If there's one perk, it's being the quarterback of America's team and being able to make a difference off the field.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't care about money or fame or anything like that, but it would be a perk.
A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.
The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field.
The Bay Area definitely knows the pain of competing for, and retaining, top talent. Offering interesting perks has become a necessity, not a nice-to-have.
In football, it's the ultimate team sport. You have to have good people around you as a quarterback for things to happen.
The key thing with any football player is, what can he do when he gets on the field.
When you are a free agent like I was, it definitely makes a big difference when you know there's stability at the quarterback position.
If you can have a really good coaching staff, and you can have a really good young quarterback and do a really good job in player personnel and string together multiple successful drafts, your window is not small in the NFL because of the quarterback.
The quarterback, you can play with a lot of big injuries. You get a little injury like an index finger or a thumb that most people can play with, sometimes you can't. I've stayed away from some of those.
If you're the quarterback and want to be the best on the field, you've got to act like it.
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