Redefining the Position For Good?
The NFL's strategies and stereotypes remain works in progress
Just a quarterback.
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It was 35 years ago this week that Joe Montana looked into the stands at Joe Robbie Stadium and saw John Candy. A minute and change later, Montana looked into the Bengals end zone and saw John Taylor running free. Montana-to-Taylor defined two franchises in one instant and set in stone what the NFL world thought an NFL quarterback should be. Just like that.
Every team wanted the Next Montana. Until it wanted the Next Brady. If the Bengals are lucky, the next generation of bright NFL minds will be looking for the Next Burrow.
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