10-17-2023, 04:05 PM
I think of it as making plays when the team needs it most. Team needs some points to tie it up or win? QB makes plays to get them there. Game is starting to get out of hand and needs an offensive response to keep them in the game? QB figures it out and gets it done. Defense is being thrashed and the offense needs to win a shootout? QB keeps them afloat by making plays.
It's a spectrum and can be hard to explain perfectly, but in short it is a QB making valuable plays when the team needs them, else they are going to lose. I think a QB can be clutch and still lose, like the famous Bills/Chiefs game where Josh Allen threw the go-ahead TD with <20 seconds left only to be bested by Mahomes. That was a clutch game by Allen, Mahomes just one upped him.
It's a spectrum and can be hard to explain perfectly, but in short it is a QB making valuable plays when the team needs them, else they are going to lose. I think a QB can be clutch and still lose, like the famous Bills/Chiefs game where Josh Allen threw the go-ahead TD with <20 seconds left only to be bested by Mahomes. That was a clutch game by Allen, Mahomes just one upped him.
