Kurt Warner on Mac Jones, cerebral QBs & the state of quarterback play in 2021
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL
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🗓️ 15 December 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Robert Mays is joined by Hall of Famer Kurt Warner to break down the different styles of quarterback play we are seeing across the NFL in 2021. They discuss how Mac Jones has been successful this season, the art of reading the defense’s body language and the offenses that are doing a good job at making things easy on the quarterback. They also talk about footwork, technique and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the athletic football show. |
| 0:05.3 | The Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:19.4 | The athletic football show is presented by State Farm. Because like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. |
| 0:19.9 | Get a quote today. |
| 0:21.3 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:23.6 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 0:24.7 | Today is Wednesday, December 15th. |
| 0:27.5 | Really fun show for you guys today. |
| 0:30.1 | All season, we've kind of talked about how different types of quarterbacks have succeeded |
| 0:34.1 | in the NFL this year. |
| 0:35.2 | Think about the guys that have taken the league by storm |
| 0:37.8 | for the last few seasons. Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray, Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Justin Herbert. |
| 0:44.2 | There are these hyper-talented guys, their physical gifts jump off the screen to you. |
| 0:49.5 | And that was a distinction from the era that had proceeded with guys like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning and |
| 0:54.9 | Drew Brees and Phillip Rivers. And it feels like this season has been kind of a throwback |
| 0:59.7 | to what those quarterbacks felt like. Guys like Joe Burrow, guys like Mack Jones. So I wanted to |
| 1:05.1 | talk to somebody that understood how to play the position that way, that thrives playing the |
| 1:09.5 | position that way. And weves playing the position that way. |
| 1:12.4 | And we got Kurt Warner to do that. |
| 1:17.7 | And few guys can understand this and articulate this better than he can. |
| 1:23.6 | So I really hope you guys enjoy our chat with NFL media's Kurt Warner about all things quarterbacking in 2021. |
| 1:28.7 | I am thrilled now to welcome Hall of Fame NFL quarterback, one of my favorite |
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