Get a Grip! NFL QB Secrets to Handling the Pigskin

The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.8 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Mina Kimes, host of the ESPN Daily podcast.
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0:26.8	Anytime you get a good spread on the football,
0:28.9	I think there's two good pressure points.
0:30.7	There's this finger and this finger.
0:32.2	Today I used to put this middle finger on the top.
0:34.8	That's my hands grew.
0:36.0	This just felt right.
0:36.9	The way I do it, my hands aren't the biggest.
0:38.9	I go ring finger on the end and pinky four down.
0:47.4	That's Tom Brady, Carson Wentz, and Baker Mayfield,
0:52.0	talking about the most clutch relationship
0:55.0	in any quarterback's life.
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