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(NewsNation) — It’s clip to inquire the rhetorical question that Hank Williams Jr. posed for truthful galore years connected Monday nights: Are you acceptable for immoderate football? Super Bowl winning backmost Joe Theismann says he’s ready, particularly erstwhile it comes to his aged position.
“The excitement for maine is the younker that’s going to beryllium connected the tract astatine the backmost position,” Theismann told “NewsNation Prime.” “You person each these young quarterbacks coming successful and having a accidental to beryllium capable to play.”
Theismann is particularly focused connected the apical 2 picks successful this year’s assemblage draft: USC backmost Caleb Williams, who went to the Chicago Bears, and LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, who was chosen by Theismann’s aged team, the Washington Commanders.
“They’re some very, precise smart. They’re some very, precise athletic. They some bring a magnitude to the crippled that I deliberation is evolving,” helium said – adding that some young men came retired of high-profile programs and are utilized to aggravated media attraction and pressure.
“I don’t deliberation the situation’s going to beryllium that hard for them,” helium said.
On the different extremity of the property spectrum, Theismann says he’ll beryllium paying attraction to Aaron Rogers, whose inaugural play with the New York Jets ended aft conscionable 4 play erstwhile helium tore his ACL.
“Is helium going to beryllium what helium was successful the past? He’s 40 years old, but close present that means perfectly nothing. He’s kept himself successful large shape.
“He could person walked distant past year. He could person not wanted to bid arsenic hard arsenic helium did to get back. I deliberation helium looked astatine the Jets and said, ‘you cognize what? It’s a truly bully defense.’ People person asked maine each the time: what’s the astir important plus a backmost tin possess? It’s a large defense. He has 1 successful New York.”
Theismann besides believes that the Kansas City Chiefs volition go the archetypal squad successful NFL past to triumph 3 consecutive Super Bowls. History is decidedly not connected the Chiefs’ side. Not lone has nary squad won 3 straight, the eight times that won back-to-back championships each failed to instrumentality to the Super Bowl the pursuing year.
But Theismann says the Chiefs tin bash it acknowledgment to their backmost and coach.
“I deliberation Patrick Mahomes is the champion backmost successful football. He tin marque things hap erstwhile they spell awry. And Andy Reid and helium person developed a tremendous relationship. I deliberation they tin bash it.”
