In today’s version of the NFL, quarterbacks like the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and the Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen make the impossible possible when they make plays out of structure. But it wasn’t always that way. When former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher prowled the sidelines, he expected his quarterback to do what he was told when he was told to do it.
And that just wasn’t Ben Roethlisberger’s modus operandi. So to hear Cowher talk about it, he and offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt had to do something. And that was acting out a trope of countless cop movies and television shows.