But, he was knocked out of the game, right?
The game is played optimally as an attrition battle. (Should post in the “Yeah, I said it!” thread, since it is an unspoken agreement.)
Yeah, but you can’t be Buddy Ryan “Bounty Bowl” levels of obvious anymore.
Was it any consolation that Russell Wilson passed for 414 yards in the game? Nice to see that Russell still has some pop in his arm.
The gifted article was all used up so don’t look in here:
Of note in this article (nothing else really stands out as interesting IMO):
For decades, the CFL was more hospitable to black quarterbacks than the NFL. Not until 2023 did two black starting quarterbacks face each other in a Super Bowl, 42 years after J.C. Watts and Warren Moon faced off in the Grey Cup (Mr Watts later served four terms in Congress, while Mr Moon thrived in the NFL).
That seems like an odd benchmark for comparing hospitability. There were 6 NFL MVP black quarterbacks before then, so picking that particular benchmark seems like an odd choice. But, yeah, this made me look it up. Wikipedia’s actually got a page on black starting NFL quarterbacks, and it is fairly surprising (sort of) how recent the first black quarter is for many teams. Interestingly, Warren Moon was the first black quarterback on 4 different NFL teams.
It’s not our fault they were so bad for so long!
Packers fans?
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Ben Roethlisberger would punt. Not too much in the NFL IIRC… more in college.
BF (a Broncos fan) was fuming! Why didn’t he play like this for the Broncos?!?!
Wilson threw an interception in an earlier game we were watching and he was like “There it is… there’s the Russell Wilson I remember!”
I can’t really say too much: Wilson had mostly good years with the Seahawks, and won a Super Bowl (should have been two!)
But for Broncos fans watching him succeed in Pittsburgh is painful.
It is easy to be loyal as a Packers fan given all the championships they have won. Bills have never won a SB: takes really loyal fans to support a loser (says the lifelong Toronto Maple Leafs fan).
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I remember an SI Cover (50 years ago?) asking if James Harris would be the first ______ QB in the SB.
implying Black, filling in Ram’s
There was also a reluctance by NFL teams to have short (< 6’) QBs whereas the CFL had an earlier history of shorter QBs: Doug Flutie was one of the best.
Shorter QBs, of course, are fairly common in the NFL now.
They need to make up for it with better other skills, which are not easily identified in controlled workouts.
Scrambling, creating relationships with WRs so they are in sync during scrambles, running, fearlessness in the face of opposition a foot taller and 100lbs heavier, etc.
The risk of wasting a top pick means a GM and other execs losing their jobs.
Let’s see who the highest pick of a sub-6’ QB has been.
Before googly-mooglying…
Brees? Not sure he was below 6’.
Someone from the 1950’s?
Edit: Kyler Murray. #1 pick.
Still playing, and not just video games.
497 yards, 4 TDs, 3 INTs (2 pick-sixes) and an L is the most Jameis Winston stat line I’ve ever seen
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That’s one way to keep the opposing team’s offense off the field
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Impressive numbers but those pick-sixes lost the game for his team.
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