One thing that became crystal clear in the 2021 NFL season is that the future of the quarterback position is in good hands. While senior statesmen like Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers are still around and playing at MVP levels, there will be no shortage of elite players to take their places if and when they decide to step down.
That was evident during the Divisional Round of the playoffs last weekend when Joe Burrow helped lift the Cincinnati Bengals to heights many of us have never seen them reach with a win over the No. 1 seed Tennessee Titans. Then Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen had one of the all-time great duels while potentially establishing the first true quarterback rivalry since Brady and Peyton Manning.
Twitter users took notice of the awesome quarterback play from the three stars, all under 27 years old, and how they’ll make it very difficult for other AFC teams for the foreseeable future. Some even often lumped 23-year-old Justin Herbert into that mix.
