NFL quarterback
Bill Belichick already admitted Mac Jones earned his respect. Will the rookie continue his strong start and win the Patriots’ starting quarterback job over Cam Newton?
Just a few practices in to his New England Patriots career, rookie quarterback Mac Jones out of the University of Alabama is earning high praise from his new teammates. The QB is taking second-string snaps at OTA, making New England fans excited that they may have found the replacement for Tom Brady.
Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen made a big leap on Pete Prisco’s annual CBS Sports Top 100 NFL Players in 2021 list. He went from off the board in 2020 to the top 10 of this season’s list. Allen is expected to have a big year, with the third-best odds to win 2021 NFL MVP.
New Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi spent years with recently retired, soon-to-be Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees. While the two may seem different at first glance, Lombardi sees several similarities between how the Super Bowl winner and his new QB, Justin Herbert, approach the game.
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger offered to take a pay cut for the 2021 season to help the Pittsburgh Steelers upgrade the roster for what could be his last year. The 39-year-old QB has made over $250 million in his career and seems to be focused more on winning than money now.
ESPN analyst Aaron Schatz’s 2021 statistical models show the New York Jets are the most likely team to have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft. The projections also show that several teams that have drafted QBs high in the last two draft might finish in the top 10 picks as well.
When New England Patriots fans saw their first-round draft pick, Mac Jones, wearing No. 50 on his jersey at OTAs there was likely some confusion. It turns out, the strange QB jersey number is part of a long-standing tradition imposed by Bill Belichick to make rookies learn the Patriot Way.
Brett Favre was known for having fun on the Packers, but his teammate once used a bold prank to have some fun at his expense. This looks at Favre’s legendary NFL career, and the bold prank his teammate pulled off with the Packers. It also looks at what happened to the teammate after that.
Stefon Diggs says Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has changed the way that the receiver goes about doing his job on the field.
NBC NFL analyst Chris Simms started revealing his annual Top 40 QB Countdown. At the back end of the list, Simms shocked many when he put the No. 66 pick, the Minnesota Vikings’ Kellen Mond ahead of both the San Francisco 49ers’ Trey Lance and the Chicago Bears’ Justin Fields.
