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The most valuable asset in the NFL is having a franchise quarterback signed for a relative pittance. It's no accident that the Trade Value list I put together in August was littered with quarterbacks within the top 10. If Andrew Luck hit the free market this past offseason without being drafted, a quarterback-desperate team like the Browns or Jaguars would have given him $50 million in guaranteed money in a heartbeat, but the league's CBA restricts him to $22.1 million over four years. That savings (just under $28 million) is for the Colts to spend however they like — a reward for having an awful season at exactly the...
SANTA CLARA -- When is the 49ers "starting quarterback" not the guy who is actually starting at quarterback? It's when Jim Harbaugh has some feelings to soothe and some symbolic gestures to make before an official QB... more »
Jim Harbaugh used a version of the word "responsibility" eight times in 15 minutes Monday, and there were some strong conscious and subconscious reasons for this. The 49ers are Harbaugh's responsibility, every speck and... more »
I have yet to meet a head coach who wants to deal with a quarterback controversy. Coaches, as a rule, like certainty and stability. Quarterback controversies by definition lead to the opposite. They create distractions when... more »
Even when it feels like something entirely new has come along in the NFL -- like the head coach of a leading Super Bowl contender making a late-season starting quarterback change -- it's usually not all that novel. Not... more »
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