Me, wisely: Miami was overdue for a letdown after a massive beating of Notre Dame, Kurt Benkert is actually officially Pretty
Good at quarterback, and you probably only watched the Notre Dame game.
For LSU to become the title - caliber team its talent says it should be, someone's got to be
good at quarterback.
Not exact matches
Cam Newton isn't the NFL's purest or
best quarterback, but he embodies what every team wants
at the position.
How does he keep performing
at this level
at the age of 39, when most
quarterbacks are
well past their prime?
The book is beating out New England Patriots»
quarterback Tom Brady's «The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance,» which comes in
at No. 2, as
well as two novels from 1986: Margaret Atwood's dystopian classic, «The Handmaid's Tale,» and Stephen King's horror classic, «It: A Novel.»
In 2012 the lines between the sacred and the profane will get even more blurry: Scientists will religiously maintain their search for the elusive God particle (they won't find it); evangelical sports superhero and Denver Bronco
quarterback Tim Tebow will continue to be both an inspiration to the faithful and an object of scorn to skeptics (he will be watching, not playing in, the Super Bowl);
at least one
well - known religious leader or leading religious politician will be brought down by a sex scandal (let's hope all our leaders have learned a lesson from former Rep. Anthony Weiner and stay away from sexting); and the «nones» - those who don't identify with one religion - will grow even more numerous and find religious meanings in unexpected places (what TV show will become this season's «Lost»?)
Chase Daniel, a
quarterback for the team, hosts a Bible study for couples weekly, there's a weekly Bible study that happens
at the practice facility, as
well as prayer sessions among the teammates the night before they play a game.
Those are all
good quarterbacks, and each struggled
at times in a category supposed to be Green Bay's weakest.
It's your fault for being that much
better than everyone, grooming Jalen Hurts so effectively
at quarterback, and having Minkah Fitzpatrick play sweeper so
well that you almost don't need an offense.
It seems like there's no
good answer for this team,
at quarterback or otherwise.
The
quarterback spot became Keenum's
at that point, and he's had the
best season of his career.
There's quite a bit of turnover
at the skill positions, but eight teams return
at least a part - time starting
quarterback, and there are a lot of
good linemen.
Of course what makes these guys so dangerous is that even though they work
well off each other
at times, they don't actually need any help getting to the
quarterback.
The Saints» holder isn't the punter, it's backup QB Luke McCown, who's
good at throwing because he's a
quarterback.
To quote my idiot self, I wrote that Marcus Mariota «is an average
quarterback at best» and that «he's not a guy you can expect to go into a road playoff game and actually play
well enough to win.»
«There was some miscommunication
at times, some things that I could've done
better, some things the offense could've done
better,» the
quarterback said after the game.
You have to be smart to play
quarterback in this system, and he's gotten
better at going through his progressions and
better at making the right decisions.»
Getting released by the 49ers could turn out to be the
best thing for Jeff Garcia and his new team, which needed a leader
at quarterback
Brady was one of the two or three
best quarterbacks there, but
at the time was not clearly THE
best.
Zook, who was named as Steve Spurrier's replacement
at Florida on Jan. 9, did
well to sign highly regarded players like
quarterback Gavin Dickey of Tallahassee's Lincoln High and tailback DeShawn Wynn of Reading High in Cincinnati.
The Elite 11 camp, led by former NFL QB Trent Dilfter, invites 18 of the top
quarterbacks in the class and then picks the 11
best contestants from that group for a week - long event
at the Nike Headquarters in Bend.
Harbaugh knows Luck
well after coaching him
at Stanford, and familiarity with Luck would help if the
quarterback is adjusting to another offensive coordinator.
Jones, a
quarterback at Arkansas, doesn't throw the ball
well enough to be a top prospect
at that position.
Former Michigan
quarterback Denard Robinson threw out the first pitch
at the Detroit Tigers - Toronto Blue Jays game and it could have gone
better to say the least.
State got away with falling behind the chains because
quarterback Ryan Finley was so
good at catching back up.
He's also the only
quarterback in history to have thrown for
at least 4,000 yards and 30 touchdowns while rushing for 500 or more yards as
well.
While many
quarterbacks might get flustered with a tied score and only 30 seconds left to play, Aaron Rodgers is perhaps the
best in the league
at staying calm and not giving up until the clock hits 00:00.
Those pancakes probably weren't sitting
well late that afternoon when the Wildcats tied the score
at 35 with 2:25 remaining, but having Baker Mayfield
at quarterback tends to aid in digestion.
They had Douglas and Wright who are both very
good at the quick underneath routes to go along with a very mobile
quarterback who also completed 61 percent of his passes and threw for 367 yards on the day.
The next -
best active player is New York Giants
quarterback Eli Manning, down the list
at No. 12 all time with 41,531 yards.
And despite shuffling
at quarterback, they're
better on passing downs.
The reality of Ohio State's injuries
at quarterback, which seem to have somehow resulted in an even more challenging Buckeye offense, is that they keep promoting
better passers to the position.
It's
better to be lucky than
good at times, but if you take away the sack he got when he was unblocked and the one he got off a
quarterback scramble, that means only three of those seven sacks came when he beat an offensive lineman with a pass rush move.
According to the missing person report filed by Bironas» wife, Rachel Bradshaw — the country singer and daughter of Hall of Fame
quarterback Terry Bradshaw — she was
at home watching a movie with a friend when Bironas wished her
good night.
Browns WR Travis Benjamin: The problems
at quarterback finally caught up with Benjamin the second half of the season, but he still had by far his
best year in the league with 68 receptions, almost 1000 yards receiving and five touchdowns.
I watched all four games from the Divisional round live so I already had a pretty
good feel for how they had gone, or
at least I thought I did, but as I was watching the coaches tape, detailing Harrison's exploits, what actually caught my eye was the play of Broncos
quarterback Peyton Manning.
From the moment he was selected, it was stated that Glennon would receive extensive playing time in the preseason and a legitimate shot
at taking the starting job from Freeman — speculation that kicked off a
quarterback controversy between Schiano, Freeman and Glennon that lasted throughout the summer and
well into the season.
It is no secret that Allen would be more comfortable with Jurgensen's
good friend and on - the - road roommate, Bill Kilmer, operating
at quarterback.
Life will likely be challenging Sunday for rookie
quarterback Marcus Mariota, whose play has been inconsistent
at best this season.
Look
at the
best quarterbacks in the league right now, how old are they?
And then Dallas was foiled
at a shot to get its next -
best choice for a rookie
quarterback — Connor Cook.
But when he is healthy and
at his
best, he is one of the
best quarterbacks in the NFL.
John Elway hasn't been very
good at finding
quarterback talent, except for when he signed the other Manning brother — a move that worked out pretty
well for Denver.
Sam Bradford's time as the starting
quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles has been shaky
at best.
Super Bowl MVP: The two
quarterbacks are the safest plays on the MVP prop bet, with Lewis currently garnering the fourth -
best shot
at MVP honors.
Only three other starting
quarterbacks (Drew Brees, Jared Goff, and Alex Smith) of the eight playing this playoff weekend can say they were
good enough to win a division and earn the right to play
at home.
Of course, they've had some major changes
at quarterback since 2015, but the defense from that Super Bowl team, seen as one of the
best ever, remains largely intact two years later.
Darling had been a
good quarterback, but
at Yale they put him in the secondary.
Basically, they're doing their homework in case they end up needing to sign a
quarterback or decide they want a
better option
at backup.
I reached out to Scott Cooley, an odds consultant
at Bookmaker.eu, one of the sharpest offshore books, to find out who he believes are the
best and worst backup
quarterbacks in the league in terms of value to the spread.