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The Bill Barnwell Show

Why Quarterbacks are Kings

The Bill Barnwell Show

ESPN

Sports

4.4647 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Bill and ESPN's Seth Wickersham discuss Seth's new book American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback. They touch on what they call the QB industrial complex, the new wave of second acts for QBs, QB dads, the difficulty in projecting QBs from college to the NFL, how Broncos coach Sean Payton created his own formula to evaluate QBs, and how quarterbacks "die" twice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You've seen the headlines.

0:01.4

Heard the debates.

0:02.2

The three-point ball has created a monotonous rhythm to the game.

0:05.1

Has the three-pointer ruined basketball?

0:08.2

And how did we get here?

0:09.7

The rise of the three-point shot can be partially traced to an eccentric Kansas genius named Martin Manley,

0:15.4

whose story didn't turn out quite the way he imagined.

0:18.4

I decided I wanted to have one of the most organized goodbyes in history.

0:23.0

30 for 30 podcast presents.

0:25.1

Chasing Basketball Heaven.

0:26.9

Available now, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:34.2

Hey guys, welcome to the Bill Barnwell Show.

0:38.5

I am Bill Barnwell.

0:39.9

Today, I am very excited.

0:41.7

I feel like it's book month here on the Bill Barnwell show.

0:45.4

Two very different books we've discussed.

0:46.9

We get Bill Connolly on to discuss his book a couple weeks ago and now an entirely different

0:52.3

kind of book, but very, very fun read that I read over the last

0:56.3

couple days, American Kings, a biography of the quarterback, which goes into, I think, just so many

1:02.4

fascinating details about not just the perspective of the quarterback in pop culture in America,

1:08.5

the perspective of the quarterback and their life cycle entering the

1:13.0

league, exiting the league, different levels. We're talking about everything from, you know,

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