quarterback
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As he did in Houston, quarterback Trey Lance turned in a respectable performance — this time against the franchise that drafted him third overall in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I tell Peyton and Eli, ‘Listen, when these kids get home, their granddaddy is going to ask them, ‘Did you meet Peyton and Eli?’” said Archie of his two NFL quarterback sons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
He gave up his job as primary game analyst for “ACC Primetime Football” in part to coach his son, Taylor, now a quarterback at Wyoming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
“He makes great plays,” Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock said after the game.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
The Cowboys came right back, moving fifty-eight yards in a minute to tie the score, the touchdown coming on a seventeen- yard pass from quarterback Robert Hall to flanker Marcus Grant.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Instead, he’s deciding between Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders—two quarterbacks who might not start for any other team in the NFL.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The coach must have wanted someone to be a pest going after quarterbacks with his lack of size.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
It’s another season of quality quarterbacks with the class of 2029 particularly strong after terrific freshman seasons by such players as Thaddeus Breaux of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
And that makes Mayfield an embodiment of an uncomfortable decision teams around the league face about what to do with quarterbacks who are a cut below the game’s elite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
As Harper no doubt knew, Sing Sing’s Monday morning quarterbacks had decided that he should never have pursued the inmate into the crowded yard.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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