It's the most subtle but important connection in sports: a quarterback's grip on the football. Critical but somehow often unnoticed, it can be the difference between offensive supremacy and pick-sixes galore. NFL quarterbacks all hold it a little differently -- the laces are crucial or optional depending on whom you ask -- but every great quarterback has a story behind why he grips the ball the way he does. So we asked around, from perennial MVP candidate Tom Brady to reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes to 2019 MVP front-runners Russell Wilson and Lamar Jackson, to get a glimpse at how some of the league's starters have managed to get a grip.
Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady, Lamar Jackson reveal the stories behind their football grips
