7 Must-Watch Quarterback Battles Heading into 2021 Training Camp

NFL quarterback battles are the only reason to pay attention to this sport before Week 1 of the regular season. Training camp doesn’t matter. Preseason is uneventful as hell. The sport should shut down after the Super Bowl and restart at Week 1 the next year.

But quarterback battles are hilarious.

There is nothing funnier than a franchise entering a season with no clue who is going to be the most important player on their team.

Having a reliable, cornerstone QB1 is boring. Don’t care about Aaron Rodgers.

But having three 3rd string QBs all fighting for the starting job has my full attention

Here are the 7 quarterback battles that are MUST-WATCH going into training camp:

1. Trevor Lawrence vs. Tim Tebow

New Jaguars head coach, Urban Meyer, decided to sign his old quarterback from over a decade ago back when he was the Florida Gators head coach, to play ‘tight end’, but we all know that’s a smokescreen.

Tebow has never played tight end or caught a football or blocked a Khalil Mack-level pass rusher before.

No, Tebow is coming to play quarterback—and pray for your sins—and he’s all out of prayers.

Amazing idea by the Jaguars to draft one of the greatest quarterback prospects ever in Trevor Lawrence, only to take him off the field randomly to watch Tim Tebow run full speed up the middle directly into the arms of a 300LB defensive tackle for -1 yards.

I love the Jaguars.

2. Tyrod Taylor vs. Jeff Driskel

This isn’t so much about Tyrod vs. Driskel—who I’m sure are normal, cool guys—as much as it’s about Houston having absolutely zero backup plan for Deshaun Watson who is fighting for his life in court. Love how we’ve all decided to pretend as if he doesn’t exist.

Quick shout out to Tyrod Taylor who was a Pro Bowl QB but then benched in Buffalo, despite also leading the Bills to the playoff, for Nathan Peterman who has no idea how to throw a football. Then moving to Cleveland to groom Baker Mayfield—the guy there to take his job, before heading to San Diego and almost being MURDERED by the team trainer.

Now he’s replacing a serial sex predator. What a career.

3. Cam Newton vs. Mac Jones

Look at Cam Newton.

Now look at Mac Jones.

If you don’t understand why these quarterback battles are important for the current state of American race relations then I don’t know what to tell you. Some things are bigger than ball.

4. Taysom Hill vs. Jameis Winston

Jameis Winston has a CANNON for an arm but as you read this, he is most likely blackout drunk at a bar eating gravy-covered fries (with bacon bits of course) and DMing the cute girls on his Instagram explore page.

Taysom Hill has no idea how to throw a football but as you read this, he is most likely doing pull-ups with a 45-pound plate chained around his waist, wearing red, white, and blue as he watches Saving Private Ryan and responding to Sean Payton’s texts within 5 seconds of receiving them.

This is a coin flip.

5. Jimmy Garoppolo vs. Trey Lance

You don’t trade up to the No. 3 pick in the draft to select a quarterback only to let him sit behind a guy who lost you a Super Bowl because he couldn’t hit a wide-open receiver.

This QB battle is interesting because I don’t even think Jimmy G cares if he gets the job. The man is out here banging porn stars. He’ll get his Super Bowl ring regardless of whether he starts or holds a clipboard.

But he continues to fail upwards into more responsibilities while always showing he is pretty ‘meh’ about the whole situation.

6. Aaron Rodgers vs. Blake Bortles

Aaron Rodgers is attempting to hold the Green Bay Packers hostage because of some manufactured beef with the team’s GM he created in his mind to absolve himself of personal accountability but little does he know that the franchise has brought in Blake Bortles to replace him.

Yes, that’s right.

The man who almost brought the Jags to the Super Bowl is now waiting in the shadows for Rodgers to stay on his vacation with his wife who starred in those movies no one has ever seen based on those books no one has ever read.

7. Andy Dalton vs. Nick Foles vs. Justin Fields

Half of the NFL media believes Justin Fields will start Week 1 and the other half is speculating what week Andy Dalton will give up the job to Fields but what makes the Chicago Bears situation the funniest is that they traded for Nick Foles and his ridiculous contract last season and he’s still just sitting there burning a hole in their salary cap.

Do not be shocked if/when Nick Foles just plays all 16 games for no reason outside of the team’s financial handcuff around his contract.

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