Get a Grip! NFL QB Secrets to Handling the Pigskin

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🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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It seems so basic. And yet, it can reveal so much - how an NFL quarterback holds the ball. ESPN Senior Writer David Fleming talked to some of the league's top signal callers to find out their preferences, their quirks, and the unique stories behind their grips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Anytime you get a good spread on the football, I think there's two good pressure points.
0:04.0	There's this finger and this finger.
0:05.0	The day I used to put this middle finger on the top as my hands grew, this just felt right.
0:10.0	The way I do it, my hands aren't the biggest.
0:12.0	I go ring finger on the end and pinky four down.
0:20.0	That's Tom Brady, Carson Wentz, and Baker Mayfield, talking about the most
0:26.6	clutch relationship in any quarterback's life, his grip on the football itself.
0:33.0	It's unique and personal as a fingerprint forged over a lifetime of playing.
0:40.0	Today, we get a firm grasp on how quarterbacks hold the ball and why. I'm Inakimes. It's Friday, November 22nd.
0:48.4	This is ESPN Daily, presented by Indeed.
0:56.0	Dave, I got give you a hand.
0:59.0	You've really got your finger on the pulse of the NFL.
1:02.0	So this pod should be a snap, right?
1:06.0	Oh, no.
1:07.0	Yes.
1:08.0	Mike drop.
1:09.0	Oh, brutal.
1:13.6	Dave Fleming is a senior writer for ESPN.
1:18.6	His latest journalistic Tour de Force is on NFL quarterback grips.
1:20.3	Well, let's start here.
1:24.6	What made you want to write about quarterback grips in the first place?
1:28.9	So there was a trick we used to play.
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