Talent and performance matter, but star QBs know: either it's your year or it's not
As millions of self-deluded Americans try to figure out which NFL teams and players to bet on or against, starting Thursday night in Inglewood when the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Rams usher in the 2022 season, here’s betting that our wager-mad populace has overlooked a historical reality worth considering.
Come February, you won’t hear much about luck at the Super Bowl trophy ceremony. NFL media will wax about the winning quarterback’s brilliance and precision. We’ll hear, deservedly, about why our triumphant QB either augmented his Hall of Fame career or secured himself a future bronze bust. As any of the abnormally high number of Super Bowl candidates in this year’s quarterback class would tell you , behind every Super Bowl champion is a smattering of good luck.
A fortunate bounce on the Dallas stadium carpet — not something any defender or running back can control — enabled the recovery. The unpredictability of bounces and tips are a significant factor in the wide variance in franchises’ turnover totals on defense and offense from year to year, according to statisticians.
The quarterback who went on to win last winter’s Super Bowl appreciated good luck’s importance, and not only because the Los Angeles Rams rescued him from the Detroit Lions by trading for him. Smartly, he signed with the Rams, meaning that Los Angeles, without having to part with draft picks or put a dent in its salary cap, got a 29-year-old, three-time Pro Bowler hungry to reach his first Super Bowl. What’s more, Beckham was on the cusp of free agency, whetting his appetite.
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