is not about to lose his starting job to Kirk Cousins. But the growing criticism of Griffin's quarterback play is most certainly a real thing, and some of ...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Tue Aug 26 2014

Report: Mark Sanchez Would Rather Ride The Bench Than Play In St. Louis

With Sam Bradford's season-ending ACL tear, the Rams are presumably in the market for a competent, experienced QB. Like, say, Mark Sanchez. Wait, who's running the Rams offense again? Brian Schottenheimer?...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Aug 25 2014

You Know If A Quarterback Can Be Great After Just Two Years

If a quarterback has a chance to be a star, chances are it will become apparent within two seasons. Chase Stuart of Football Perspective looked at how long it took star quarterbacks to become great, examining the top 42 quarterbacks since the merger and compared how each quarterback performed (measu...

by Ross Benes|

|Wed Sep 28 2016

Andy Dalton's Actual Contract Numbers Are Not So Crazy

If you have paid any attention to the NFL, you know that Andy Dalton's "six-year, $115 million contract" was never going to be for six years or $115 million. Well, Pro Football Talk has the details. It's basically a two-year, $25 million deal, with a series of one-year team options after that. ...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Aug 04 2014

The Browns Spent Over $100,000 On A Study To Find The Best QB

The Browns have long eyed the 2014 draft as the time to finally get a franchise quarterback. According to reports from both CBS Sports and ESPN, they spent over $100,000 to commission a thorough analytical study to determine the best QB available. The study's reported conclusion? Teddy Bridgewater i...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Thu May 08 2014

How Michael Vick Shaped The Modern NFL

Last Friday, Michael Vick signed a one-year deal with the Jets. He'll be 34 by the time the season begins. The following is excerpted from Deadspin's Big Book of Black Quarterbacks. This entry is written by Kyle Wagner....

by Deadspin Staff|

|Mon Mar 24 2014