According to Mark Schlereth, John Elway and Patrick Mahomes have a crucial trait in common—their ability to reassure and calm a locker room.
There are some sports records you’d rather not own. Like longest losing streak. Or most times hit by a pitch. Here’s another. Most NFL playoff game starts by a quarterback without making it to the Super Bowl.
Both quarterbacks had their doubters leading up to the draft. Now, the AFC divisional round's winner will be within a game of a Super Bowl.
Josh Allen has brought his A-game against Kansas City in the postseason, but he’s been let down by his defense, special teams (see Tyler Bass’ “Wide Right II” miss), and drops by receivers (namely Dalton Kincaid on Sunday).
The fact is that football is a quarterback-driven sport. It always has been, and lately it's become more of one.
Allen plays like a young John Elway, just even bigger ... to take his team’s temperature for the media every day. Maybe Josh Hart could think about that himself once in a while.
Sometimes you get one like we get in Buffalo on Sunday night when it is Josh Allen and the Bills going against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.
Griese and the Don Shula-coached Miami Dolphins ran into a buzzsaw when they pushed to Super Bowl VI at the end of the 1971 season, getting pummeled 24-3 by Roger Staubach, Tom Landry, and the Dallas Cowboys. That hardly deterred them.
He will try to become the fourth quarterback to win the NFL’s ultimate prize as a starting quarterback after losing his first Super Bowl start.
Some franchises have felt glory slip through their fingers, while others have never even reached the big game. Year after year, their fans dream of breaking the curse and making history in the NFL. Check out which teams.
The legend of John Elway with the Denver Broncos continues to grow despite the fact that Elway is probably on a golf course somewhere