MOBILE, Ala. – The NFL’s presumptive MVP, Lamar Jackson, broke the league rushing record for a quarterback, becoming the first to finish among the league’s top 25 regular-season rushers since Randall Cunningham in 1990.
The two Super Bowl quarterbacks come from offenses that traditionally draw sour milk scowls from NFL front offices. Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes played in an Air Raid style system at Texas Tech, while Jimmy Garoppolo played at Eastern Illinois in Dino Babers’ Baylor-inspired up-tempo spread system.
With NFL evaluators pouring into Mobile, Alabama, this week in preparation for the Senior Bowl, they arrive at a time when the traditional quarterback evaluation paradigm is amid an overhaul.