Shebengal Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 I just finished reading this book. I really enjoyed it. It basically dissected the whole 2017 season for Alex Smith, Joe Flacco, Andrew Luck, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Doug Williams (who is the Player Personnel director for the Redskins.) It also told their life stories and backgrounds on their careers. It really provided an in depth look at what it takes to play the position. One of the reasons I liked it so much is because they didn't pick the usual stars (Brady, Worthlessburger, Brees, etc.) to focus on but picked other productive QBs to profile. It also had some interesting facts, like for example, Alex Smith almost went to Harvard but opted for Utah instead so he could play in a bowl game. (The Ivy League back then didn't allow teams to participate in a bowl game.) had he chosen Harvard, he would have been Ryan Fitzpatrick's teammate. That would have been interesting. Anyway, if you need a good read, this was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 Don't think I've read a football book since "Blind Side" but my library has this in PDF. Thanks for the rec! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooky Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 No Dalton, no vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 What team did John Feinstein play for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebengal Posted April 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Hooky said: No Dalton, no vote. They do talk about Dalton a little bit and they do spend 3 pages on the last Ravens-Bengals game in 2017. (The Dalton to Boyd TD at the end of the game to knock the Ravens out of the playoffs game.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|westside bengal| Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Feinstein's first book, the 1986 "A Season on the Brink" about Bob Knight and Indiana University basketball was the first book using a "whole year" format. IIRC it was the best selling sports book of all time and it is still pretty high on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Feinstein worked for the Washington Post and one year was in the Ravens war room during the draft. The Bengals did something dumb and he reported the Ravens team officials high fiving what the Bengals had done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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