Sunday Morning Quarterback

Sunday Morning Quarterback

Sunday Morning Quarterback
By Phil Simms, with Vic Carucci
Harper Collins

Former Super Bowl quarterback Phil Simms picks apart myths and old theories as he provides an insider’s view of football for armchair quarterbacks everywhere. Now a CBS football broadcaster, Simms shows how to analyze ever-changing team strategies and takes readers with him through meetings with players and coaches held before every game he covers. Simms, whose son Chris is now a quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, attributes much of his work method to Bill Parcells, his former New York Giants coach and "the greatest influence on me as a player." Simms sees likenesses in how Parcells and legendary Green Bay Coach Vince Lombardi handled their players: "Beat ‘em up during the week. Love ‘em just before the game. On game days Bill never put pressure on me."

Simms doesn’t buy into the theory that "you shouldn’t play a quarterback as a rookie because it might ruin his confidence." His response? "I’ll show you a quarterback who had no business playing at all."

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