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On the NFC side of the quarterback ledger, it’s the last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft whose greatness continues to be a hotly debated topic, facing off against a Sean McVay cast-off who is rewriting his career with each passing week.
On the AFC side of the balance sheet, we have a two-time Super Bowl winner and two-time league MVP, versus a presumptive two-time league MVP who might be playing the most dynamic football of his NFL career.
Otherwise known as the San Francisco 49ers’ Brock Purdy vs. the Detroit Lions’ Jared Goff in the NFC, and the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes vs. the Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson in the AFC. The caretaker accountants on one side, and that architects of alchemy on the other.
That is, if you’re buying the never-ending argument over what constitutes quarterback greatness.
In the eyes of the NFL’s strongly opinionated quarterback connoisseurs — and there is no shortage of them — this is a playoff landscape featuring two game managers on one side and two game-changers on the other. And after this weekend, it will give us another chapter of that ragged quarterback debate, splitting hairs over eyeball tests, statistics, titles, awards and analytics.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) is still trying to shake his “game manager” label as he enters the NFC championship game. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Given the allocation of quarterbacks between the two conferences, we probably should have seen this one coming. Particularly with the AFC being loaded at the top with perceived heavy-hitting talent, featuring the likes of Mahomes, Jackson, the Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen, the Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Burrow and the Las Angeles Chargers’ Justin Herbert. If you simply follow the money at the quarterback position, that fivesome has the five richest active “total dollar” contracts in the NFL, each a member of the quarter billion fraternity, with deals that feature a baseline value of at least $250 million. The…
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Publish date : 2024-01-22 19:34:04
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