John Middlecoff

How many quarterback competitions around the league do we have?

There aren't that many.

Even the backup jobs, typically determined by the money.

And so you go in, this guy gets the reps with the ones, this guy gets the reps with the twos, this guy gets the reps with the threes.

But then, if the third quarterback by the end of camp, you're like, he might be better, you just kind of keep all three.

And then you just, it's very, very difficult.

Because unlike these other sports, I can just give you a month as a G League player.

Bring him up, play him a bunch of NBA games.

See what I got.

Same thing in baseball.

I can call a guy up and play him a bunch of games in right field.

Bat him fifth every game.

In football, you just throw the quarterback out there, even the backup.

If you think, I think our third stringer, this fifth round rookie, is better than Gardner Minshew.

And again, I'm just picking some random backup.

But I'm paying Gardner Minshew $7 million.

If I go into a game, do I feel confident that that is actually true?

Because if my starting quarterback breaks his leg, that fifth-round rookie goes in.

And if it's ugly, I'm going to get ripped.

Or even if Gardner Minshew sucks, well, you put in Gardner Minshew.