... lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.

With all due respect to Dictionary.com, you failed. Everyone knows the job of a quarterback in the NFL. Call the play, say hike, and do what the play is designed for, right?

Wrong. Words cannot describe what the quarterback does for a team. Perhaps the most overrated and underrated position in all of sports, it is definitely the most important.

Throughout history, there have been a small group of men who are remembered as great quarterbacks. Johnny Unitas, Joe Montana, and John Elway come to mind. They will go down in the history books as some of the best to ever play the game.

So what made these men so special, you ask? What separates them f...

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