The NFL Offseason Is Full of Quarterbacks
A great pro quarterback is a very particular creature: a born winner, a pinpoint thrower, a hunk. He is tall but not overly so, young and yet mature for his age, a leader who takes orders. He is easy to peg but near impossible to find.
Year after year, NFL teams dedicate time, energy, and millions of dollars toward finding the next Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers. The pressure on the coaches and general managers leading these treasure hunts—as the Minnesota Vikings fifth-year coach Mike Zimmer pointed out recently at the NFL’s annual scouting combine in Indianapolis—is crushing. “It’s important for myself and Rick [Spielman, the Vikings general manager] and the organization [that] we pick the right guy that can help us continue to move forward,” he told reporters. “If we don’t do that, then
