When Caleb Williams heard his name as the first of those selected from the Draft on April 25, 2024se began to gestate and special recruitment.
Six quarterbacks were chosen in the first 12 positions to emulate a old deed who charges more relevance at this point of the postseason.
Williams (Chicago Bears, first pick), Drake Maye (New England Patriots, tercero) y Bo Nix (Denver Broncos, 12th) now they have their teams in the first line in search of get to the super bowl in their second season as professionals.
A Williams and Maye accompanied them in losing campaigns in his year of premiere in the NFLwhile Nix made the playoffs to be immediately eliminated in the wild card round by the Buffalo Bills.
The transformation for second campaign it was total when Williams led the Bears in a regular season outstandingwith seven comebacks in the fourth quarter to win a game, the most recent coming over the weekend in the wild card round against the Green Bay Packerswhen he came back 18 points.
Around Maye, the Patriots They formed a group to be back in the postseason after two seasons being the last in their division. He 23-year-old quarterback had a brilliant seasonwhich has him as one of the favorites to be the Most Valuable Player (MVP).
For Nix the year of consolidation has arrived with the Denver Broncoswhom he led to be the best team in the American Conference for the first time in a decade, when they were champions for the last time.
1983 Draft: A Generation of Stars
John Elway led the 1983 draft when Baltimore Colts chose him and hours later he sent him instead to the Denver Broncos under the threat that he would not play with them. With Elway as a leader of a generation, four quarterbacks of the six who were chosen in that first round they played Super Bowlsbut only Elway was champion a couple of times.
A Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins), Tony Eason (New England Patriots) y Jim Kelly (Buffalo Bills) missed the opportunity to be champions when they reached the Super Bowl, in Kelly’s case four consecutive times in the 90s.
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