Sportswriter and football historian John Eisenberg joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about American Football. Who invented football? Why is it called football? Who's the better quarterback, Tom Brady or Patrick Mahomes? What's the most impactful rule change in the history of the NFL? How have technological advancements changed the game and how it's played? What's the biggest comeback of all time in the NFL? Answers to these questions and many more await on Football Support.
0:00 Hand Egg Support
0:12 But they use their hands?
0:44 America’s Team
1:18 Impressive!
2:13 Touchdown: Origins
2:47 The new NFL kickoff rule
3:23 Pigskin
4:01 Biggest rule changes
4:39 Who invented football?
5:26 Worst of the worst
5:56 Mahomes v Brady
6:38 What is it that you do here
7:10 Jerry Rice
7:34 The Greatest
8:04 Broadway Joe
8:54 Moving the goalposts
9:53 That undefeated 1972 Dolphins team
11:02 Technology
12:07 Throwing WHILE running
13:05 CTE
13:58 Biggest single-season turnaround
14:31 Leather helmets
15:15 Vince Lombardi
15:58 Unbreakable NFL Records
16:44 Don’t call it a comeback
Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan
Editor: Alex Mechanik
Expert: John Eisenberg
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Chris Eustache
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
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