The Friday Night Lights QB wore 22. Very alpha. The current BYU QB wears 47. Incredible.
There used to be a Michigan QB who wore 98. That's a bit much. So some of these need to be excluded. New Rules. 1-49 is allowed. 70-89 is also allowed.
So which from 20-49 are the best?
20 is very good. Shocking. 29 is perverse. 25 is pretty upsetting. 31 is great. 37 is fantastic. 39 is look-at-me. 41 is a great one; same with 48.
72 is a good one. 89 is growing on me.
Back to reality, where only 1-19 is allowed.
So what are the best numbers in here? Let's go through each...
1 - Very good. 70th percentile? Among the stranger options. Kyler dings it tho. Hurts bolsters it.
2 - Somewhat NPC, but has enough zing to escape. Can't decide if Fields dings or bolsters it.
3 - Solid number. Joey Harrington is the prototype.
4 - Idk too much baggage. I think I like it. Favre and Milroe.
5 - Idk man. McNabb is anti-cool.
6 - Look at me number. Classic Baker.
7 - Hard to argue against. Elite number. Malik Willis prototype.
8 - NPC number. Hard to take you seriously. Some exceptions tho. AR dons it well, but his 12 baggage buttresses.
9 - Up there. Has quiet flash.
10 - Way way up there. Silent flash. Eli Manning prototype.
11 - Hard to go wrong here. Wentz wears it well.
12 - Played out. Cliche QB number. Looks good only on shitty QBs.
13 - Not bad!
14 - Another look at me. But if a running QB wears it it works. E.g. Joe Webb. Mostly looks horrible tho. E.g. Darnold.
15 - Good number. Looks broad. Tebow, Ty Simpson.
16 - I think this looks better on Manning. Looks amazing on Montana in highlights. But those don't count.
17 - Gigagigachad number. Josh Allen prototype. Rivers until you see goofy release.
18 - Not good on Manning. Only works on running QBs.
19 - Quite good.
Either I have far fewer associations built up with these numbers than you, or those associations are far more obscure to me than they are to you, because I could never write a list like this unless I let myself just make up a bunch of stuff that I barely felt to be true. It's exhausting for me to write my reactions to even one or two of these numbers, other than stating the basic facts like "here's someone you didn't think of who wore that number"
ReplyDeleteMy general sense is that other people care far less about these things than I do. And their tastes diverge from mine as well. I spend a lot of time lamenting poor design of uniforms, contemplating the relative aura of players, etc. So I can off the cuff spew out thoughts like this. There were other QBs I thought of too, but many just leave an indifferent feeling. I missed some players too. Cam Newton, Mahomes, ... Sidenote: Matthew Golden was at one point wearing 22 which was amazing. Sad he switched to 0 (horrible number). Peer pressure is powerful.
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