Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles breaks down why veteran quarterbacks find success with new teams
Super Bowl champion Nick Foles breaks down why veteran quarterbacks find success on new teams in an interview with Fox News Digital.
Over the past few years in the NFL, quarterbacks who teams have cast away have found new teams and thrived.
Geno Smith revived his career with the Seattle Seahawks, Baker Mayfield with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sam Darnold with the Minnesota Vikings, and this year, Daniel Jones with the Indianapolis Colts.
Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles told Fox News Digital that it doesn’t surprise him that veteran quarterbacks have success with a different team after struggling at first.
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) makes a throw during the third quarter of an NFC Divisional playoff football game against the New Orleans Saints at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Jan. 13, 2019. (Chuck Cook/USA TODAY Sports)
"No, it doesn’t surprise me to see quarterbacks leave teams where they struggled and have success at another organization. Not every organization is ran like the Kansas City Chiefs or the Philadelphia Eagles or the Buffalo Bills or the Baltimore Ravens, these premier teams that have been pretty solid for a while," Foles told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.
Foles cited leadership from owners and coaching staff being good teachers as the signs of a great team.
"Top-down leadership from the ownership, just buying in and having great GMs and great coaches. Does everyone have to always get along? No, but they need to be great their jobs. So the thing I always saw was really solid up top, built a great locker room, and the coaches were great teachers," Foles said.
"The best teams that I were on, the coaches