Contrary to the widely held football belief, the most popular player on a team is not the backup quarterback. Nor is it necessarily a sign that you don’t have a signal-caller if you end up playing a pair of them with any regularity.
Such adages about the most important position on the field are far more applicable during the regular season, however, especially in the early days of fall camp when there is no starter named and coaches are desperately trying to keep their depth chart intact.
