Stephen Dubner

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Freakonomics Radio · 686. Why Is It So Hard to Find an NFL Quarterback? · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

And he got his chance when, in a preseason game, the Rams' starting quarterback was badly injured. voice-verified

And so it was that Kurt Warner, overlooked, undervalued, but undeterred, wound up becoming one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. voice-verified

He appeared in three Super Bowls, two with the Rams and one with the Arizona Cardinals. voice-verified

The Rams won one of those Super Bowls and Warner was voted the game's MVP as well as MVP of the league that year. voice-verified

Now he's in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. voice-verified

and the opposing coaches could see what you were good at, how did they try to counteract that? voice-verified

And how did you then counteract what they were counteracting? voice-verified

I'm starting to understand why there's only a handful of guys on the planet who can do this on a high level every week. voice-verified

It's a really hard job, isn't it? voice-verified

It is a hard job. voice-verified

And there's a lot that goes into it. voice-verified

When I think about the cognitive and processing speed. voice-verified

It's really hard to comprehend, I think, for a layperson. voice-verified

So do you feel a bit like you're in a kind of separate layer of humanity when you have those abilities? voice-verified

Some people say that when you're watching professional athletes, voice-verified

You're basically seeing the guys who, unlike everybody that fell away, they are the guys who perform under pressure. voice-verified

You can be great, but if you don't perform under pressure, you don't become a pro. voice-verified

So I'm curious to know how that developed or how that came about voice-verified

right. voice-verified

So if you're a talent evaluator, let's say you're a GM for an NFL team or a head coach or someone involved in the drafting team, voice-verified

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