QB Connection

When the lights went out last Sunday night at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, NY, the Buffalo Bills and their bigger-than-life Quarterback, Josh Allen, had ended the Kansas City Chiefs undefeated season 30-21. In fact, the Bills’ 30 points also ended the Chiefs'...

I can relate to Matthew Sluka. He was a late bloomer. He was not highly recruited out of high school and opted for a PG (Post-Graduate) year at a Northeastern Prep School. The comparisons continue as Matthew enrolled at Holy Cross, an excellent academic school that...

It makes perfect sense, right? You have two of the top ranked teams in the country with two of the Top 5 rated Quarterbacks in the country. It stands to reason that the QBs will decide the outcome. But why? Both of these teams have talent galore, as evidenced by the...

The veteran NFL Quarterback led the Atlanta Falcons to a stunning 22-21 win over the highly favored Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night. Do You Know Kirk? Before the 2 minute drill, here's some background. A lot of NFL fans know very little about Kirk Cousins. He’s...

Trying to rank the top 25 or so Quarterbacks in college football is fools play. Stats can be fun but they don’t tell the whole story. The real interesting analysis is found within the context of a Quarterback’s journey: his roots, unique skill sets and the speed bump...

Trying to rank the top 25 or so Quarterbacks in college football is fools play. I mean, what are the guidelines? All arbitrary, right? Stats can be fun but they don’t tell the whole story. The real interesting analysis is found within the context of a Quarterback’s...

Winning the Super Bowl and the Lombardi Trophy is the ultimate goal for every NFL team. The most critical bridge on the road to that achievement is the acquisition, development, and retention of a Super Bowl-level Quarterback. These are the facts: there have been 67...

Brock Purdy, with only two full seasons at the 49ers helm, has demonstrated he can operate on the big stage and excel under post-season pressure. All Brock did in 2023 (his season two) was lead the league in passing efficiency and average yards per attempt. He added...

Have Fun with the Facts! The NFL Conference Championship games are this Sunday and many pundits are talking about Quarterback rankings between the four starters. We are NOT going to attempt to rank the four QBs in the conference championship games. It’s folly to try...

To paraphrase Rodger Goodell, "In the first round of the NFL 2020 draft the Green Bay Packers select… Quarterback Jordan Love” Say what? Did we hear that correctly? A Quarterback for the Packers? Have you ever heard of Aaron Rodgers? The QB who led the Packers to a...

The Sugar Bowl - Washington 37 Texas 31 Both starting Quarterbacks in this game responded from the opening kickoff. The Huskies' Michael Penix made it clear he was ready early with his 77 yard completion on the game’s 4th play, but the Longhorn’s Quinn Ewers did not...

What is the #1 topic of most NFL fans with four weeks left in the regular season? Simple. It's either who is going to be our starting Quarterback this Sunday, or will our starting Quarterback survive until the playoffs? The fact is seven NFL Quarterbacks, 22%, have...

This week in college football started with two monumental events. On Sunday the CFP committee announced its final four selections for the national championship and on Monday the college football transfer portal opened for business. While half the pundits think Florida...

The Number One QB Matchup: Pac-12 Championship Friday 8pm at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas # 3 Washington Huskies (12-0) vs #5 Oregon Ducks (11-1) The Pac-12 may be going out, but it’s going out in a blaze of glory. The top two conference teams happen to be in the top...

Last Saturday I walked on the Lehigh University football field following the devastating loss to arch rival Lafayette 49-21. The Leopards had mercifully taken a knee inside the Lehigh 10 yardline on their last possession. As the players slowly streamed back out on the...

In our Quarterback Connection story on November 1, 2023 we offered up the Falcons’ Taylor Heinicke as the prototype backup QB in the NFL. Taylor was not highly recruited out of high school, in part thanks to a modest 6’ 1/2” frame. He turned to the FCS level where he...

In 2022 there were 68 different NFL Quarterbacks who started at least one game including playoffs. Seven of the nine rookie Quarterbacks taken in the 2022 draft started at least one game last year and recall there was only one quarterback taken before the third round,...

Taylor Heinicke wants the football. As a senior at Collins Hill high school in Lawrenceville, Georgia he was named Old Spice (my brand!) National Player of the Year in Georgia. Mostly because Taylor passed for 4,218 yards and 44 TDs and Collins Hill went to the State...

Bryson Barnes and Graham Mertz are two examples of perseverance, fortitude and the commitment to be the best that they can be.

I can tell you unequivocally that every Quarterback in college and the NFL know who they are as an athlete. They are plugged into their own QB DNA. They know they are either a pass-first or a run-first QB. There are a few who can fake it. For awhile. But, the DNA...

Let’s Choose Sides! The Pac-12 is dead. Or, at least by the end of this season it’s down to two teams: Oregon State and Washington State. Yet, you could argue, the Pac-12 has the best stable of Quarterbacks in the country. Seems counter-intuitive? Does a league that's...

Quinn Ewers and #3 Texas vs Dillon Gabriel and #12 Oklahoma Ewers has been on everyone’s radar since his transfer from Ohio State to Texas last year, and the ensuing Longhorn upset of Alabama 34-24 earlier this year. He has his Longhorns sitting at 5-0 and ranked #3...

Everyone is tracking Bryce Young (Panthers), Anthony Richardson (Colts) and CJ Stroud ( Texans) , the stars of the 2023 draft. So far CJ has the highest ROI ( NFL record 80 pass attempts without a pic to start a career) , while both Bryce and Anthony will be out with...

Saturday 9/23: QB Shedeur Sanders and the #19 Colorado Buffalos vs #10 Oregon Ducks and Heisman candidate QB Bo Nix So let me get this off my chest. I don’t like the way Deion Sanders “Cowboyed” his way into Boulder Colorado and kicked a ton of Buffalo football...

A Rough Week 1 in the NFL My top rated NFL QBs are Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Josh Allen and Aaron Rodgers. All went down in more ways than one in NFL week one. Patrick Mahomes was ambushed at home by the up-and-coming Detroit Lions on Thursday night. Mahomes was a...

The NFL’s Emergency QB Rule; Does It Really Help? I’ve always been amazed at how NFL franchises roll the dice when it comes to signing backup quarterbacks to the 53-man roster. In case you haven’t heard, the NFL changed the “emergency quarterback rule” this past...

The Sweet Smell of Cut Grass It's August. The smell of cut grass is different in August. It's palpable. Its a smell and a taste and a state of mind if you are a football player. If you’re an “old” football player it’s… nostalgic. It’s a trip down memory lane that...