How to Use quarterback in a Sentence
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He was hit more than any quarterback in the league last year.
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Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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These new quarterbacks will fail, at times.
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Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Teams with two quarterbacks have none.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
9 Apr. 2026
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Lewis was coy last week when he was asked which quarterback would run the first play.
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Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Mar. 2024
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That’s what quarterbacks have to do.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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That’s why the choice of who to bring in to fill out the quarterback room is so tricky.
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Josh Kendall,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Look, Maye could one day be a good quarterback.
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Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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No longer fogged by the haze of a rebuild and a young quarterback.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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As a young quarterback, the best way to gain respect is to win.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2026
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That starts with me as a quarterback, as a leader of this team.
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Susan Miller Degnan,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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Of course, the quarterback coach does not make the final call.
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Steve Silverman,
Forbes,
30 Mar. 2024
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Due to the lack of winning, the push for a quarterback change has been very loud.
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Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Made some mistakes like any first-time quarterback will make.
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Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Mack is now the quarterback of a team that is 2-0 and one of the best in the state.
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Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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That win came with Kirk Cousins at quarterback.
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Sam Crenshaw,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
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But nothing went right for the quarterback.
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Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Two juniors who know how to put the pressure on quarterbacks come to mind.
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Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
17 July 2023
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New coach, new GM, new quarterback and more.
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CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Brady was one of the slowest and slightest of the quarterbacks there.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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There’s a long trail of quarterbacks who learned the hard way by testing Clark.
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Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The other side of that is what played out for the 49ers at quarterback.
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Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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Scott has blitzed on 36 plays and has pressured the quarterback on eight of them.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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On top of that, quarterback play was bad in the playoffs, and that’s being nice.
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Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Rees played quarterback at Notre Dame.
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Daniel Flick,
AJC.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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Both of their star quarterbacks are on the injury report.
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Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Thomas has rushed the quarterback 16 times and has six pressures.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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As a few quarterbacks could tell you, sometimes a change of scenery leads to a fairy-tale ending.
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Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Against teams without Stafford at quarterback, that might have been enough.
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Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Best quarterback — one of the best quarterbacks of all-time.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
6 May 2026
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Bachemeir will be a top-five quarterback in the conference.
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Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2026
- He quarterbacked his high school team.
- She quarterbacked the company's latest ad campaign.
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But there’s a lot more to quarterback than showing off a big arm.
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Ndaschel,
oregonlive,
17 Mar. 2023
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Buium quarterbacked the top power-play unit.
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Michael Russo,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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But there’s more to quarterback play than the quality of the starter.
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oregonlive,
8 Feb. 2023
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Mitchell Trubisky quarterbacked the rest of the game.
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Tim Graham,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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That made the Huskies’ quarterback one of the top players to watch this bowl season.
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Mark Heim | [email protected],
al,
29 Dec. 2022
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Klingberg should soak up some time in quarterbacking the first power-play unit.
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Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been tasked with that job this week.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence took a snap on 4th-and-2 and ran to his left.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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Brady and Jayden Daniels are slated to quarterback two of the teams.
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Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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And quarterback Patrick Mahomes walked to his seat courtside at a game.
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Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2026
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And quarterback Brock Purdy missed six games with a toe injury.
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Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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Will quarterback Caleb Williams and the other Bears starters take the field in that game?
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Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Back came the Jayhawks, though, in large part thanks to quarterback Todd Reesing.
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Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
31 Aug. 2025
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Brent Burns looks set to quarterback the second unit after years of being one of the league’s best at that spot.
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Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
27 Sep. 2025
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Did either quarterback help (or hurt) their draft stock on Saturday night?
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Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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Then, maybe quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion.
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David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2026
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This is a quarterback that quarterbacked in the Super Bowl a few years back.
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Marlowe Alter,
Detroit Free Press,
7 June 2023
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Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence threw for 368 yards and three touchdowns.
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Mark Maske,
Anchorage Daily News,
12 Dec. 2022
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One play later, Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence ran in for a one-yard touchdown.
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Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Ballard quarterbacked three drives that led to just three points, while Marshall’s first drive ended with a touchdown.
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Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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As do ones who watched him quarterback a Raiders team that looked like the Sin City Jets last season.
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Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Colts quarterback Daniel Jones received the transition tag this year.
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ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
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And quarterback Caleb Williams, after a stellar start to the season, was coming apart at the seams.
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Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Sep. 2022
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Raiders quarterback Geno Smith has thrown one touchdown against four picks when targeting slot receivers this year.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
5 Nov. 2025
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Brady will quarterback and captain the Founders, while Daniels will be the captain of the Wildcats.
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Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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That leaves Snead with his buddy’s kid to quarterback a generally bare roster.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
1 June 2026
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Along the way, the elder quarterbacks Rodgers and Flacco achieved some unique history.
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Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ locker is now behind a makeshift blue-and-yellow wall.
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Pete Grathoff
june 8,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2026
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