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<\/figure>\n Yesterday, Netflix introduced a model new docuseries, \u201cQuarterback,\u201d set to air later this yr surrounding the experiences of three NFL quarterbacks \u2014 Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins, and Marcus Mariota \u2014 in the course of the 2022 NFL season. According to the announcement<\/a><\/span>, these three males have been all mic\u2019d up for each recreation of the season, that means Netflix knew precisely who the collection was going to deal with earlier than the season even began.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve by no means been one to consider the favored \u201cNFL is rigged\u201d idea. I received\u2019t deny that my religion within the NFL\u2019s authenticity hasn\u2019t wavered ever, however all in all, I’ve religion that the NFL would by no means deceive us. Despite what former gamers like Benny Cunningham<\/a><\/span> and Arian Foster<\/a><\/span> have stated, I\u2019ve held agency, however for followers who’re uncertain whether or not or not the NFL is staged, this new docuseries actually put one other tally within the \u201crigged\u201d column.<\/p>\n You\u2019re telling me that previous to the season, Netflix simply by some means managed to safe the eventual Super Bowl champion, a strolling meme with quite a few viral moments all through the season together with main the biggest comeback in NFL historical past, and a veteran compelled to mentor a rookie who controversially stepped away from his workforce down the ultimate stretch of the season. That\u2019s three quarterbacks with wildly totally different plot strains from 2022 all coming collectively to kind an all-encompassing narrative with a number of totally different factors of view. Call me loopy however that appears too fortunate to be a coincidence.<\/p>\n How do the Netflix executives even land on these three quarterbacks with out understanding what was coming for every of them in 2022? You couldn\u2019t ask for 3 extra random quarterbacks. Sure, Mahomes is smart. He\u2019s an apparent MVP candidate and the Chiefs have been all the time Super Bowl contenders. But Cousins and Mariota? What on the planet made the bigwigs at Netflix go \u201cYeah, these guys will bring in viewers?\u201d<\/p>\n I can perhaps see an argument for Cousins due to his well-known catchphrases and the \u201cKirk Thuggins\u201d persona he\u2019d developed over time, however on digicam, Cousins has all the time been fairly uninteresting. During the season, Cousins was a visitor on the ManningCast throughout Monday Night Football<\/em> Week 9, Cousins had simply earned mad credentials for his viral shirtless video<\/a><\/span> on the Vikings\u2019 workforce aircraft. His look on the ManningCast ruined any good rep he\u2019d constructed up as he awkwardly smiled on the digicam all the workforce.<\/p>\n Just watch his moments on this compilation<\/a><\/span> from that broadcast. See how he\u2019s weirdly tilted away from the digicam. His smirk by no means leaves his face. It\u2019s unsettling. It makes you wish to take a bathe after watching. This is the man that Netflix thought can be a very good focus for his or her docuseries? I don\u2019t purchase it. Yet by some means, this man, whose solely declare to fame previous to 2022 was three phrases \u2014 You like that?! \u2014 manages to claw his approach by quite a few one-possession victories, the biggest comeback in NFL historical past<\/a><\/span>, and their first NFC North title within the Cousins period, all coincidentally the yr that Cousins is mic\u2019d up? No. That\u2019s too huge a coincidence.<\/p>\n Then you could have Marcus Mariota. Why would anybody assume Mariota can be a terrific topic? Not solely was he on one of many worst rosters within the league heading into the season, however he\u2019d by no means made a lot as a headline throughout his profession as much as that time. He\u2019d been a backup within the NFL for 3 years at that time. Why would they select him?<\/p>\nMahomes, positive…however the different guys?<\/h2>\n