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BROWNIES & FROWNIES: Bengals get creamed 41-16

Why is the quarterback position so important to ensure any NFL club to capture a victory? Simply put: in today’s game, both the Bengals and Browns quarterbacks - correction; make that young quarterbacks - are in constant position during the game to move their various chess pieces in order to achieve success.

In the origins of the game of American Football, the quarterback was simply the first backfield player to touch the ball and whose job it was to get each play moving along. But as the forward pass evolved, the position of quarterback ultimately became the power position for any offense’s success.