System quarterback
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system-quarterback-186-6211099
title:
System quarterback
text:
A system quarterback is an American football quarterback who flourishes under a particular offensive system, specifically one that focuses on passing. The term is often seen as a pejorative, for it implicitly downplays a quarterback's talent or skill by implying that a successful offense is due to a particular scheme or that a quarterback is successful due to his employment under specific circumstances.
Russ Lande of Sporting News traced the term's etymology, or at least currency, to the early 1
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Pejorative American football term
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_quarterback
date created:
2009-02-14T02:51:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T01:24:14Z
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