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The 2024 NFL season may not be the year of gaudy passing numbers, but it's definitely the year of redemption stories for veteran quarterbacks. At least early on, fans are seeing career revivals from quarterbacks around the league.
A couple Mountaineers are once again on the initial list of modern-era players nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. On Wednesday, Pat McAfee and Marc Bulger were among the 167 former players nominated to be part of the 2025 class.
Few players can offer the unique perspective former WVU quarterback Marc Bulger has when it comes to the Backyard Brawl. Bulger, a Pittsburgh native who played high school football at Central Catholic in the heart of Pitt’s campus, shared his insight about the rivalry and his favorite moment while appearing with legendary radio host Mark Madden.
The best teams do not always win the Super Bowl. Sometimes, great NFL squads have failed to win a playoff game. Here are the best ones since the AFL-NFL merger to fall short of advancing in a postseason bracket.
Count former Mountaineer quarterback Marc Bulger among those who can’t wait any longer for WVU’s season opener against Penn State to get here. Bulger is even so excited he took time to express his anticipation while on vacation on a beach.
From stocking shelves at his local grocery store to winning the Super Bowl with the St. Louis Rams, Warner is living proof anything is possible. Let’s take a look at his unlikely story.
Toward the end of his career, in the days he was cementing his enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame by guiding his second franchise to a Super Bowl, it was somehow possible to forget just how improbable Kurt Warner’s rise to NFL stardom had been a decade prior.
While there are a few obscure quarterbacks who threw passes for the Los Angeles, the QBs featured in this quiz were the ‘top passer’ for the team that year, according to the number of yards passing. We have identified 33 (with some repeats), including some all-time greats. How many of them can you name?