Wickersham: Joe Namath Football’s Most Influential QB

Seth Wickersham joined the show to talk about the quarterback’s rise to dominance in football. He pointed to the 1980s, when Bill Walsh’s West Coast offense and Joe Montana reshaped the game, later perfected by Steve Young. Wickersham noted how quarterbacks wear countless hats, from leader, motivator, spokesperson and can often struggle to reinvent themselves when the spotlight fades. As for the most influential QB ever? Wickersham leans toward Joe Namath, calling him the first quarterback of “lifestyle and moxie.”

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