Let's go upstairs now and read, okay?
Let's do the "Book of Why" in Sports Illustrated.
-Yeah. -Let's do that. That was a good one.
"Big Book of Why."
Why does the NFL have so many rules against hitting quarterbacks?
First, there's the fact that when a quarterback is throwing a pass,
he's in no position to protect himself.
An injury to the quarterback can sink a team's entire season.
Did you know the season-ending knee injury
Tom Brady suffered in the first game of the 2008 season
led to a ban on hitting quarterbacks below the knee?
And Dad is forever grateful.
-You all right? -Yeah.
Omaha!
Set!
All right, look…
I'm a little biased.
But for my money, there's simply not a harder position in sports
than being an NFL quarterback.
Hey, 25! 25, this… You!
Ready, set, hut! Oh my God!
I mean, think about it.
180, white-hut!
As a quarterback, every single play, you're the focus.
Hey, 48. What you got? You got #48!
You have to know everyone else's job just as well as your own.
You got these two over there.
You can't hear half the time, the weather is bad,
you got 300-pound linemen trying to kill ya.
Win or lose, you are going to be front and center.
You have to give credit when it's good. You have to take blame when it's bad.
You have to face the music when times are tough.
No one really to blame but myself.
And there's always someone waiting to take your spot.
Planning on making a change at quarterback?
Beginning in September, each of the 32 teams selects one man
to be their starting quarterback.
And in 2022, that list included these three.
Marcus Mariota.
Hey, you get one opportunity a week.
Let's put it all together for four quarters.
Kirk Cousins.
I got three words for you. You like that?
Yeah!
And Patrick Mahomes.
This is what I do!
Now, these are three very different players.
-Let's go! -Golly!
Each in very different situations.
Jenga!
But they all have one common goal.
Down, one, set!
To lead their team to a Super Bowl victory.
I love going to war with you guys, man!
And during the 2022 season…
Go!
…they allowed unprecedented access
to capture that quest.
They don't know I watch tape.
I got tape, brother.
I got tape.
Everybody sees the game days. But they don't see the day-to-day grind.
They don't see how you have to manage playing football
and being a dad and being a husband.
-Kick some ass, okay. -Mm-hm.
-Love you. -Love you.
And then, on top of that, you gotta prepare yourself weekly for a game.
…Lamar, Y-slide.
'Cause you're going against the best of the best.
I think to whom much is given, much is required.
And it is an incredible privilege to be a pro quarterback in this league.
Cousins, touchdown!
This was a turducken.
And this is about as close as they'll ever get
to crawling into our skin and seeing what it's like to truly live
in our day-in, day-out basis.
You're a daddy's girl today.
Always.
Hey!
Whoo!
The greatest comeback in history!
-How'd you pull off-- -In NFL history?
It's gotta be Kirk.
His neck is so heavy right now.
Would you understand if he decided to make a change at QB?
Cousins has to hold that ball till the very last second.
Doesn't feel like it should be over.
Looks like the ankle got twisted.
-I'mma take you out here. -No.
Fuck!
He thinks he's about to play a damn game? Has he lost his mind?
This is one year, following three men.
Every hit…
…every hurt…
It doesn't feel good.
-…every high… -Yeah!
…of the hardest position in sports.