The “it” within the “It Factor” that makes some quarterbacks special is way more difficult to define than the “it” when a quarterback seems to “lose it.”
When age isn’t guilty for a formerly successful player’s performance drastically falling off — as appears to be the case lately with the Steelers’ Russell Wilson, the Browns’ Deshaun Watson and the Giants’ Daniel Jones — it’s often a matter of lost confidence.
“Daniel Jones is a case, and Deshaun Watson might be in the identical category, where their confidence is at an all-time low,” former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick said. “Confidence is an unlimited a part of playing quarterback, and while you lose it in the midst of a season, it’s tough to get back.”
Week 2 of the NFL season comes with a press release that will’ve sounded ludicrous right now last 12 months: Sam Darnold (Vikings) and Baker Mayfield (Buccaneers) are riding high, while Wilson, Watson and Jones may very well be at risk of losing starting jobs to backups Justin Fields, Jameis Winston and Drew Lock, respectively.
The “it” within the “It Factor” that makes some quarterbacks special is way more difficult to define than the “it” when a quarterback seems to “lose it.”
When age isn’t guilty for a formerly successful player’s performance drastically falling off — as appears to be the case lately with the Steelers’ Russell Wilson, the Browns’ Deshaun Watson and the Giants’ Daniel Jones — it’s often a matter of lost confidence.
“Daniel Jones is a case, and Deshaun Watson might be in the identical category, where their confidence is at an all-time low,” former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick said. “Confidence is an unlimited a part of playing quarterback, and while you lose it in the midst of a season, it’s tough to get back.”
Week 2 of the NFL season comes with a press release that will’ve sounded ludicrous right now last 12 months: Sam Darnold (Vikings) and Baker Mayfield (Buccaneers) are riding high, while Wilson, Watson and Jones may very well be at risk of losing starting jobs to backups Justin Fields, Jameis Winston and Drew Lock, respectively.
