Dwayne Haskins #7 of the Washington Football Team. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images)
The Steelers recently added a former first-round quarterback. Did Pittsburgh sign Dwayne Haskins because Ben Roethlisberger is retiring?
Father Time gains on everybody. Omitting the enduring marvels that are Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, the NFL is, all of a sudden, witnessing a changing of the passing guard. In the AFC alone, all four of the conference’s starting quarterbacks during the Divisional Round were 25 years or younger.
League icons such as Philip Rivers and, likely, Drew Brees are hanging their cleats up and applying for their pension benefits after recent playoff defeats, clearing way for a new generation of triggermen to carry the torch.