Last offseason, we thought Matthew Stafford would be kicking off a veteran quarterbacking carousel when in reality he may have just been kicking off the idea of quarterback movement as leverage, much like when owners start listing the names of random cities they’ve been to in order to extort a new stadium deal from the city they’re already strangling. We’ve seen quarterbacks more comfortably flirt with the open market, whether to win more creature comforts or to find out how elastic their own franchise is when it comes to their willingness to appease. The expected bonanza, though, never quite materialized.
Will that be the norm from here on out? Maybe one seismic departure every few seasons followed by a slow trickle of complementary maneuvers? If that’s the case, will the potential of quarterback movement hold the rest of this offseason hostage?
Those answers and more can be found here. Welcome to the 2022 offseason primer, where we’ll map out who and what you should be paying attention to.
