Why Quarterbacks are Kings

from The Bill Barnwell Show · host ESPN, Bill Barnwell

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

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